# Why Being SELFISH Is Spiritual (The Freedom You've Been Avoiding)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ21uuPAWPw
Translation: zh-TW

[00:00] Let me tell you something that will shock you.
  讓我告訴你一件會讓你震驚的事。

[00:02] Something that goes against everything you have been taught.
  一件違背你所學到的一切的事。

[00:08] Be utterly selfish.
  極度自私吧。

[00:12] Yes, you heard me correctly.
  是的，你沒聽錯。

[00:18] This is my message to you and this is the most spiritual thing you can do.
  這就是我給你的訊息，這也是你能做的最靈性的事情。

[00:25] I can see the confusion on your faces.
  我能看到你們臉上的困惑。

[00:29] I can hear the voices in your mind saying, "But Osho, selfishness is wrong.
  我能聽到你腦中的聲音說：「但是奧修，自私是錯的。

[00:36] Selfishness is the root of all evil."
  自私是一切邪惡的根源。」

[00:40] This is what you have been taught from the moment you could understand words.
  這就是你從能理解詞語的那一刻起就被教導的。

[00:45] And this teaching has created the most miserable humanity that has ever existed.
  而這種教導創造了有史以來最悲慘的人類。

[00:55] Look around.
  看看周圍。

[00:57] See the world that selflessness has created.
  看看無私所創造的世界。

[01:01] See the saints who sacrificed everything
  看看那些犧牲了一切的聖徒

[01:04] and ended up bitter and resentful.
  結果卻變得痛苦和憤世嫉俗。

[01:08] See the missionaries spreading guilt
  看看那些傳播罪惡感的傳教士

[01:10] instead of love.
  而不是愛。

[01:12] See the parents who gave everything to
  看看那些為子女付出一切的父母

[01:15] their children and now complain
  現在卻抱怨

[01:18] endlessly about ingratitude.
  永無止境的不感激。

[01:22] All claiming to be selfless.
  都聲稱無私。

[01:25] all serving others and all deeply
  都在服務他人，並且都深深地

[01:29] profoundly miserable.
  極度痛苦。

[01:32] Why?
  為什麼？

[01:32] Because selflessness
  因為無私

[01:35] is a lie.
  是一個謊言。

[01:35] The greatest lie ever told.
  有史以來最大的謊言。

[01:40] And it serves a very specific purpose.
  它有一個非常特定的目的。

[01:44] It keeps you small, weak, controllable.
  它讓你渺小、軟弱、易於控制。

[01:49] A truly selfish person utterly
  一個真正自私的人，完全

[01:52] concentrated on their own transformation
  專注於自身的轉變

[01:55] cannot be controlled.
  無法被控制。

[01:58] Such a person becomes dangerous to
  這樣的人對社會來說是危險的。

[02:00] society.
  社會。

[02:00] So let me explain what I mean
  所以讓我解釋一下我的意思

[02:03] by selfish. I am not talking about the greedy person who takes from others, who exploits and manipulates.
  我說的不是自私。我說的不是那種從別人那裡奪取、剝削和操縱的貪婪之人。

[02:13] That is not selfishness.
  那不是自私。

[02:15] That is also a disease.
  那也是一種病。

[02:18] That person is serving their ego, their fear, their emptiness.
  那個人在服務他們的自我、他們的恐懼、他們的空虛。

[02:23] They are trying to fill a void that can never be filled from outside.
  他們試圖填補一個永遠無法從外部填滿的空虛。

[02:29] When I say be selfish, I mean something completely different.
  當我說要自私時，我指的是完全不同的東西。

[02:35] I mean be so concerned with your own inner transformation that you have no time, no energy, no attention left for interfering in others lives.
  我的意思是，如此關注你自身的內在轉化，以至於你沒有時間、沒有精力、沒有注意力去干涉別人的生活。

[02:47] Be so focused on your own enlightenment that spreading messages, converting people, teaching others becomes irrelevant, unnecessary, a distraction.
  如此專注於你自己的開悟，以至於傳播訊息、轉化他人、教導他人變得無關緊要、不必要，是一種分心。

[03:01] All religions have been preaching be
  所有的宗教都在宣揚要

[03:04] selfless
  無私

[03:06] serve others
  服務他人

[03:08] help humanity
  幫助人類

[03:10] and they have all failed
  而且他們都失敗了

[03:13] because you don't know what truth is.
  因為你不知道什麼是真理。

[03:15] You don't know what love is
  你不知道什麼是愛

[03:18] and you are trying to give it to others.
  而你卻想把它給予他人。

[03:21] You are trying to spread something you don't have.
  你想傳播你沒有的東西。

[03:23] This is hypocrisy.
  這是虛偽。

[03:27] This is the root of all missionary work.
  這是所有傳教工作的根源。

[03:30] And missionary work is the ugliest thing on this earth.
  而傳教工作是這個地球上最醜陋的事情。

[03:36] I hate the very word missionary.
  我痛恨傳教士這個詞。

[03:39] These are the ugliest creatures on earth.
  他們是地球上最醜陋的生物。

[03:42] They are not spreading truth.
  他們傳播的不是真理。

[03:46] They are spreading their own confusion, their beliefs, their borrowed knowledge.
  他們傳播的是自己的困惑、自己的信念、自己借來的知識。

[03:53] They have degrees from theological colleges.
  他們擁有神學院的學位。

[03:58] certificate saying they are doctors of divinity
  證明他們是神學博士的證書

[04:01] but they have never tasted God, never
  但他們從未嚐過上帝，從未

[04:05] experienced meditation
  體驗過冥想

[04:07] never touched the beyond
  從未觸及超越

[04:10] And yet they convert people
  然而他們卻能感化眾人

[04:13] save souls
  拯救靈魂

[04:15] spread the good news
  傳播福音

[04:18] I lived in Jabalpur for 20 years
  我在賈巴爾普爾住了20年

[04:22] There is Asia's biggest Christian theological college there
  那裡有亞洲最大的基督教神學院

[04:27] It prepares missionaries
  它培養傳教士

[04:30] The principal was interested in me
  院長對我很感興趣

[04:34] One day I asked him, be sincere
  有一天我問他，請誠實地說

[04:37] do you really feel that you have something more than the body and mind
  你是否真的覺得你擁有超越身體和心靈的東西

[04:42] Have you experienced the soul
  你體驗過靈魂嗎

[04:45] He said
  他說

[04:47] I have read about it and I trust that the people who wrote about it are not lying
  我讀過相關的內容，我相信那些寫下這些內容的人並沒有撒謊

[04:55] I said, "But you cannot be certain unless you experience it yourself"
  我說：「但除非你自己親身經歷，否則你無法確定」

[05:01] What about your professors
  你的教授們呢

[05:04] What about your students
  你的學生們呢

[05:05] You're preparing 3,000 missionaries every year.
  你們每年正在準備三千名傳教士。

[05:08] You are giving them degrees to go all over Asia to convert other people to Christianity.
  你們授予他們學位，讓他們前往亞洲各地，向其他人傳播基督教。

[05:17] This is a whole game of hypocrisy.
  這完全是一場虛偽的遊戲。

[05:20] None of your teachers, none of your students has any taste of meditation.
  你們的老師沒有人，你們的學生也沒有人，品嚐過任何禪修的滋味。

[05:28] None of them has encountered God.
  他們沒有一個人遇見過上帝。

[05:32] And I think none of them is ready to be crucified like Jesus Christ.
  我認為他們沒有一個人準備好像耶穌基督一樣被釘在十字架上。

[05:38] I asked him, are you ready to be crucified like Jesus Christ?
  我問他，你準備好像耶穌基督一樣被釘在十字架上嗎？

[05:41] He said, what kind of question are you asking?
  他說，你在問什麼樣的問題？

[05:48] I have children. I have my wife. I have my own parents.
  我有孩子。我有妻子。我有自己的父母。

[05:54] I said Jesus also had his own parents.
  我說耶穌也有他自己的父母。

[05:58] And he was only 33 when he was crucified.
  他被釘在十字架上時才三十三歲。

[06:02] You are almost 60.
  你都快六十歲了。

[06:06] pointed to the golden cross hanging around his neck on a golden chain.
  他指著掛在他脖子上的一條金項鍊上的金色十字架。

[06:12] I said, "As far as I understand, you need to be hanging on the cross.
  我說，「依我之見，你需要掛在十字架上。

[06:21] Not that the cross has to be golden, hanging around your neck on a golden chain.
  並非十字架必須是金色的，掛在你脖子上的一條金項鍊上。

[06:29] This is the ultimate mockery."
  這是極大的嘲諷。」

[06:33] He said, "I was thinking that one day I will ask you to speak to my college students.
  他說，「我曾想有一天我會請你對我的大學生演講。

[06:41] They have almost 5,000 students.
  他們有將近五千名學生。

[06:45] But now I dropped that idea.
  但現在我放棄了這個想法。

[06:48] You can disturb the whole thing.
  你可以擾亂整個事情。

[06:48] I said I am not converting you.
  我說我不是在改變你。

[06:52] I am trying to explain to you how to transform yourself, not how to convert others.
  我試圖向你解釋如何轉變自己，而不是如何改變他人。

[07:02] There is a tremendous difference between transformation and conversion.
  轉變和改變之間有巨大的差異。

[07:08] Conversion means you are changing someone's ideology.
  轉化意味著你正在改變某人的意識形態。

[07:14] Someone was a Hindu, now he becomes a Christian.
  一個人曾是印度教徒，現在他變成了一個基督徒。

[07:18] Someone was a Muslim, now he becomes a Buddhist.
  一個人曾是穆斯林，現在他變成了一個佛教徒。

[07:24] But the person remains the same.
  但這個人保持不變。

[07:24] Nothing has changed inside.
  裡面沒有任何改變。

[07:28] Only the label has changed.
  只有標籤改變了。

[07:31] Only the belief system has changed.
  只有信仰系統改變了。

[07:34] This is not transformation.
  這不是轉變。

[07:37] This is just changing clothes.
  這只是在換衣服。

[07:40] The same dirty body underneath.
  下面是同樣骯髒的身體。

[07:43] Transformation means you are changing yourself.
  轉變意味著你正在改變自己。

[07:50] Not your beliefs, not your ideologies, but your very being, your consciousness, your awareness.
  不是你的信仰，不是你的意識形態，而是你的本質、你的意識、你的覺知。

[07:58] This is the work.
  這就是工作。

[07:58] This is the real work.
  這才是真正的工作。

[08:02] And this work is utterly selfish because you cannot do this work for anybody else.
  而這項工作是極度自私的，因為你無法為別人做這項工作。

[08:10] You cannot become enlightened on behalf of your father.
  你不能代表你的父親獲得啟蒙。

[08:13] You cannot meditate on behalf of your mother.
  你不能代表你的母親打坐。

[08:16] You cannot awaken on behalf of your children.
  你不能代表你的孩子覺醒。

[08:19] This is something only you can do for yourself.
  這是只有你自己才能為自己做的事。

[08:22] So when I say be utterly selfish, I mean be utterly concentrated on your own transformation,
  所以當我說要極度自私時，我的意思是極度專注於你自己的轉變，

[08:30] on your own awakening,
  專注於你自己的覺醒，

[08:33] on your own enlightenment.
  專注於你自己的啟蒙。

[08:37] And don't worry about others.
  而且不要擔心別人。

[08:41] Don't think about spreading messages.
  不要想著傳播訊息。

[08:43] Don't think about converting people.
  不要想著去說服別人。

[08:46] Don't think about helping humanity.
  不要想著去幫助人類。

[08:49] First help yourself.
  先幫助你自己。

[08:53] First transform yourself.
  先轉變你自己。

[08:55] First become a light and then without any effort on your part that light will start reaching others.
  先成為一道光，然後在你不費吹灰之力時，那道光就會開始照耀到別人。

[09:06] This is the beauty of real
  這就是真正的美妙之處

[09:11] Transformation.
  轉變。

[09:13] When you become enlightened, your very presence starts affecting people.
  當你開悟時，你本身的存在就開始影響人們。

[09:19] Not your words, not your teachings, not your philosophies, but your being, your energy, your silence, your peace, your joy.
  不是你的言語，不是你的教導，不是你的哲學，而是你的本質，你的能量，你的寧靜，你的平和，你的喜悅。

[09:35] This starts radiating and people who are ready, people who are thirsty, they will come to you.
  這開始散發，而那些準備好的人，那些口渴的人，他們會來到你身邊。

[09:44] You don't need to go to them.
  你不需要去找他們。

[09:47] You don't need to knock on their doors.
  你不需要敲他們的門。

[09:50] You don't need to distribute pamphlets.
  你不需要分發傳單。

[09:53] You don't need to argue and convince.
  你不需要爭辯和說服。

[09:57] Those who are ready will simply be pulled toward you like iron filings toward a magnet.
  那些準備好的人將會像鐵屑被磁鐵吸引一樣，被你吸引過來。

[10:06] So the question is not how to spread my vision.
  所以問題不在於如何傳播我的願景。

[10:09] The question is how to become my
  問題在於如何成為我的

[10:13] vision, how to embody it, how to live it.
  願景，如何體現它，如何活出它。

[10:19] And this can only happen if you are utterly selfish.
  而這只有在你極度自私的情況下才能發生。

[10:23] If you are completely focused on your own inner work, if you are not distracted by the idea of helping others, serving others, saving others.
  如果你完全專注於你自己的內在工作，如果你沒有被幫助他人、服務他人、拯救他人的想法所分心。

[10:37] I'll tell you a story.
  我會給你講個故事。

[10:40] There was once a man who wanted to learn swimming.
  從前有個人想學游泳。

[10:44] He went to a master and said, "Teach me to swim."
  他去拜訪一位師傅，說：「教我游泳。」

[10:52] The master said, "First you must learn to float."
  師傅說：「首先你必須學會漂浮。」

[10:54] The man said, "No, no, I don't have time for floating.
  那人說：「不，不，我沒時間漂浮。

[11:01] There are people drowning in the river.
  河裡有人在溺水。

[11:05] I need to learn to swim so I can save them."
  我需要學會游泳才能救他們。」

[11:09] The master said, "If you don't learn to float first, you will drown trying to
  師傅說：「如果你不先學會漂浮，你將在嘗試...

[11:16] save others.
  拯救他人。

[11:18] And then instead of saving one person, two people will be drowning.
  然後，與其拯救一個人，不如說兩個人將會溺水。

[11:24] This is the situation with all dogooders, all servants of humanity, all selfless people.
  這就是所有好心人、所有人類僕人、所有無私之人的處境。

[11:33] They have not learned to float.
  他們沒有學會漂浮。

[11:35] They have not saved themselves.
  他們沒有拯救自己。

[11:38] They have not found their own ground and they are jumping into the river trying to save others.
  他們沒有找到自己的立足點，就跳進河裡試圖拯救他人。

[11:43] The result they drown and often they pull others down with them.
  結果是他們溺水了，而且常常把別人也一起拖下水。

[11:51] So my teaching is very simple.
  所以我的教導非常簡單。

[11:54] First learn to float.
  首先學會漂浮。

[11:57] First save yourself.
  首先拯救你自己。

[12:00] First become enlightened.
  首先開悟。

[12:02] And then if you want to help others, you will naturally help not as a duty, not as a mission, not as a service, but as an overflow, as a sharing, as a
  然後，如果你想幫助他人，你會自然地去幫助，不是作為一種責任，不是作為一種使命，不是作為一種服務，而是作為一種溢出，一種分享，一種

[12:18] celebration because you have so much that you cannot contain it.
  慶祝，因為你擁有的太多以至於無法容納。

[12:23] It spills over and whoever comes near you gets a taste.
  它會溢出來，任何靠近你的人都會嚐到一點。

[12:30] This is how Buddha worked.
  佛陀就是這樣工作的。

[12:34] This is how all real masters have worked.
  所有真正的導師都是這樣工作的。

[12:37] They never went to people.
  他們從未主動去找人們。

[12:41] People came to them.
  人們來找他們。

[12:41] Buddha never said, "I am starting a religion.
  佛陀從未說過：「我要創立一個宗教。

[12:44] I am converting people.
  我要度化眾生。

[12:49] I am spreading my message."
  我要傳播我的訊息。」

[12:49] No, he simply sat under the bodhi tree, silent, awakened, radiant.
  不，他只是靜靜地坐在菩提樹下，沉默、覺醒、光輝。

[13:01] And people started coming, thousands from all over, not because he advertised, not because he preached, but because something in their hearts recognized that here is a man who has
  人們開始前來，成千上萬來自各地，不是因為他做廣告，不是因為他佈道，而是因為他們內心深處的某種東西認出了這是一位擁有

[13:19] found what they are searching for.
  找到了他們所尋找的東西。

[13:23] But even Buddha's followers could not maintain his teaching.
  但即使是佛陀的追隨者也無法維持他的教義。

[13:28] After Buddha died, his disciples started arguing.
  佛陀去世後，他的弟子們開始爭論。

[13:34] They started creating doctrines.
  他們開始創立教義。

[13:37] They started spreading his message.
  他們開始傳播他的訊息。

[13:40] And in spreading, they diluted it.
  而在傳播過程中，他們稀釋了它。

[13:44] They compromised.
  他們妥協了。

[13:47] They went to countries where people wanted positive promises,
  他們去了那些人們想要積極承諾的國家，

[13:51] where people wanted hope, where people wanted heaven.
  那些人們想要希望，人們想要天堂的地方。

[13:56] So they stopped using Buddha's negative terms.
  所以他們停止使用佛陀的負面術語。

[14:01] They stopped talking about nothingness, emptiness, void.
  他們停止談論虛無、空虛、虛空。

[14:04] They started talking about bliss, enlightenment, nirvana as something to gain.
  他們開始談論極樂、開悟、涅槃作為可以獲得的東西。

[14:14] And Buddhism became just like any other religion.
  佛教就和其他宗教一樣了。

[14:18] promising rewards,
  承諾回報，

[14:21] Creating seekers, building temples, collecting followers.
  創造尋求者，建立寺廟，聚集追隨者。

[14:27] This is why Buddhism disappeared from India because it lost Buddha's essential teaching.
  這就是為什麼佛教從印度消失，因為它失去了佛陀的根本教義。

[14:32] And that essential teaching was be utterly selfish.
  而那根本教義是，要極度自私。

[14:44] Don't try to become a missionary.
  不要試圖成為一個傳教士。

[14:47] Become a message.
  成為一個訊息。

[14:49] What does this mean?
  這是什麼意思？

[14:52] It means don't try to spread truth through words, become truth.
  這意味著不要試圖通過言語傳播真理，要成為真理。

[14:57] Don't try to teach love, become love.
  不要試圖教導愛，要成為愛。

[15:01] Don't try to preach awareness, become aware.
  不要試圖宣揚覺知，要變得覺知。

[15:08] And then your very being will teach, your very presence will preach, your very existence will spread the message.
  然後你的存在本身就會教導，你的臨在本身就會宣揚，你的存在本身就會傳播訊息。

[15:17] Let me give you an example from my own experience.
  讓我從我自己的經驗中給你一個例子。

[15:22] There was a man who came to me about a month ago.
  有一個男人大約一個月前來找我。

[15:24] He's a simple man, poor but with a very rich heart.
  他是一個簡單的人，貧窮但心地非常富饒。

[15:33] He is not educated.
  他沒有受過教育。

[15:36] He is not sophisticated.
  他不世故。

[15:37] He's just an ordinary man who sings.
  他只是一個普通的唱歌的人。

[15:42] He brought his guitar.
  他帶來了他的吉他。

[15:42] Very shy.
  非常害羞。

[15:45] He asked if he could sing a song for me.
  他問是否可以為我唱首歌。

[15:49] I said, "This is the most beautiful present anyone could have brought to me.
  我說：「這是任何人能帶給我的最美的禮物。

[15:55] You can sing every day."
  你每天都可以唱歌。」

[15:58] And I have been watching him for almost 1 month.
  我已經觀察他將近一個月了。

[16:01] The depth, the significance, the meaning of his songs has been deepening.
  他的歌曲的深度、意義、含義一直在加深。

[16:08] His courage is growing.
  他的勇氣正在增長。

[16:11] He is no more hesitant.
  他不再猶豫了。

[16:15] He's not worried that so many people are watching.
  他不擔心這麼多人正在看著。

[16:18] He's not a public singer.
  他不是一個公眾歌手。

[16:20] He is just like everybody else, a
  他就像其他人一樣，一個

[16:23] bathroom singer.
  浴室歌手。

[16:25] It is strange.
  這很奇怪。

[16:25] In the bathroom, you will find great singers of the world.
  在浴室裡，你會發現世界上偉大的歌手。

[16:32] But the moment you bring them out of the bathroom, they become dumb.
  但你一旦把他們帶出浴室，他們就變得啞口無言。

[16:37] Everybody is a good conversationalist.
  每個人都是一個好的健談者。

[16:41] The whole world is full with people talking to each other.
  整個世界充滿了互相交談的人們。

[16:43] But just put somebody on a pedestal and he looks at the crowd watching at him and his heart starts sinking.
  但只要把某人放在一個高台上，他看著人群注視著他，他的心就開始下沉。

[16:52] These are the same people he has been talking to separately privately.
  這些人是他先前私下分別交談過的人。

[16:59] But to be observed with thousands of eyes, a fear arises.
  但被成千上萬雙眼睛注視著，一種恐懼感就產生了。

[17:05] What if something goes wrong?
  萬一出了什麼差錯呢？

[17:08] I will become a laughingstock before so many people.
  我會在這麼多人面前成為笑柄。

[17:11] I have been watching this man.
  我一直在觀察這個人。

[17:15] The first day there was that fear.
  第一天有那種恐懼。

[17:18] Slowly slowly the fear has disappeared.
  慢慢地，恐懼消失了。

[17:22] On the contrary, his fearlessness is
  相反，他的無所畏懼是

[17:25] and he has been creating his own songs.
  而且他一直在創作自己的歌曲。

[17:31] Tremendously beautiful.
  非常美麗。

[17:35] not composed by the mind but arising out of his love and out of his heart.
  不是由心智所創，而是源於他的愛和他的心。

[17:41] They have a totally different beauty.
  它們有一種完全不同的美。

[17:44] It is true that if you love me you will feel in my presence dissolving into a vast emptiness into a vast fullness beyond human mind.
  確實，如果你愛我，你會在我的存在中感受到自己溶解到一種超越人類心智的浩瀚空虛，一種浩瀚的圓滿。

[17:57] Emptiness and fullness mean the same thing.
  空虛和圓滿意味著同一件事。

[18:00] Love makes you empty.
  愛讓你變得空虛。

[18:03] Empty of jealousy, empty of power trips, empty of anger, empty of competitiveness, empty of your ego and all its garbage.
  空於嫉妒，空於權力慾，空於憤怒，空於競爭心，空於你的自我及其所有垃圾。

[18:16] But love also makes you full of things which are unknown to you right now.
  但愛也讓你充滿了現在對你來說未知的事物。

[18:19] It makes you full of fragrance,
  它讓你充滿了芬芳，

[18:25] full of light, full of joy.
  充滿光明，充滿喜悅。

[18:30] This is what happens when you dissolve into love.
  這就是當你融入愛時會發生的事。

[18:33] When you are in the presence of a master and you simply open your heart, new songs start coming.
  當你在一位大師面前，你只是敞開心扉，新的歌曲便開始湧現。

[18:39] New melodies, new visions, things you never dreamed yourself capable of.
  新的旋律，新的視野，你從未夢想過自己有能力做到的事情。

[18:48] Why?
  為什麼？

[18:51] Because when you love, when you trust, when you open, you connect with something universal, something beyond your small self.
  因為當你愛，當你信任，當你敞開，你便與某種普遍的、超越你渺小自我的東西連結。

[19:03] And that universal energy starts flowing through you.
  而那普遍的能量便開始透過你流動。

[19:07] You become a vehicle, an instrument, and beautiful things start happening.
  你成為一個載體，一個工具，美好的事情便開始發生。

[19:16] But notice what happened here.
  但請注意這裡發生了什麼。

[19:19] This man did not come with a mission.
  這個人不是帶著使命來的。

[19:22] He did not come to spread music.
  他不是來傳播音樂的。

[19:25] He did not come to teach singing.
  他不是來教唱歌的。

[19:29] He came utterly selfishly.
  他是出於極度的自私而來的。

[19:33] He came because his heart was full and he wanted to offer it, to share it, not to convert anyone, not to create followers, not to start a movement, just to express, just to celebrate, just to give what was overflowing in him.
  他是因為內心滿溢，想要奉獻出來，分享出來，不是為了 કોઈ ને ધર્મપરિવર્તન કરાવવા, કોઈ અનુયાયીઓ બનાવવા, કોઈ ચળવળ શરૂ કરવા, ફક્ત વ્યક્ત કરવા, ફક્ત ઉજવણી કરવા, ફક્ત જે તેનામાં છલકાઈ રહ્યું છે તે આપવા માટે આવ્યા હતા.

[19:54] This is the right way.
  這才是正確的方式。

[19:58] First you become so full that you cannot contain it and then it overflows not as a duty but as a natural consequence like a flower blooming.
  首先，你變得如此充實，以至於無法自持，然後它便會溢出，不是作為一種義務，而是作為一種自然而然的結果，就像花朵綻放一樣。

[20:11] The flower does not bloom to spread fragrance.
  花朵綻放並非為了散播芬芳。

[20:15] The flower blooms because blooming is its nature and the fragrance spreads by itself without any effort.
  花朵綻放是因為綻放是它的天性，而芬芳則自行散播，毫不費力。

[20:26] without any intention.

[20:29] So I am saying to you be like the

[20:31] flower.

[20:33] Don't think about spreading fragrance.

[20:36] Think about blooming.

[20:39] Don't think about giving light to

[20:41] others.

[20:43] Think about becoming light yourself.

[20:46] And once you are light, once you are

[20:48] blooming, once you are overflowing, the

[20:52] rest happens by itself.

[20:55] You don't need to do anything.

[20:58] You don't need to become a missionary.

[21:00] You become a message.

[21:02] And people who have eyes will see.

[21:06] People who have ears will hear.

[21:09] People who have hearts will feel.

[21:14] Now someone might ask, "But Osho, is

[21:18] this not also selfish in a negative way?

[21:21] If everyone just focuses on themselves,

[21:25] who will help the poor? Who will serve

[21:28] the sick? Who will take care of those

[21:31] who are suffering?

[21:33] This question comes from a fundamental

[21:35] misunderstanding.

[21:37] Let me clarify.

[21:39] When I say be selfish,

[21:42] I am not saying ignore others.

[21:46] I am not saying become cold. I am not

[21:49] saying become indifferent.

[21:52] I am saying become so full of yourself,

[21:56] so overflowing with your own being that

[21:59] helping others is not a sacrifice. It is

[22:03] not a duty.

[22:05] It is not a burden. It is a joy. It is a

[22:09] celebration.

[22:11] It is a sharing of your abundance.

[22:14] Right now when you help others

[22:18] you do it from emptiness. You help

[22:21] because you have been told it is the

[22:23] right thing to do. You help because you

[22:26] want to feel good about yourself.

[22:29] You help because you want others to

[22:32] think you are a good person.

[22:34] You help because you are afraid that if

[22:37] you don't help you will be selfish and

[22:41] being selfish is bad. So your help is

[22:44] contaminated.

[22:46] It is not pure.

[22:48] It comes with expectations,

[22:51] with demands,

[22:53] with a sense of superiority.

[22:56] I am helping you. You should be

[22:59] grateful. You should respect me. You

[23:03] should acknowledge my sacrifice.

[23:06] But when you help from fullness, from

[23:10] overflow,

[23:11] there is no expectation.

[23:14] There is no demand.

[23:16] You help because you have so much that

[23:19] you want to share.

[23:21] Like a cloud full of rain,

[23:24] the cloud does not rain as a sacrifice.

[23:28] The cloud does not rain as a duty.

[23:33] The cloud reigns because it is so full

[23:36] that it must rain and whoever is there

[23:39] to receive receives

[23:42] and whoever is not there does not

[23:45] receive.

[23:47] The cloud is not concerned.

[23:50] The cloud has done its job simply by

[23:54] raining.

[23:56] This is the difference.

[23:58] Selfless service is miserable.

[24:01] Selfish overflow is blissful.

[24:05] Selfless service creates saints who are

[24:08] bitter, resentful

[24:12] martyrs who are always complaining about

[24:15] how much they sacrificed and how little

[24:18] appreciation they got.

[24:21] Selfish overflow creates Buddhas who are

[24:25] simply celebrating, sharing, dancing

[24:30] with no concern for results,

[24:33] no concern for appreciation,

[24:36] no concern for recognition.

[24:39] So my message is radical.

[24:43] It goes against everything you have been

[24:45] taught but it is the truth and the truth

[24:50] is always radical.

[24:53] The truth is always revolutionary

[24:57] because the truth destroys all lies and

[25:00] the biggest lie is that you should be

[25:02] selfless.

[25:04] No, be utterly selfish.

[25:08] Transform yourself.

[25:10] become a light

[25:12] and then without trying without effort

[25:17] you will light up the whole world.

[25:20] Now let me address another aspect of

[25:23] this teaching.

[25:24] Why has no one ever said this before?

[25:28] Why has every religion preached

[25:30] selflessness?

[25:32] The reason is simple. Society does not

[25:36] want enlightened individuals. Society

[25:40] wants obedient individuals.

[25:43] Society wants people who fit in, who

[25:47] follow rules, who don't question, who

[25:51] don't rebel. And the best way to keep

[25:54] people obedient is to make them feel

[25:57] guilty about being selfish.

[25:59] to make them feel that their own needs,

[26:03] their own growth, their own

[26:05] transformation

[26:07] is somehow wrong, somehow sinful,

[26:12] somehow less important than serving

[26:15] others. So from childhood you are taught

[26:20] to sacrifice,

[26:22] to compromise, to adjust,

[26:25] to think about others first. And what

[26:29] happens? You become weak. You become

[26:32] dependent.

[26:34] You become controllable. You lose your

[26:38] individuality.

[26:40] You lose your fire. You lose your

[26:43] uniqueness.

[26:45] You become a sheep in the herd. And the

[26:48] shepherds, the priests, the politicians,

[26:53] the leaders,

[26:55] they are very happy

[26:57] because sheep are easy to manage. Sheep

[27:00] don't rebel. Sheep follow. But a truly

[27:05] selfish person, a person who is utterly

[27:09] focused on their own transformation,

[27:12] such a person becomes a lion. Such a

[27:16] person cannot be controlled.

[27:19] Such a person will not follow just

[27:21] because everyone else is following. Such

[27:23] a person will question, will rebel, will

[27:28] find their own paths.

[27:30] And this is dangerous to society. This

[27:33] is why society condemns selfishness.

[27:37] This is why religion preaches

[27:38] selflessness.

[27:40] But I am not here to make you fit into

[27:43] society.

[27:45] I am here to make you free from society.

[27:49] I am not here to make you religious.

[27:52] I am here to make you spiritual.

[27:55] And there is a big difference.

[27:58] Religion is organized belief.

[28:02] Religion is about fitting in, about

[28:05] following,

[28:06] about obeying.

[28:09] Spirituality is about individual search,

[28:13] about questioning,

[28:15] about finding your own truth.

[28:18] So my approach is not religious. My

[28:21] approach is spiritual. And the

[28:24] foundation of spirituality is

[28:27] selfishness.

[28:29] Utter selfishness.

[28:31] complete concentration on your own

[28:34] being, your own consciousness,

[28:38] your own awakening.

[28:40] This is the only holy approach

[28:44] and I call it the only holy approach

[28:48] because it is the only approach that

[28:50] actually works. All other approaches

[28:54] have failed.

[28:56] 25 centuries have passed since Buddha.

[29:00] 20 centuries since Jesus. And how many

[29:03] enlightened people has humanity

[29:05] produced? A handful. Why? Because the

[29:10] approach was wrong. Buddha said, "Don't

[29:15] seek, don't become, just be." But people

[29:19] could not understand.

[29:21] So they created methods,

[29:24] they created practices,

[29:27] they created paths.

[29:29] And all these methods are based on the

[29:32] idea that you need to do something. You

[29:35] need to achieve something.

[29:37] You need to become something.

[29:40] And this doing, this achieving, this

[29:44] becoming is the problem. Because the

[29:46] more you do, the more you strengthen the

[29:49] ego. The more you try to achieve, the

[29:52] more you reinforce the sense that

[29:56] something is missing.

[29:58] The more you try to become, the more you

[30:01] deny what you already are. So the real

[30:05] teaching is

[30:07] stop doing,

[30:10] stop achieving,

[30:12] stop becoming,

[30:14] just be. But people say how can I just

[30:18] be? I need to do something.

[30:22] I need a technique.

[30:25] I need a method.

[30:27] And so teachers

[30:29] out of compassion

[30:32] give them techniques,

[30:34] give them methods, give them practices,

[30:38] knowing fully well that these techniques

[30:40] will not lead to enlightenment,

[30:43] but they will keep the seeker busy.

[30:46] They will give the seeker hope. And

[30:49] maybe just maybe the seeker will get so

[30:53] tired of seeking that one day they will

[30:56] simply stop. And in that stopping

[31:00] enlightenment happens.

[31:03] This is the paradox.

[31:05] You cannot achieve enlightenment by

[31:08] seeking it. But you cannot achieve it by

[31:12] not seeking it either. You have to seek

[31:15] so intensely,

[31:18] so totally, so exhaustingly

[31:22] that one day the seeking itself drops

[31:27] not because you give up but because you

[31:30] see the futility of it.

[31:34] You see that what you are seeking is

[31:37] already here. What you are trying to

[31:40] become, you already are.

[31:43] And in that seeing the seeking stops and

[31:48] enlightenment is revealed.

[31:51] But this revelation can only happen if

[31:54] you are utterly selfish. If you are

[31:57] completely focused on your own inner

[32:01] journey,

[32:03] if you are not distracted by the idea of

[32:05] helping others,

[32:08] of serving humanity,

[32:10] of spreading messages,

[32:13] these are all distractions.

[32:16] These are all ways the ego finds to

[32:19] avoid the real work. The real work of

[32:23] looking inside,

[32:25] of facing yourself, of dissolving the

[32:28] false self.

[32:30] This work is hard. This work is painful.

[32:34] This work requires courage. So the ego

[32:38] says, "Let me help others instead.

[32:42] Let me serve. Let me sacrifice.

[32:46] This is easier.

[32:49] This makes me feel good. This makes me

[32:52] feel noble. But this is not the way. The

[32:56] way is ruthless self inquiry,

[33:00] relentless honesty,

[33:02] total commitment to your own

[33:04] transformation.

[33:06] This is what I mean by being selfish.

[33:09] And this is the most spiritual thing you

[33:12] can do. Because when you transform

[33:14] yourself, you transform the world.

[33:18] Not by changing others but by becoming a

[33:22] beacon,

[33:24] a light in the darkness. And those who

[33:26] have eyes will see your light and they

[33:29] will come

[33:31] not because you call them but because

[33:34] they cannot resist.

[33:36] They are pulled magnetically inevitably.

[33:41] Let me tell you another story.

[33:44] There was a king who wanted to become

[33:46] enlightened.

[33:48] He went to many masters.

[33:50] He tried many methods but nothing

[33:53] worked. One day he heard about a master

[33:58] living in the forest.

[34:01] He went to this master and said, "I want

[34:05] to become enlightened. What should I

[34:07] do?" The master said, "First tell me why

[34:13] do you want to become enlightened?"

[34:16] The king said, "So that I can help my

[34:19] people,

[34:21] so that I can be a better king, so that

[34:24] I can serve my kingdom."

[34:27] The master said, "Then you will never

[34:30] become enlightened."

[34:33] The king was shocked. He said, "Why

[34:38] is it wrong to want to help my people?"

[34:41] The master said it is not wrong

[34:46] but it is not the reason to seek

[34:48] enlightenment.

[34:50] If you want to become enlightened to

[34:53] help others, you are still seeking for

[34:56] the ego. The ego wants to be helpful.

[35:00] The ego wants to be a good king. The ego

[35:04] wants to serve.

[35:07] This is subtle ego. This is spiritual

[35:09] ego.

[35:11] And this ego will block your

[35:13] enlightenment.

[35:15] The king said, "Then what should I do?"

[35:19] The master said, "Forget about your

[35:23] people.

[35:24] Forget about your kingdom.

[35:27] Forget about being a good king.

[35:30] Focus only on yourself. Be utterly

[35:34] selfish. Seek enlightenment for no

[35:37] reason.

[35:38] Seek it because you cannot live without

[35:41] it. Seek it because not seeking it would

[35:45] be death. Seek it with such intensity

[35:50] that everything else disappears.

[35:53] Your people, your kingdom, your duties

[35:58] all disappear.

[36:00] Only the seeking remains.

[36:03] And when even the seeking disappears,

[36:06] enlightenment happens.

[36:08] The king understood.

[36:11] He renounced his kingdom. He went into

[36:14] the forest. He meditated with total

[36:17] intensity,

[36:19] with utter selfishness,

[36:22] not thinking about anyone, not worrying

[36:25] about anything, just focused on his

[36:28] inner transformation.

[36:30] And after 12 years

[36:33] he became enlightened.

[36:35] And when he became enlightened

[36:38] something beautiful happened. People

[36:41] started coming to him from all over.

[36:45] Even from his old kingdom.

[36:48] Not because he went to them but because

[36:52] they heard about a light in the forest,

[36:55] a presence,

[36:57] a silence. and they were pulled.

[37:01] And he helped more people in his

[37:03] enlightened estate than he ever helped

[37:06] as a king. Because as a king, he could

[37:10] only give material things,

[37:13] food, shelter,

[37:16] security.

[37:18] But as an enlightened being, he could

[37:21] give them something far more precious.

[37:25] He could give them a glimpse of their

[37:27] own potential.

[37:29] He could show them that enlightenment is

[37:32] possible, that transformation

[37:35] is real, that the light they are seeking

[37:39] outside is already inside them.

[37:43] This is the power of being a message

[37:46] rather than a missionary. The missionary

[37:49] goes to people and says, "Believe what I

[37:52] believe. follow what I follow, convert

[37:55] to my religion. And people resist

[37:59] because no one likes to be told what to

[38:02] do. No one likes to be converted. No one

[38:06] likes to have ideology forced upon them.

[38:10] But the message, the enlightened being

[38:14] simply sits silent,

[38:18] radiant

[38:19] and people come on their own and they

[38:23] don't come to be converted.

[38:25] They come to be transformed

[38:29] and transformation cannot be forced.

[38:32] Transformation can only be invited.

[38:37] So when someone asks me what should I do

[38:41] to spread your vision

[38:43] I say don't spread my vision become my

[38:48] vision don't be a missionary be a

[38:52] message don't try to convert others

[38:56] transform yourself and if you do this if

[39:00] you are utterly selfish in your

[39:02] spiritual growth you will help more

[39:05] people than all the missionaries in the

[39:07] world combined

[39:09] because one enlightened being is more

[39:12] valuable to humanity than a million

[39:15] preachers.

[39:17] One candle lit is more useful than a

[39:20] million candles talking about light.

[39:24] This is my teaching. This is my

[39:27] approach. And I call it the only holy

[39:30] approach because it is the only approach

[39:32] that respects the individual.

[39:35] that honors the uniqueness of each

[39:38] person,

[39:39] that does not try to fit everyone into

[39:43] one mold,

[39:45] that does not say this is the only way,

[39:48] but says find your way. Listen to your

[39:52] heart. Follow what feels natural to you.

[39:56] Be selfish in the most beautiful sense

[39:59] of the word. Focus on yourself.

[40:03] transform yourself and let the

[40:06] transformation speak for itself.

[40:09] Now I must tell you something important.

[40:14] When you start being truly selfish, when

[40:17] you start focusing entirely on your own

[40:20] transformation,

[40:22] people will criticize you. They will

[40:25] call you selfish in the negative sense.

[40:28] They will say you are self-centered,

[40:31] narcissistic,

[40:33] uncaring.

[40:35] They will say you have forgotten your

[40:37] duties,

[40:39] your responsibilities,

[40:41] your obligations to family, to society,

[40:45] to humanity.

[40:47] And this criticism will hurt

[40:50] because you have been conditioned your

[40:52] whole life to care about what others

[40:55] think, to seek approval, to avoid

[40:59] criticism.

[41:01] But you must be strong. You must

[41:04] understand that their criticism comes

[41:07] from their own conditioning. They have

[41:10] been told that selflessness is virtue.

[41:14] And now they see you breaking that rule

[41:17] and it threatens them. It questions

[41:20] their own choices,

[41:22] their own sacrifices,

[41:24] their own suffering.

[41:27] So they attack

[41:29] not because you are wrong but because

[41:32] you are making them uncomfortable.

[41:35] You are showing them that there is

[41:37] another way and they are not ready to

[41:40] see it. So let them criticize.

[41:44] Let them call you selfish.

[41:47] You know the truth.

[41:49] You know that you are not being selfish

[41:52] in the sense of taking from others.

[41:55] You are being selfish in the sense of

[41:57] giving to yourself. You are being

[42:00] selfish in the sense of taking

[42:02] responsibility for your own life, your

[42:06] own happiness,

[42:08] your own transformation.

[42:10] And this is the highest responsibility

[42:13] you can take.

[42:15] In fact, let me tell you something

[42:18] radical.

[42:19] If you are not selfish,

[42:22] if you are not taking care of your own

[42:24] transformation first, then you are being

[42:27] irresponsible.

[42:29] You are being a burden on others.

[42:32] Because an unenlightened person, a

[42:35] person who has not found their own

[42:37] center, such a person is always needy,

[42:41] always demanding,

[42:43] always expecting.

[42:46] Such a person is always taking energy

[42:48] from others, draining others even when

[42:52] they think they are giving. Have you

[42:54] seen those people who are always helping

[42:57] others, always serving, always

[43:00] sacrificing,

[43:02] but they are so miserable, so bitter, so

[43:06] resentful

[43:08] and their presence is heavy, their

[43:11] presence is draining.

[43:13] You feel tired after being with them.

[43:17] Why? Because they are not coming from

[43:19] fullness.

[43:21] They are coming from emptiness. They are

[43:24] trying to fill their emptiness by

[43:26] helping others. They are trying to feel

[43:29] good about themselves by serving.

[43:32] But deep down they are angry.

[43:35] Angry that despite all their service,

[43:39] all their sacrifice,

[43:41] they are still empty, still unfulfilled,

[43:46] still miserable.

[43:48] So they project their anger onto others.

[43:52] They complain.

[43:54] They make others feel guilty.

[43:57] See how much I have sacrificed for you.

[44:01] See how much I have given and what have

[44:05] you given me in return.

[44:08] This is the curse of the selfless

[44:10] person. They give from emptiness and

[44:14] they expect others to fill that

[44:16] emptiness.

[44:18] But no one can fill your emptiness

[44:21] except you. No amount of service,

[44:25] no amount of sacrifice,

[44:28] no amount of help given to others will

[44:30] fill your inner void.

[44:33] Only your own transformation can fill

[44:36] it. So I repeat, be utterly selfish.

[44:42] Focus completely on your own

[44:45] enlightenment,

[44:47] on your own awakening,

[44:50] on your own transformation.

[44:53] And don't worry about being called

[44:55] selfish.

[44:57] Don't worry about criticism.

[45:00] Don't worry about what others think.

[45:03] This is your life.

[45:06] This is your journey. And you are

[45:08] responsible only to yourself, not to

[45:12] society,

[45:14] not to family, not to religion, only to

[45:18] yourself, to your own truth, to your own

[45:22] being. And when you take this

[45:25] responsibility,

[45:27] when you are utterly selfish in this

[45:29] way, something miraculous happens. You

[45:33] become free. Free from guilt.

[45:37] Free from obligation,

[45:39] free from the need for approval, free

[45:42] from the fear of criticism. And in that

[45:45] freedom, you start flowering.

[45:49] Your unique fragrance starts spreading.

[45:52] Your unique song starts singing. Your

[45:55] unique dance starts dancing. And the

[45:58] world becomes richer because of you.

[46:02] Not because you tried to help the world

[46:05] but because you became yourself.

[46:09] This is the secret. The world does not

[46:12] need more helpers.

[46:14] The world needs more individuals,

[46:17] more unique expressions,

[46:20] more flowering,

[46:22] more celebration.

[46:24] When you become yourself,

[46:27] totally yourself, without compromise,

[46:31] without adjustment,

[46:33] without trying to fit in, you give the

[46:36] world a gift.

[46:38] The gift of your uniqueness, the gift of

[46:41] your originality,

[46:44] the gift of your truth.

[46:46] And this gift is far more valuable than

[46:49] any service, any help, any sacrifice.

[46:54] There is an ancient story that

[46:57] illustrates what I'm saying perfectly. A

[47:00] king was getting old. He had three sons,

[47:04] all intelligent.

[47:07] All were twins born together. So there

[47:11] was no question of who is eldest.

[47:14] Otherwise there would have been no

[47:16] problem. The elder son would have been

[47:20] the successor.

[47:22] But the problem is who is going to be

[47:25] the successor out of the three. They are

[47:27] all of the same age.

[47:30] In horse riding they are all of equal

[47:33] efficiency.

[47:35] In archery they are equally great.

[47:39] In every field it is impossible to

[47:42] decide who is the best of the three. The

[47:46] king went to his master, a wise old man

[47:50] living in the forests.

[47:52] He said, "I am getting old and somebody

[47:57] has to succeed me and take care of the

[48:00] kingdom and I am in great difficulty.

[48:04] Can you give me some idea how to choose

[48:07] the right person?" The wise man gave him

[48:10] advice. He came back and he gave equal

[48:14] amounts of money to all the three sons.

[48:17] He told them because they all have their

[48:20] own palaces.

[48:22] With this money, you have to manage to

[48:25] fill your palaces completely.

[48:28] And after 7 days, I will come to see

[48:32] whoever succeeds to fill the house

[48:34] totally better than the other two is

[48:37] going to succeed me as the king of the

[48:40] kingdom.

[48:42] They were puzzled because the money was

[48:44] not that great. They thought of many

[48:47] things but the palaces were big. How to

[48:52] fill them completely?

[48:54] The first prince went to the corporation

[48:57] and asked that from today all the trucks

[49:01] that throw the garbage of the town

[49:04] outside the city, they should throw it

[49:07] into his palace.

[49:09] Because with that money only this much

[49:12] is possible to fill the palace

[49:14] completely. He filled the palace

[49:17] completely.

[49:19] The whole neighborhood was angry. Even

[49:22] the traffic on the road stopped because

[49:25] it was stinking

[49:27] but they could not do anything. He was

[49:30] the prince and it was a question of a

[49:33] certain test. The king has asked

[49:36] himself.

[49:38] The second prince was very much worried.

[49:42] He asked many people but they said with

[49:45] such a small amount of money it is very

[49:49] difficult.

[49:50] What your brother has done he has filled

[49:54] the house you can do something similar

[49:58] just purchased cheap grass and fill the

[50:01] house. He purchased the cheapest quality

[50:04] of grass which even the animals were not

[50:08] ready to eat. But still the house was

[50:11] not full. It was only half full. They

[50:15] both were worried what the third is

[50:17] doing because the third looked

[50:20] absolutely unconcerned.

[50:22] 6 days passed and he had not done

[50:25] anything.

[50:27] And the seventh day came, and by the

[50:30] evening, as the sun sets, the king came

[50:34] with the wise old man. It was impossible

[50:38] to come close to the first son's house.

[50:42] The king said, "This idiot, he has

[50:46] really filled the house, but with

[50:49] garbage.

[50:50] It is disgusting.

[50:53] I am feeling sick." But the old man

[50:56] said, "You promised

[50:59] and we have to go and see. Just keep a

[51:02] little patience.

[51:04] You need not stay long.

[51:07] Just have a look whether he has filled

[51:08] the house or not." They went to the

[51:11] second person's house. It was not

[51:14] better, but it was not worse either.

[51:18] It was rotten grass

[51:22] but the house was half full. The king

[51:27] was very much disappointed.

[51:30] He said it is better not to go to the

[51:33] third prince because these idiots what

[51:37] they are doing is not worth seeing. But

[51:40] the wise man said

[51:43] you have to go because the decision has

[51:45] to be taken. They went to the third man,

[51:48] the third young man. They entered the

[51:51] house and they were puzzled because it

[51:53] was absolutely empty.

[51:56] He had even removed the furniture, the

[51:59] paintings, the statues, everything. The

[52:03] house was terribly empty.

[52:07] They asked the son, "What have you

[52:10] done?" He said to the father, "You just

[52:13] see it is full. The king looked around.

[52:18] He said, "It is absolutely empty. You

[52:23] are fooling us." The wise old man said,

[52:27] "Don't be angry with him. It is full,

[52:32] but it is full with something that you

[52:34] are not acquainted with." What he has

[52:37] done, he has just purchased candles and

[52:41] put all over the house. The candles lit.

[52:45] It was full of light.

[52:48] Light is not material.

[52:51] It is not objective.

[52:54] The word objective is beautiful. It

[52:58] means that which objects you

[53:01] want to go through the wall, the wall

[53:04] will object, will prevent you. The wall

[53:08] is objective.

[53:11] Light is immaterial.

[53:13] It is a strange phenomenon.

[53:16] In one sense it is outside you can be

[53:20] called objective but in another sense it

[53:23] is not creating any objection. You can

[53:26] pass through it.

[53:29] It is immaterial.

[53:31] The old man said you don't understand

[53:35] the boy. And the boy returned most of

[53:39] the money back. He said this was enough.

[53:45] I could have filled the house in many

[53:47] other dimensions.

[53:49] I could have had music in the house

[53:51] which has no weight.

[53:54] I could have brought incense in the

[53:56] house. Fragrance has no weight and it

[53:59] would be filling. But I thought you will

[54:02] be coming. This is enough. And why waste

[54:07] your money? you take your money back. A

[54:11] small part of your money was enough. The

[54:15] wise man said, "This is the son who

[54:19] should succeed you because he has

[54:22] understood something that the others

[54:25] have not."

[54:27] He has understood the difference between

[54:29] material and immaterial, between

[54:32] objective and subjective, between gross

[54:35] and subtle. He has understood that

[54:38] truthfulness is not of things but of

[54:41] qualities,

[54:43] not of matter but of consciousness.

[54:47] This story shows you exactly what I am

[54:50] pointing to. When you are in love,

[54:54] when you are dissolving into the

[54:56] presence of a master, in a way you feel

[55:00] as if you are disappearing into an

[55:03] emptiness.

[55:05] As far as the material world is

[55:07] concerned, you are becoming empty.

[55:11] But on the other hand, you are entering

[55:14] a new kind of fullness,

[55:17] immaterial,

[55:18] spiritual,

[55:20] not of this world, but transcendental,

[55:25] something from the beyond.

[55:28] And I can see in many of you love is

[55:31] growing.

[55:33] And this whole month it has been growing

[55:37] like spring has come to you.

[55:40] New green leaves, new flowers, new

[55:44] perfume and your hearts are full of new

[55:47] visions, new songs, new melodies.

[55:52] Just continue dissolving into love. That

[55:56] is what is the meaning of disciple.

[56:00] Disciple means dissolving into the love,

[56:04] dissolving into the presence of the

[56:06] master, just becoming one with his

[56:10] heartbeats and silence.

[56:13] With this dissolution, treasures of

[56:16] unknown, unexperienced fragrances will

[56:19] grow in you. You are on the right track.

[56:23] Just don't look back

[56:26] and don't stop anywhere

[56:28] because this is a journey that only

[56:31] begins but never ends. It is an eternal

[56:34] journey.

[56:36] The more you go into it, the deeper it

[56:40] becomes. The more you dive, the more

[56:44] ocean you discover.

[56:46] Now I want to address something that

[56:48] many of you are thinking but not asking.

[56:52] You are wondering,

[56:54] oh, if I am utterly selfish,

[56:59] if I only focus on myself, what about my

[57:03] relationships?

[57:05] What about my family?

[57:07] What about my work? Will I become cold?

[57:11] Will I become uncaring? Will people

[57:14] leave me? These are natural fears

[57:19] and I want to address them clearly.

[57:22] When you are truly selfish in the way I

[57:25] am describing, you do not become cold,

[57:29] you become warm.

[57:31] But it is a different kind of warmth.

[57:35] Right now your warmth is needbased.

[57:40] You are warm to your family because you

[57:42] need them.

[57:44] You are caring toward your friends

[57:46] because you want them to care for you.

[57:49] You are helpful to your colleagues

[57:52] because you want to maintain your

[57:54] reputation.

[57:56] This is not real warmth.

[57:59] This is transaction.

[58:02] This is business.

[58:04] But when you are utterly selfish,

[58:08] when you have filled yourself completely

[58:10] with your own transformation,

[58:12] when your inner light is burning bright,

[58:16] then your warmth is not needbased.

[58:20] It is abundance-based.

[58:23] You are warm not because you need

[58:26] anything from anyone.

[58:29] You are warm because you are

[58:31] overflowing.

[58:33] And this warmth is far more genuine, far

[58:36] more nourishing, far more healing than

[58:40] the warmth that comes from need.

[58:44] People can feel the difference.

[58:47] When someone is being nice to you

[58:49] because they need something, you can

[58:52] feel it.

[58:53] There is an underlying tension,

[58:56] an expectation,

[58:58] a demand.

[59:00] But when someone is being loving simply

[59:03] because they are full of love, there is

[59:05] no tension, no expectation,

[59:09] no demand.

[59:11] And this kind of love transforms people.

[59:15] This kind of warmth heals people.

[59:19] This kind of presence awakens people.

[59:22] So don't worry that by being selfish you

[59:25] will lose your relationships.

[59:28] You will not lose them. You will

[59:31] transform them. They will become deeper,

[59:35] more authentic,

[59:37] more real.

[59:39] Because you will no longer be relating

[59:41] from need. You will be relating from

[59:44] abundance.

[59:46] And abundance attracts.

[59:49] Neediness repels.

[59:52] Think about it. Have you ever been with

[59:54] a needy person?

[59:57] Someone who is constantly seeking

[59:59] validation, constantly seeking

[01:00:02] attention, constantly seeking approval.

[01:00:06] How do you feel around such a person?

[01:00:09] Drained, tired,

[01:00:12] you want to escape because neediness is

[01:00:15] like a black hole. It sucks energy.

[01:00:20] No matter how much you give, it is never

[01:00:23] enough.

[01:00:25] The person is still empty.

[01:00:28] But have you been with a person who is

[01:00:30] full, who is overflowing with joy, with

[01:00:34] peace, with love? How do you feel around

[01:00:38] such a person, energized,

[01:00:42] uplifted?

[01:00:44] You want to be near them because their

[01:00:47] fullness nourishes you. Their overflow

[01:00:51] feeds you. Their presence becomes a

[01:00:54] gift. So when I say be utterly selfish,

[01:00:59] I am actually saying become the kind of

[01:01:02] person who is a gift to others.

[01:01:05] Not because you are trying to be a gift,

[01:01:09] but because you cannot help it.

[01:01:12] Your very being has become so rich that

[01:01:16] wherever you go, whatever you do,

[01:01:19] whoever you meet, they receive

[01:01:22] something.

[01:01:23] Not because you are giving,

[01:01:26] but because you are overflowing.

[01:01:29] This is the paradox of true selfishness.

[01:01:33] The more selfish you are, the more

[01:01:36] generous you become.

[01:01:38] The more you focus on yourself, the more

[01:01:41] you have to give to others.

[01:01:44] The more you fill yourself, the more you

[01:01:47] overflow onto others.

[01:01:49] This is not a contradiction.

[01:01:52] This is the way of existence.

[01:01:54] A flower must first bloom before it can

[01:01:59] spread fragrance.

[01:02:01] A lamp must first be lit before it can

[01:02:04] give light.

[01:02:06] You must first be full before you can

[01:02:09] overflow.

[01:02:11] Now let me tell you about a very

[01:02:13] important aspect of being utterly

[01:02:16] selfish that most people completely

[01:02:19] miss.

[01:02:21] Being utterly selfish does not mean you

[01:02:24] withdraw from the world. It does not

[01:02:27] mean you become a hermit living in a

[01:02:30] cave.

[01:02:31] It does not mean you escape from

[01:02:33] responsibilities.

[01:02:35] It means you engage with life from a

[01:02:38] different center, from a different

[01:02:41] quality of being. Right now you are

[01:02:46] living from the center of the ego. The

[01:02:49] ego is always comparing,

[01:02:51] always competing, always trying to prove

[01:02:55] itself.

[01:02:56] When you do something, the ego asks,

[01:03:00] "What will I get from this? How will

[01:03:03] this benefit me?

[01:03:05] What will others think?

[01:03:07] And this constant calculation

[01:03:10] makes life heavy, burdensome,

[01:03:14] exhausting,

[01:03:15] you are not living, you are

[01:03:18] strategizing.

[01:03:20] But when you are utterly selfish in my

[01:03:22] sense,

[01:03:24] when you have done the inner work, when

[01:03:27] you have found your own center, then you

[01:03:30] live from a different place.

[01:03:32] You live from being not from ego. And

[01:03:37] being does not calculate.

[01:03:39] Being does not compare. Being does not

[01:03:42] compete.

[01:03:44] Being simply expresses.

[01:03:47] Like a tree grows, like a river flows,

[01:03:51] like a bird sings. There is no why.

[01:03:55] There is no purpose. There is just

[01:03:58] natural expression. And this natural

[01:04:01] expression is what I call true action.

[01:04:05] Action that is not motivated by fear or

[01:04:08] greed or ambition.

[01:04:11] Action that comes from your very center,

[01:04:14] from your very being. And such action

[01:04:19] has a totally different quality. It is

[01:04:22] effortless.

[01:04:24] It is joyful. It is creative

[01:04:28] and it transforms

[01:04:30] not only you but everyone it touches.

[01:04:35] Let me give you a real example.

[01:04:38] There was a Zen master named Rioan.

[01:04:42] He lived in a small hut, utterly poor,

[01:04:46] possessing nothing.

[01:04:48] One night a thief came to his hut.

[01:04:52] The thief broke in, looked around, but

[01:04:56] found nothing to steal. The hut was

[01:05:00] completely empty.

[01:05:02] The thief was disappointed and was about

[01:05:06] to leave when Rioken woke up. He saw the

[01:05:10] thief and felt compassion.

[01:05:12] He thought, "This poor man has come all

[01:05:16] this way and there is nothing for him to

[01:05:19] take. he will go back empty-handed.

[01:05:23] So Ryokan took off his only blanket and

[01:05:27] gave it to the thief. He said, "Please

[01:05:30] take this. I'm sorry. I don't have

[01:05:34] anything else to give you." The thief

[01:05:37] was shocked.

[01:05:39] He had never met anyone like this. He

[01:05:42] took the blanket and ran away.

[01:05:45] Ryoken sat naked in his hut looking at

[01:05:49] the moon through the window and he wrote

[01:05:51] a poem. The thief left it behind the

[01:05:56] moon at the window. You see, Riyoken was

[01:06:01] utterly selfish.

[01:06:03] He was completely focused on his own

[01:06:06] being, his own joy, his own meditation.

[01:06:11] He was not trying to reform the thief.

[01:06:14] He was not trying to convert him to

[01:06:16] Buddhism.

[01:06:18] He was not trying to teach him a moral

[01:06:21] lesson.

[01:06:22] He simply responded from his fullness,

[01:06:27] from his overflow.

[01:06:29] And that response transformed the thief

[01:06:34] far more than any sermon or moral

[01:06:37] lecture could have. The thief came back

[01:06:41] the next day. not to return the blanket

[01:06:46] but to ask Rioken to accept him as a

[01:06:49] disciple.

[01:06:51] Because in that one moment,

[01:06:53] in that one gesture, the thief had seen

[01:06:57] something he had never seen before. He

[01:07:00] had seen what it means to be truly rich.

[01:07:04] Not rich in possessions,

[01:07:07] but rich in being.

[01:07:09] not rich in things but rich in

[01:07:12] consciousness

[01:07:14] and he wanted that richness for himself.

[01:07:18] This is what happens when you are

[01:07:21] utterly selfish in my sense. You don't

[01:07:24] try to change others but your very being

[01:07:28] changes them. You don't preach but your

[01:07:32] very presence preaches. You don't teach

[01:07:36] but your very existence teaches.

[01:07:40] And this is far more powerful than any

[01:07:44] missionary work, any conversion,

[01:07:47] any preaching.

[01:07:49] Now I want to talk about another

[01:07:52] dimension of this teaching. The

[01:07:55] dimension of risk. Being utterly selfish

[01:08:00] is risky. Why? Because it means you will

[01:08:05] have to say no to many things. You will

[01:08:08] have to say no to social expectations.

[01:08:11] You will have to say no to family

[01:08:13] demands.

[01:08:15] You will have to say no to friends

[01:08:18] requests.

[01:08:20] And saying no is difficult.

[01:08:23] It creates conflict. It creates tension.

[01:08:27] It makes people angry.

[01:08:30] But if you cannot say no, you cannot be

[01:08:34] truly selfish.

[01:08:36] If you are always saying yes to others,

[01:08:39] always accommodating,

[01:08:41] always adjusting, always compromising,

[01:08:46] then you are not taking care of

[01:08:47] yourself.

[01:08:49] You are not protecting your energy. You

[01:08:52] are not honoring your time.

[01:08:55] You are not respecting your journey.

[01:08:58] And if you don't respect your own

[01:09:00] journey, who will? So you must learn to

[01:09:04] say no. Not rudely, not arrogantly,

[01:09:09] but clearly, firmly,

[01:09:13] lovingly.

[01:09:14] You must learn to say, "I understand you

[01:09:18] want me to do this, but right now my

[01:09:22] priority is my own transformation.

[01:09:26] And this does not serve that priority.

[01:09:30] So I have to say no. And when you say

[01:09:34] this, people will be upset. They will

[01:09:37] call you selfish.

[01:09:39] And you must be prepared for that. You

[01:09:42] must be okay with being misunderstood.

[01:09:46] This is the price of freedom. This is

[01:09:49] the price of individuality.

[01:09:52] This is the price of authenticity.

[01:09:55] And it is worth paying

[01:09:58] because the alternative is slavery.

[01:10:01] The alternative is living your whole

[01:10:03] life for others, never living for

[01:10:06] yourself.

[01:10:08] The alternative is reaching the end of

[01:10:11] your life and realizing you never lived.

[01:10:16] You only survived.

[01:10:18] You only performed. You only pretended.

[01:10:22] I have seen so many people come to me at

[01:10:25] the end of their lives full of regret.

[01:10:29] They say, "Oh, I wasted my life. I did

[01:10:35] everything everyone wanted me to do. I

[01:10:38] was a good son, a good husband, a good

[01:10:42] father, a good employee.

[01:10:45] But I never did what I wanted to do.

[01:10:49] I never explored what I wanted to

[01:10:52] explore. I never became who I wanted to

[01:10:56] become.

[01:10:58] And now it is too late.

[01:11:01] And I tell them it is never too late.

[01:11:06] Even in the last moment of your life, if

[01:11:10] you become aware, if you become

[01:11:12] authentic,

[01:11:14] if you drop all pretense and simply be

[01:11:18] yourself,

[01:11:20] that moment is worth more than 70 years

[01:11:23] of pretending.

[01:11:25] But the tragedy is that most people

[01:11:28] never even have that one moment.

[01:11:31] They die as they lived, pretending,

[01:11:35] performing, playing roles.

[01:11:39] Don't let this be you. Don't wait until

[01:11:42] the end. Start now. Start today. Be

[01:11:47] utterly selfish. Focus on your own

[01:11:50] transformation.

[01:11:52] And if people criticize you,

[01:11:55] let them criticize.

[01:11:57] If people misunderstand you, let them

[01:12:01] misunderstand.

[01:12:03] You are not here to please them. You are

[01:12:06] not here to meet their expectations.

[01:12:09] You are here to become yourself, to

[01:12:12] discover your truth, to live your

[01:12:15] authentic life. And here is the

[01:12:18] beautiful irony.

[01:12:20] When you stop trying to please everyone,

[01:12:23] when you stop trying to meet everyone's

[01:12:26] expectations,

[01:12:28] when you simply focus on being yourself,

[01:12:32] you actually become more pleasing. Not

[01:12:35] to everyone, but to the right people. To

[01:12:39] the people who matter.

[01:12:42] To the people who can see you, who can

[01:12:45] appreciate you, who can love you for who

[01:12:48] you are, not for who they want you to

[01:12:50] be. The wrong people will leave your

[01:12:54] life. And that is good

[01:12:57] because they were never really with you

[01:12:59] anyway.

[01:13:01] They were with their image of you. They

[01:13:04] were with their expectation of you. They

[01:13:07] were with what they wanted you to be.

[01:13:11] But they were never with you as you are.

[01:13:14] So when you become yourself,

[01:13:17] they leave.

[01:13:19] And that creates space.

[01:13:22] Space for the right people. People who

[01:13:25] resonate with your being.

[01:13:27] People who celebrate your uniqueness.

[01:13:31] people who support your journey. This is

[01:13:35] what I have experienced in my own life.

[01:13:39] When I started teaching, many people

[01:13:42] left me. My family was upset.

[01:13:46] My friends were disappointed.

[01:13:49] My colleagues were shocked.

[01:13:52] They said, "What are you doing?

[01:13:56] You are destroying your career. You are

[01:13:59] ruining your reputation.

[01:14:02] You are wasting your life.

[01:14:04] But I continued

[01:14:06] because I knew I had to be myself. I

[01:14:10] knew I had to speak my truth.

[01:14:14] Even if the whole world was against me.

[01:14:17] And you know what happened? The people

[01:14:20] who left were replaced by people who

[01:14:22] came. People from all over the world.

[01:14:27] people who resonated with my message.

[01:14:31] People who were thirsty for truth. And

[01:14:34] these people became my family,

[01:14:37] my real family.

[01:14:39] Not family by blood, but family by

[01:14:42] consciousness,

[01:14:45] family by choice,

[01:14:47] family by resonance.

[01:14:50] So don't be afraid of losing people. If

[01:14:53] you lose people by being yourself, they

[01:14:56] were never yours to begin with.

[01:15:00] And the people you gain by being

[01:15:02] yourself,

[01:15:04] they will stay with you forever

[01:15:07] because they are not with you for what

[01:15:10] you have or for what you do or for what

[01:15:14] role you play. They are with you for who

[01:15:17] you are.

[01:15:19] And who you are never changes.

[01:15:23] It only deepens,

[01:15:25] expands, flowers.

[01:15:28] This brings me to another crucial point.

[01:15:32] Many people confuse being selfish with

[01:15:36] being selfentered.

[01:15:38] These are not the same thing.

[01:15:41] Being self-centered means you think only

[01:15:44] about yourself. In the ego sense, you

[01:15:47] want everything for yourself. You take

[01:15:51] from others. You use others.

[01:15:55] You manipulate others.

[01:15:58] This is not what I'm talking about. This

[01:16:01] is not selfishness.

[01:16:03] This is greed. This is fear.

[01:16:07] This is emptiness pretending to be

[01:16:10] fullness.

[01:16:11] True selfishness.

[01:16:14] The selfishness I am pointing to is

[01:16:17] being centered in yourself,

[01:16:21] not in the ego but in the self, in your

[01:16:24] true nature, in your being. And when you

[01:16:29] are centered in your being, you are not

[01:16:32] taking from others.

[01:16:34] You are not using others. You are simply

[01:16:38] being yourself.

[01:16:40] And from that being naturally

[01:16:43] effortlessly

[01:16:45] love flows, compassion flows, generosity

[01:16:49] flows.

[01:16:51] Not because you are trying to be loving

[01:16:53] or compassionate or generous,

[01:16:56] but because these are the natural

[01:16:58] qualities of being. The ego is always

[01:17:02] afraid,

[01:17:04] always protecting, always defending.

[01:17:08] But being is fearless.

[01:17:10] Being has nothing to protect, nothing to

[01:17:14] defend.

[01:17:16] Because being is not separate from

[01:17:18] existence.

[01:17:20] Being is one with existence.

[01:17:23] And existence cannot be threatened,

[01:17:26] cannot be diminished,

[01:17:28] cannot be destroyed. So when you are

[01:17:31] centered in being, fear disappears. And

[01:17:36] when fear disappears,

[01:17:38] love appears.

[01:17:40] Not as an effort

[01:17:42] but as a revelation.

[01:17:46] This is why I keep emphasizing be

[01:17:48] utterly selfish.

[01:17:51] Because being utterly selfish means

[01:17:53] being centered in your being. And being

[01:17:57] centered in your being means all the

[01:18:00] beautiful qualities that you are trying

[01:18:02] to cultivate,

[01:18:04] trying to practice, trying to develop,

[01:18:08] they all happen automatically.

[01:18:11] You don't need to practice love.

[01:18:14] You don't need to cultivate compassion.

[01:18:18] You don't need to develop generosity.

[01:18:22] These are not skills to be learned.

[01:18:25] These are flowers that bloom when you

[01:18:28] reach your center. So the whole

[01:18:30] spiritual journey is a journey inward,

[01:18:34] not upward,

[01:18:36] not outward,

[01:18:38] inward

[01:18:40] to your own center, to your own being,

[01:18:44] to your own truth. And this journey

[01:18:47] cannot be taken on behalf of anyone

[01:18:49] else.

[01:18:50] This journey is utterly personal,

[01:18:54] utterly individual,

[01:18:56] utterly selfish.

[01:18:59] And that is why it is the most spiritual

[01:19:02] thing you can do. Let me address one

[01:19:05] more thing before I close. Some of you

[01:19:09] might be thinking, Osho, this sounds

[01:19:12] good in theory,

[01:19:15] but practically how do I do this? How do

[01:19:18] I be utterly selfish in a world that

[01:19:22] constantly demands my attention, my

[01:19:25] energy, my time? I have a job.

[01:19:30] I have family.

[01:19:32] I have responsibilities.

[01:19:35] How can I focus only on myself?

[01:19:38] This is a practical question and it

[01:19:41] needs a practical answer. First

[01:19:45] understand that being utterly selfish

[01:19:48] does not mean you neglect your

[01:19:50] responsibilities.

[01:19:52] It means you fulfill your

[01:19:54] responsibilities

[01:19:56] from a different quality of being.

[01:20:00] Right now you fulfill your

[01:20:02] responsibilities

[01:20:03] as a burden

[01:20:05] as something you have to do as duty and

[01:20:09] this creates resentment.

[01:20:12] This creates exhaustion.

[01:20:14] This creates bitterness.

[01:20:17] But when you are centered in yourself,

[01:20:20] when you have done your inner work,

[01:20:24] responsibilities are no longer burdens.

[01:20:27] They become opportunities for

[01:20:29] expression.

[01:20:31] You go to work not because you have to,

[01:20:34] but because it is your way of

[01:20:37] participating in life.

[01:20:39] You take care of your family not because

[01:20:42] you should but because your love

[01:20:45] naturally flows toward them. You fulfill

[01:20:48] your duties not because they are duties

[01:20:52] but because they are your natural

[01:20:54] response to life. The shift is subtle

[01:20:58] but profound.

[01:21:00] It is not about what you do. It is about

[01:21:03] from where you do it. Are you doing it

[01:21:07] from the ego, from duty, from fear, from

[01:21:11] should?

[01:21:12] Or are you doing it from being, from

[01:21:16] love, from joy, from natural expression?

[01:21:21] This makes all the difference.

[01:21:24] And second,

[01:21:26] you need to create time for yourself.

[01:21:29] This is non-negotiable.

[01:21:31] No matter how busy you are, you must

[01:21:35] carve out time every day for your inner

[01:21:37] work. Even if it is just 30 minutes,

[01:21:42] even if it is early morning or late

[01:21:45] night, you must have time where you are

[01:21:49] not fulfilling anyone's expectations,

[01:21:52] not playing any roles, not doing any

[01:21:56] duties.

[01:21:58] time where you simply sit with yourself,

[01:22:01] silent,

[01:22:02] still present.

[01:22:05] This is your time to be utterly selfish.

[01:22:09] This is your time to go inward,

[01:22:12] to meditate, to reflect, to simply be.

[01:22:18] And if you are sincere, if you are

[01:22:20] regular, if you are committed, this time

[01:22:24] will transform your whole life. Because

[01:22:27] these 30 minutes of utter selfishness

[01:22:30] will fill you so much that the remaining

[01:22:33] 23 and a half hours

[01:22:36] you will be overflowing.

[01:22:39] You will be giving not from duty but

[01:22:42] from abundance.

[01:22:44] Not from should but from overflow.

[01:22:48] So make this commitment.

[01:22:52] Commit to being utterly selfish for at

[01:22:55] least sometime every day. Protect this

[01:22:59] time. Guard this time.

[01:23:03] Let nothing and no one disturb this

[01:23:06] time. This is your time for

[01:23:09] transformation,

[01:23:10] your time for revolution,

[01:23:13] your time for becoming yourself.

[01:23:16] And everything else in your life will be

[01:23:19] enriched because of this time. Your work

[01:23:22] will become more creative.

[01:23:25] Your relationships will become more

[01:23:27] authentic.

[01:23:28] Your life will become more meaningful.

[01:23:32] Not because you are trying to make it

[01:23:34] so, but because you are becoming so.

[01:23:39] And finally, I want to leave you with

[01:23:42] one last insight.

[01:23:44] Being utterly selfish is not just about

[01:23:48] your spiritual growth.

[01:23:51] It is about your contribution to

[01:23:53] humanity.

[01:23:54] Yes, you heard me right.

[01:23:58] The most selfish act is also the most

[01:24:01] generous act.

[01:24:03] Because when you transform yourself, you

[01:24:06] are not just transforming one

[01:24:08] individual.

[01:24:10] You are raising the consciousness of the

[01:24:12] whole planet.

[01:24:14] Consciousness is not individual.

[01:24:17] Consciousness is collective.

[01:24:20] When one person becomes enlightened,

[01:24:23] the whole consciousness of humanity

[01:24:25] rises a little bit.

[01:24:27] Like when you throw a stone in a lake,

[01:24:31] ripples spread to the farthest shores.

[01:24:36] When you become a light, that light does

[01:24:39] not stay confined to you. It spreads.

[01:24:43] It touches everyone.

[01:24:46] Even people who never meet you, even

[01:24:49] people who never hear about you because

[01:24:52] consciousness is one.

[01:24:54] So by being utterly selfish,

[01:24:58] by focusing completely on your own

[01:25:00] transformation,

[01:25:02] you are doing the greatest service to

[01:25:05] humanity

[01:25:06] far greater than any charity work, any

[01:25:10] social service, any missionary activity

[01:25:14] because those things work on the

[01:25:16] surface.

[01:25:18] They might feed a few hungry people.

[01:25:22] They might shelter a few homeless

[01:25:24] people. They might educate a few poor

[01:25:27] children and that is good. That is

[01:25:31] needed.

[01:25:33] But transformation works at the root.

[01:25:37] When you transform yourself, you

[01:25:39] transform consciousness itself.

[01:25:42] And when consciousness transforms,

[01:25:46] everything transforms.

[01:25:48] Hunger disappears.

[01:25:50] Homelessness disappears.

[01:25:53] Poverty disappears.

[01:25:56] Not through charity but through

[01:25:58] transformation.

[01:26:00] Not through giving but through becoming.

[01:26:04] This is the ultimate secret.

[01:26:06] Be utterly selfish. Not for your own

[01:26:10] sake alone but for the sake of all

[01:26:13] existence.

[01:26:15] Because you are not separate from

[01:26:17] existence. When you rise, existence

[01:26:21] rises with you. When you fall, existence

[01:26:25] falls with you. You are not an island.

[01:26:29] You are part of the whole.

[01:26:31] And the most selfish thing you can do is

[01:26:35] also the most altruistic thing you can

[01:26:37] do. So I end where I began. Be utterly

[01:26:43] selfish.

[01:26:45] This is my blessing to you.

[01:26:47] This is my teaching. This is the path.

[01:26:52] And this path leads to enlightenment.

[01:26:55] Not for the sake of others, but for your

[01:26:58] own sake. For the joy of it, for the

[01:27:02] celebration of it, for the simple

[01:27:06] beautiful fact that this is what you

[01:27:08] were born to do, to flower, to bloom, to

[01:27:13] become fully yourself.

[01:27:15] And when you become fully yourself, you

[01:27:19] become a gift to existence. Not because

[01:27:22] you tried, but because you are. This is

[01:27:26] the beauty of true selfishness.

[01:27:29] It is not against others. It is for

[01:27:32] yourself.

[01:27:34] And when you are truly for yourself,

[01:27:38] you naturally become a blessing for all.

[01:27:42] Because a candle that is lit does not

[01:27:44] choose who receives its light.

[01:27:48] The light simply spreads

[01:27:50] to whoever has eyes to see, to whoever

[01:27:54] has the readiness to receive. And that

[01:27:57] is enough. That is more than enough.

[01:28:01] That is everything.