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Osho,
Everywhere I turn “security” is being offered as an anti-dote to the challenges we face today. Is this an illusion?

“Security is the greatest illusion there is. Life is insecure. Love is insecure. To be is to be in insecurity. To be is to be in constant danger. Only the dead are secure because they cannot die anymore; nothing can ever happen to them now.

Osho,
Do scientists belong to the same category as politicians? Science is so excitingly interesting, but on the other hand I found that it does not transform at all. What is it good for? 
“Satyam Bhairava, the question you have asked implies many questions. First, are the scientists also of the same category as politicians? In a way, yes. The politician is one whose whole desire is to have power; hence anybody whose desire is to have power, particularly over others – they may be human beings or material objects, it makes no difference….

The 2024 US election has provided the world with a wonderful demonstration of everything that is ugly about the way we humans manage our affairs.
Firstly, the way the media jumped on the conclusion, with group-think spontaneity, that Trump won by a landslide was absurd. Out of the 244.6 million eligible voters in the US, 75.6 million voted for Trump.

In the previous article, we looked at the absurdity of the recent US election. A mere 31% of the eligible voting population chose Trump, and the whole system suddenly capitulated to this ignoble character. Much of the rest of the world seems ready to bend over, too.

Osho,
What is the meaning of an authentic man? What is his nature, and his way of life?

“The authentic man means one who has come out of his personality. You have two words: personality and individuality.

Osho,
What is freedom? Can you talk about the freedom of the individual and the freedom of the collective?
“Freedom is a three-dimensional phenomenon.

Osho,
I heard you say once that the misuse of freedom is harmful.
How can freedom be misused?
“The philosophers have always believed that essence precedes existence, that man is born with what he is going to be already determined. Just like a seed he contains the whole program, now the question is only of unfolding. There is no freedom.

Osho,
You say you are trying to deprogram the whole world. Specifically, what do you recommend for America?
“The process of deprogramming is the same; whom you are deprogramming does not matter.
“He may be American, he may be German, he may be Hindu.
“It is just like cleaning the room.
“What kind of furniture the room has, what kind of pictures are hanging in the room, doesn’t matter.
“You are simply to remove everything from the room and create a space.

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.

The first part of this question is answered in a separate article, “How to Stop Politicians Making Our World So Dirty?“
Osho,
Nowadays, right from birth till death everything is being controlled, guided, dictated, influenced, governed and handled by politics. So unless and until politics is set right, will all the efforts of religion and science prove futile?
“And the second part of the question.