23/06/2023
Anything that one can be sad about is a life unlived.
You go on dragging yourself without living–that is unfortunate. You are vegetating; you are not singing the songs that you have come to sing, you are not dancing the dance that is lying in your potential, fast asleep; you are not bringing your intelligence to its peak.
You will be surprised that even our so-called great geniuses only use fifteen percent of their intelligence. Eighty five percent of their intelligence remains unused. And this is about our great geniuses–talented people use near about ten percent, and the common masses use not more than seven percent. One wonders, if people were using their intelligence to its full, the world would be a totally different place–far more alive, far more rich, far more beautiful.
The only thing that one should be sad about is that you are not living, but just passing time. Death is not something to be sad about–if it comes to a fulfilled life, if it comes to a life a crescendo, its climax, it has a beauty of its own.
I want my people to live totally, and to live intensely, to burn their life’s torch from both ends together. If they can manage to live a total and intense life in each of their acts, their death will be something of a greater beauty than their life has ever been–because death is the highest peak, the last touches of the painter on the painting.
That’s why I have been saying that death should be celebrated just as life should be celebrated. Both are natural, both are gifts.
Osho, The Razor's Edge
Ch 12: God is also seeking you.
