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Dealing with Strong Emotions
« Thread Started on Sept 6, 2009, 10:38pm »

Someone has insulted you,

anger suddenly erupts,

you are feverish.

Anger is flowing

toward the person

who has insulted you.

Now you will project

this whole anger onto him.

He has not done anything.

If he has insulted you,

what has he done?

He has just pricked you,

he has helped

your anger to arise -

but the anger is yours.

If he goes to Buddha

and insults him,

he will not be able

to create any anger in him.

Or if he goes to Jesus,

Jesus will give him the other cheek.

Or if he goes to Bodhidharma,

he will roar with laughter.

So it depends.

The other is not the source,

the source is always within you.

The other is hitting the source,

but if there is no anger within you

it cannot come out.

If you hit a Buddha,

only compassion will come out

because only compassion is there.

Anger will not come out

because anger is not there.

If you throw a bucket

into a dry well,

nothing comes out.

In a water-filled well,

you throw a bucket

and water comes out,

but the water is from the well.

The bucket only helps

to bring it out.

So the one who is insulting you

is just throwing a bucket in you,

and then the bucket

will come out

filled with the anger, hate, or fire

that was within you.

You are the source, remember.

Osho

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