Theologia Mystica ~ 14
event type | discourse |
date & time | 24 Aug 1980 am |
location | Buddha Hall, Pune |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 51min. Quality: good. |
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shorttitle | THEOLO14 |
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- synopsis
- Reader of the questions: n/a; questions are being read by Osho himself.
- Question 1 from Sw Anand Nirgrantha
- Osho, when I was a child attending Sunday school there was a hebrew proverb hanging on the wall. It read: "The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord." For many years I was convinced of the meaning that God was frightened of man gaining any wisdom. After all, didn't he forbid eating of the tree of knowledge?
- And then one day it was explained: "Fearing God is the first step in man's path towards understanding." Again it made perfect sense. After all, wasn't Jehovah a fearsome, punitive, omnipotent God! And now I am finding it hard to recover from that idea, and it interferes with my love for you. In spite of "knowing better" I have to see you as all-powerful; I have to be dependent on you for my liberation; and sometimes it follows that then I have to be afraid of you and your "punishment." If understanding doesn't effect the cure, what to does?
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