Odvaha - Radost z nebezpečného života – Osho (2004)

A well-known guru speaks of courage as the fundamental principle of true life. Courage means not strictly adhering to any beliefs or opinions conveyed by others, but diving into the always new and unpredictable present. Courage means finding joy in a dangerous life in the sense of: without a sense of security, without a desire for comfort, which so degenerates humanity. Excerpt: I am not here to hand you any dogma – dogma gives a person a sense of certainty. I am not here to give you any promise for the future – any promise for the future gives a person a sense of security. I am simply here to awaken in you a sense of alertness and awareness – that means being fully in the present, with all the uncertainty that life entails, with all the danger that life brings. I would like to make you more uncertain, to free you from the illusion of security – because that is life, that is God. More uncertainty and more danger require only one possible reaction – awareness. There are two options: either you close your eyes and become dogmatic, and then you will be like an ostrich. Life will not change because of that; it will only close your eyes. You will simply become confused, you will be unintelligent. In your unintelligence, you will then feel...