The following is a quote by Osho:
"Schizophrenia
Man is split. Schizophrenia is a normal condition of man - at least now. It may not have been so in the primitive world, but centuries of conditioning, civilization, culture and religion have made man a crowd - divided, split, contradictory.... But because this split is against his nature, deep down somewhere hidden the unity survives. Because the soul of man is one, all the conditionings at the most destroy the periphery of the man. But the centre remains untouched - that's how man continues to live. But his life has become a hell.
The whole effort of Zen is how to drop this schizophrenia, how to drop this split personality, how to drop the divided mind of man, how to become undivided, integrated, centred, crystallized.
The way you are, you cannot say that you are. You don't have a being. You are a marketplace - many voices. If you want to say 'yes', immediately the 'no' is there. You cannot even utter a simple word 'yes' with totality.... In this way happiness is not possible; unhappiness is a natural consequence of a split personality."
To learn more about this Indian mystic's writings, see www.osho.org
Today, I was invited to see a friend singing with her band on Thursday night, so despite a schedule requiring a King's fleet of servants, I decided to go. I have heard her sing several times and she's great. The last time I met her was when I saw her name on a billboard outside The Twelve Bar Club off Tottenham Court Road. We were both blown out of the water by the coincidence and I met other old school friends there too. Now I have twenty minutes to get up the road for a drink with Ania before singing my little heart out at choir.
Monday 4 June 2007
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