{"id":18445,"date":"2023-02-14T03:02:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T01:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/?p=18445&lang=en"},"modified":"2023-02-14T02:59:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T00:59:08","slug":"free-will-how-much-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/free-will-how-much-of-it\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Free Will . How much of it? (OSHO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mohammed had a disciple named Ali. Ali once asked Mohammed\u2019s opinion about whether a man is independent and free to do what he wants, or whether he is bound by his destiny in everything he does. Ali asked, \u201dCan one do as one wants or not?\u201d \u2013 and man has been asking this question for a long, long time. \u201dIf a man is not able to do as he desires,\u201d Ali said, \u201dthen it is useless and foolish to preach to him not to steal, not to tell lies, not to be dishonest. Or is it destiny that one man should always be there to preach to others not to steal or not to do this or that, knowing full well that it is also destiny for a dishonest man to remain dishonest, for a thief to remain a thief, for a murderer to remain a murderer? All this appears absurd. If everything is predestined, all education is useless \u2013 all prophets, all saints and all teachers are useless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

People have asked such questions to Mahavira and to Buddha also. If what is going to happen is predestined, why should Mahavira or Buddha take so much trouble to explain what is right and what is wrong? So, Ali asked Mohammed what he thought about this controversial matter. If such a question was asked to Mahavira or Buddha, they would have given a very complicated and deep reply, but Mohammed gave a reply which Ali could understand. Many of Mohammed\u2019s replies were direct and straightforward. Ordinarily, answers given by people who are uneducated or less educated, or who are simple villagers, are direct and frank. People like Kabir, Nanak, Mohammed and Jesus were simple in that way. Answers by people like Buddha, Mahavira and Krishna were complex \u2013 Buddha and Mahavira were the cream of a rich and highly developed civilization. The words of Jesus were direct, like a blow on the head. Kabir has actually sung: \u201dKabir is standing in the open market with a hammer in his hand to hit you!\u201d If anyone came near him he would, so to speak, break open his head to remove all the rubbish that was lying inside. Mohammed did not give any metaphysical reply. He asked Ali to lift one leg and stand on it. Ali had asked a question about whether a man is free to do what he wants. Why should Ali stand on one leg? <\/span><\/p>\n

Mohammed said, \u201dFirst lift one leg.\u201d Poor Ali lifted his left leg and stood there on one leg. Mohammed then asked him, \u201dNow lift the right leg also.\u201d Ali was puzzled and asked how it was possible. Then Mohammed said, \u201dIf you had wanted to, you could have lifted the right leg first, but now you cannot…. A man is always free to lift the first leg \u2013 it can be whichever he wants \u2013 but no sooner has the first been lifted when the other becomes bound to the earth.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

With regard to the nonessential part of life, we are always free to lift the first leg. But once that is done it becomes a bondage for the essential part. We take steps that are nonessential, become entangled, and then we are not able to do the essential. So Mohammed said to Ali that he had all the freedom to lift the right or the left leg first. But once he exercised that freedom and lifted one left leg, he was incapable of lifting the other leg. So freedom is there within certain limits, but beyond those limits there is bondage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hidden Mysteries<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Osho<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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