Is a rebel humble, and is there more to the definition of humble?

Beloved Osho, the dictionary definition of humble is: "having or showing a consciousness of one's defects or shortcomings. Not proud, not self-assertive, modest." is a rebel humble? Is there more to the definition of humble?

It may appear to egoistic people as assertiveness, that the roseflower is asserting its redness, its fragrance; it is doing a kind of PR job, inviting people to see, inviting people to smell, declaring to the world, "Look, is there any other rose better than me?" But this is your own projection. You are not being kind to the poor roseflower. He is not doing any PR job, it is just his nature. And finally, the dictionary says, "the humble man is modest." But a man without ego -- how can he be modest? Modesty means you have an ego but you have controlled it. You have made boundaries, limits; you have cultured it, you have made it civilized. But it is very thin ... skin-deep. All your so-called modest people, just scratch them a little bit and immediately their barbarous ego will be out. A truly humble man has…

Beloved Osho, what is the difference between the emptiness of the child before the formation of the ego and the awakened childlikeness of a buddha?

Whether you are for it or against it doesn't matter -- your concern shows where your ego is hanging. And I will include the capitalist in it also: his whole concern is how to gather money, hoard money -- because money has power over matter. You can purchase any material thing through money. You cannot purchase anything spiritual, you cannot purchase anything that has any intrinsic value; you can purchase only things. If you want to purchase love, you cannot purchase; but you can purchase sex. Sex is the material part of love. Through money, matter can be purchased, possessed. Now you will be surprised: I include the communist and the capitalist both in the same category, and they are enemies, just as I include Charvaka and Mahatma Gandhi in the same category, and they are enemies. They are enemies, but their concern is the same. The capitalist is trying…

Mahavira says humility is an inner quality—unrelated to the outside—unconditional. Not: “If you are like this, I will honor you,” but: “You are—enough. I honor you.” Because reverence is an inner quality, and reverence leads a person toward the inner self. I will honor you without conditions. Whether you drink or do not drink is not the question; that you are life is enough. This whole existence sustains you; the sun gives you light—it does not refuse because you drink. The winds do not deny you oxygen because you are dishonest. The sky does not say, “We won’t give you space because you are not good.” When existence accepts you, who am I to reject you? You are—that is enough. I give you honor, I give you respect. This simple, causeless respect for life is humility—without conditions, without investigation—because such investigation is impossible.

The so-called religious people are almost always egoistic people. Even if they pretend to be humble, you can see through their humbleness. There is a very beautiful anecdote about a mystic who came to see Socrates.... The mystic used to say that he was the most humble man in the world. He used to wear a gown full of holes -- dirty, rotten, very ancient. When he came to see Socrates, Socrates looked at him and said 'But through the holes of your robe, only ego is looking at me, nothing else.' And he was right! So somebody can cultivate poverty and become very egoistic about it, somebody can cultivate humbleness and become egoistic about it. To me, real humbleness arises as a fragrance of love. It cannot be cultivated, you cannot practise it, there is no way to learn it.

A seed becomes a sprout and it goes on growing. This is the greatest miracle that is happening every day. A woman becomes pregnant and life starts growing. Wherever there is growth, there is life, and wherever there is life there is god; god is another name for life. Whenever you can find time, come closer to nature, have more and more contact with nature and that will become your meditation. And even in imagination it will be of immense help. Falling asleep, think of the mountains, falling asleep be with the mountains. Go on falling into sleep remembering the rivers and the trees and the roses, and soon you will be able to see a change happening in your sleep too: it will become god-full! To be constantly in contact with nature is the only way to remember god -- all other ways are just poor substitutes.