Are you really a drunkard?
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"To be truly drunk is to be intoxicated with the divine, lost in the ecstasy of the present moment, where past and future dissolve into bliss."
According to Osho, he is a 'drunkard' only in the highest sense: utterly intoxicated with the divine and the present moment, as Zen masters are. His playful talk of whisky and forgetfulness is a metaphor; true enlightenment feels like divine drunkenness, beyond past and future. Look into his eyes—his ecstasy overflows—this is the only 'intoxication' he affirms.
Why this matters practically
- Shift attention to the present; reduce anxiety about past and future.
- Replace external intoxication with inner joy through meditation.
- Use humor and metaphor to soften rigid thinking and open the heart.
- Replace external intoxication with inner joy through meditation.
- Use humor and metaphor to soften rigid thinking and open the heart.
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