Why are we called 'the chosen few' in Rajneeshism if you are an ordinary man?
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"To be among the 'chosen few' is to embrace your ordinariness, shedding illusions and merging with the beauty of existence. In this surrender, you find the profound truth that there is no higher or lower, only the essence of being."
According to Osho, being 'chosen' by an ordinary, fallible man shatters the ego rather than exalting it. There is no higher or lower; existence is one, utterly ordinary. The 'chosen few' are simply those willing to lose—status, hopes of heavenly promotion, fear, jealousy—and become empty. With me you cannot gain; you can only drop illusions and merge with the beautiful ordinariness of existence.
You’re ‘chosen’ only if you choose to drop your ego and be simply ordinary, with nothing special to gain.
Why this matters practically
- Stops chasing specialness; dissolves ego and comparisons.
- Grounds you in simple, authentic, present-moment living.
- Reduces fear and jealousy by letting go of the need to gain.
- Grounds you in simple, authentic, present-moment living.
- Reduces fear and jealousy by letting go of the need to gain.
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