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We live on an amazing speck of rock about four and a half billion years old in a vast universe about ten billion years older. Despite or because of some amazing chance events and near catastrophes, it has taken most of that time for us to emerge as an extraordinary species.

Osho,
Could you talk about trust?
Whenever I trust, whatever happens is beautiful; when doubt arises, I am in pain. Just the fact of trusting you, or life, or somebody, is enough to make me feel light, happy.
Why then do I still doubt?
“It is one of the most fundamental questions of life. The question is not only about trust and doubt: the question is rooted in the duality of the mind.
“It is so with love and hate, it is so with body and soul, it is so with this world and the other world.

Osho,
Can you talk about the world of emotions?

“Most of the activities in life originate from the world of emotions, not from the world of thoughts. You must also have noticed that you think one thing, and when the time comes you do something else. The reason for this is that there is a fundamental difference between emotions and thinking. You may decide that you will not become angry; you may think that anger is bad, but when anger gets hold of you thinking is left aside and you become angry.

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In the first part of this article, “Your Civilization Is Collapsing – And You Still Won’t Listen to Osho! Mmmm?” – we explored how the Osho lens clarifies the root causes of the catastrophic direction our species is taking. As he points out, the impact of today’s systemic cycle of misinformation – and the insidious perpetuation of violence by the current power structures – cannot be remedied by the very structures that created it.
Osho also explains the fundamental misunderstanding that has led to these disastrous turns of events for this species:

If you are familiar with Osho’s way of seeing how humanity manages to lurch from one catastrophe to another, nothing happening today will surprise you. 
If not, you might be baffled by the madness you notice around you. 
Osho is not the most published non-fiction author in history for no reason! So, given the lack of a coherent understanding of what is going on from anyone, anywhere, it might be worth listening to his insights on the causes of the current catastrophes.

I have suffered quite a lot in my life, mostly from mental health issues.

Osho,
I feel so unworthy of love. This makes me keep my door closed and nothing can come in. My heart is suffering but it seems I have forgotten where the door is. Could you please comment?
“It is one of the crimes that has been committed against everybody everywhere in human society: you have been continually conditioned and told that you are unworthy.

Osho,
You have said that most of humanity is vegetating, not living. Please explain.
“Man is born to achieve life, but it all depends on him.
“He can miss it. He can go on breathing, he can go on eating, he can go on growing old, he can go on moving towards the grave – but this is not life. This is gradual death from the cradle to the grave, a seventy-year-long gradual death.