According to Osho, Murphy’s great sutras are playful wisdoms: love helps but isn’t enough; we only have ourselves and each other; politicians never tell the whole truth—usually about money; facts are solidified opinions that can melt; truth is elastic; the other line moves faster; work beats job-hunting; we trip on molehills; people muddle truth and lies; three ages end with “You look fine”; paradoxes on drink, audiences, baldness, procrastination—and the dying advice: don’t sit down.
Murphy’s funny rules say life is ironic and messy—be skeptical, expect quirks, enjoy what you can, and keep your humor.
From the Discourses
Passages where Osho speaks to this question — each links to the complete discourse.
Osho: have you forgotten poor murphy and his great sutras completely?
NO, I WAS JUST WAITING for you to ask. I can forget Buddha, Christ, but not poor Murphy. He is such a beautiful guy, so wise. Listen to his sutras... first: Love is not enough, but it sure helps. Second: We have only ourselves and one another. That may not be much but that's all there is. Third: Murphy's two political principles. First: No matter what they're telling you, they're not telling you the whole truth. Second: No matter what they are talking about, they're talking about money. Fourth: Fact is solidified opinion. Fifth: Facts may weaken under extreme heat and pressure. Sixth: Truth is elastic. Seventh: The other line always moves faster. This applies to all lines -- bank, supermarket, tollbooth, customs If you change lines, then the other line, the one you were in originally, will move faster. Eighth: The only thing worse than work is looking for…
Osho please tell us a few more sutras of the great mystic paramahansa his holiness murphyji maharaj. And do you know murphy's version of the golden rule 'do unto others as you would have others do unto you'?
Akam, I don't know Murphy's version of the golden rule, but I can guess. I know the man! He will say: Never do unto others as you would like others to do unto you, because their tastes may be different. And here are a few sutras of Murphy. First: It all started in the garden of Eden when man came first -- and woman has been late ever since. Second: You can't tell how deep a puddle is until you step in it. Third: There is never enough time to do it right, but there is always enough time to do it over. Fourth: Whatever the person at the next table orders, it always looks better than yours. Fifth: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. Sixth: Eat dessert first, because life is so uncertain. Seventh: If everything seems to be going well you…
Beloved Osho, please tell us a few more murphy sutras and a few murphy anecdotes too.
Gandharva, the Murphy sutras are really beautiful! The first sutra: If wives were good, God would have one. Second: Some people are born silly, some people acquire silliness, and some fall in love. Third: After man came woman, and she has been after him ever since. Fourth: Be thrifty when you are young, and when you are old you will be able to afford the things that only the young can enjoy. Fifth: Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone. Sixth: Heredity is something people believe in if they have bright children. Seventh: When in Rome, do as the Romans do -- eat spaghetti. Eighth: Some men have no solution for any difficulty, but will find a difficulty for any solution. If you don't believe in this eighth sutra you can ask Asheesh. He is the perfect personification of this sutra!…
Beloved Osho, I have heard you know something about this guy murphy and some of his golden rules. Please tell us some!
Premraja, I don't know much about this guy Murphy, but I don't know much about anything else either! I am not a man of knowledge; I function from a state of not knowing, and I have found that that is the most beautiful space to function from. I have heard a few of the golden rules of this guy Murphy, so I will tell you a few. George Bernard Shaw has written a beautiful book, MAXIMS FOR A REVOLUTIONARY. The first maxim is a beautiful one: The first golden rule is that there are no golden rules. But Murphy has improved upon it, and George Bernard Shaw would have appreciated it very much. Murphy's first golden rule is: Whoever has the gold makes the rules. Second: Never think of the future -- it comes soon enough. Third: For every credibility gap there is a gullibility fill. Fourth: Youth looks ahead,…
Beloved Osho, I have overcome the gossips, please just give me some sutras to meditate upon.
Devageet, nothing is wrong in gossiping; just gossip in an enlightened way. Beautify your gossips; let your gossips also be part of your understanding, of your love, of your compassion. Even your gossips will show who you are. They are your signatures. Gossiping becomes evil when it is out of jealousy, meanness, violence, when it is just to pull somebody down, when it comes out of a revengeful mind -- but it is not the fault of gossiping. Gossiping can come out of a meditative mind. Gossiping can come out of love, out of peace. Gossiping is an art in itself. Everybody is not capable of gossiping. There are born gossipers! Devageet, you cannot overcome it; it is intrinsic to your nature. You are a born gossiper. You gossip against yourself. You are asking me for some sutras to meditate upon. Before I give you some sutras, it has to…