Immortality

Osho, is it possible to experience the eternal, the immortality about which you have been talking, in the conditions and circumstances of today?

The experience of the eternal has been there for all. There is no difficulty in having the experience. The difficulty is in giving expression to the experience. Buddha had the experience of the eternal, but Mahavira was expressing it in the old language and Buddha in a new language. I want to express it in the language of the eternal itself. You mean to ask whether I had that experience seven hundred years ago. Yes, I nearabout had the experience then, but I am giving expression to it today. When one attempts today to express whatsoever was known seven hundred years ago, there will be no difference in the knowing, but there will be a great difference in expressing it. Seven hundred years ago it could not have been told in this way; there was no reason for it. The situation is like the appearance of a rainbow during the…

Beloved master, is there any truth in the philosophy of physical immortality which says that it is only our belief in the inevitability of death which produces old age, disease and death? To what extent do our thoughts manifest results?

John Fisant, man is afraid of death; hence he goes on creating all kinds of stupid ideas. Physical immortality is sheer nonsense because anything that begins is bound to end. Physical immortality is possible only if you are not born through parents but manufactured in a factory. If you are made out of plastic, if you are not a real man, then there is a possibility. Plastic seems to be the only immortal thing. So if you don't have skin but plastic instead, if you don't have real blood but synthetic blood which you can change any time -- you can go to the petrol pump -- and all that you have in your body -- your bones, your joints, everything -- is replaceable so whenever there is some problem, things can be replaced; you just have to change a few parts and parts will be available.... You may have…

Osho, I have only one dream in my life, and that is to attain physical immortality. Can you help me to realize my dream? I hate the momentariness of life.

Surendra, MEDITATE over these three maxims of Murphy. First: If life were a bed of roses, some people would not be happy until they developed an allergy. Now what is wrong the momentariness of life? Just think of a kiss with a woman which is eternal... Just think about it. Eternal! Now there is no way to escape. What is wrong with a kiss? A kiss has to be momentary, only then is it beautiful. I have heard about a Mohammedan king whose wife fell in love with one of his slaves. He was so angry that he wanted to punish him, and punish him in such a way no man has ever been punished. He asked his wise advisors... One old man said, "Do this: bind them to a pole and let them make love to each other, and keep them chained to the pole in a state of…

Osho, about the Eternal, the Sanatan, that you speak of—did its realization come to you seven hundred years ago, and are you speaking today in that same symbolic language? Or is it in today’s circumstances that the realization of that eternality occurs to you?

The Eternal has been realized by all. There is no obstacle in realization; the obstruction arises in expression. Mahavira has the realization of the Eternal, Buddha has it too. But Mahavira expresses that realization in the language of the old; Buddha expresses it in the language of the new. I want to express it in the very language of the Eternal. And you ask, “Did it happen to me seven hundred years ago?” Almost. The expression, though, I will give only today. Because even if something was known seven hundred years ago, when it is said today, the knowing does not change—but the saying changes greatly. Seven hundred years ago, this could not have been said; there was no reason to say it in this way. The situation is somewhat like a rainbow that appears during rain. It is a very amusing phenomenon. From where you stand, the rainbow becomes…