How to Stop Politicians Making Our World So Dirty?
The second part of this question is answered in a separate article, “The World of Brainwashing and the Slavery of Religious Labels“
Osho,
Today’s world seems to be a place of chaos and disorder, pain and suffering. It is only because of dirty politics, isn’t it?
“Humanity is not dirty because of dirty politicians; dirty politicians are there because of dirty humanity. You have to understand it well.
Don’t throw the responsibility on the politicians. They simply represent you, nothing else.
“This is absurd: first you choose them, then you call them dirty. And when you choose, you choose the dirtiest. You vote for them, and then you call them dirty.
“How do they come? From where do they come? They come from you. They are there with your support; they will fall if you don’t support them.
“Don’t call them dirty.
This is an old trick of the mind: always throw the responsibility on somebody else and you feel guilt-free.
“You are the real culprit. If dirty politicians exist, they exist because of your dirty mind. Somewhere in your mind they have their roots, from there they are nourished.
“Nothing will change just by changing the politicians. For thousands of years man has been changing politicians, nothing else, but nothing happens because man has not changed himself.
“You go on changing the politician, but who will choose the next one? You will choose the next one again.
“Whenever a politician is not yet in power he looks very beautiful, good, innocent, because without power you cannot be dirty; you need power.
“So whenever a politician is not in power he looks so humble, so sincere.
Just give him the power, and immediately he is transformed. He is no longer the same person because politics is a power trip.
“The man was after power: he had to be humble, had to seduce you, had to persuade you that he is a humble, saintly man. Once he is in power he doesn’t care about you.
“In fact, he never cared before; he was just playing a game with you. He was seducing you, exploiting you. Now he has attained his goal – why should he bother about you?
“Who are you? He doesn’t recognize you. Now the long-cherished power is in his hands and he starts using it. Then you start calling him dirty.
“You have been changing politicians for centuries but nothing has changed. Rather, change yourself.
“It is time – time enough now – for you to understand that no social revolution can be a revolution, no political revolution can be a revolution.
“At the most it can give you a temporary relief, but that’s nothing, nothing of any worth.
Unless you change, nothing changes: the human individual has to change.”
END
Excerpted from Osho, Yoga: A New Direction, Talk #10 – When Conditioning Drops You Are Free
To read this complete talk and see all the available media formats, click here.
The second part of this question is answered here: “The World of Brainwashing and the Slavery of Religious Labels”
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