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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.

Osho,
How come you speak about political leaders and religious leaders in the same tone – is there no difference between them?
“Fundamentally there is no difference at all. Superficially of course there are differences.

Osho,
Does determinism exist or not? Is there free will in life?
“In fact, it is meaningless to ask this. It is meaningless because we are not able to see this nor is this in our understanding. We only feel determinism – destiny – or free will – freedom? We have broken them into two whereas they are two sides of one thing. If man is separate from life only then he can be free, and only then he can be determined.

“Governments are against me because I am against them. Religions are against me because I am against religions. Political leaders are annoyed with me because I say they are mediocre, because I say only psychologically sick people become interested in power politics. People who suffer from an inferiority complex are the people who seek power, prime ministership, presidency.

“These people need to be in psychiatric hospitals, and they are running the world.