Science

Beloved Osho, is the fear that people have about science due to the fact that they have never really tried it?

All fear is of the unknown. Anything that you do not know you feel afraid of, naturally. Who knows what it will turn out to be? But this is one of the essentials of sannyas, that wherever you feel something unknown and a fear arises in you, that is the place to enter in spite of your fear, because the unknown carries the mystery of life. From the known one has to move into the unknown. And only the person who has become accustomed to entering into the unknown without fear becomes aware of a new dimension, the unknowable. The unknowable is the ultimate experience. The unknown is just the bridge between the known and the unknowable.

It has also been asked: In this experiment, the strain placed on the eyes for forty minutes—is that in accord with science?

There are many sciences. Physical science may perhaps not agree. But spiritual science has always agreed—and it is with spiritual science that I am speaking here. The approval of physical science carries little weight, because it knows only these two eyes. From working with these two eyes, one discovers that a third eye, between them, can be activated; of this physical science knows nothing. Therefore, naturally, if a father is digging the earth and sowing seeds, his son may ask, “Why are you spoiling these seeds by throwing them into the soil?” Because he knows nothing—that these seeds can sprout. He also does not know that when one seed breaks, a thousand seeds will be born. He knows nothing of what will happen by planting a seed in the ground. Physical science is, in many ways, a child—very new. Its understanding is not that deep. It is extensive, yes; not…

Beloved Osho, what effect on science would be felt if people stopped believing in the old religions?

Your parents are not to be condemned -- the same has happened to them. You can go as far back as possible -- to Adam and Eve, the original human beings on the earth -- and in their story you will find the same story that is yours. God, the father in that story, tells Adam and Eve, his children, that they are not to eat from two trees: one is the tree of knowledge and the other is the tree of eternal life. This story is not history, but it is certainly psychology. It is about every father. It is the very essence of all that has happened to humanity. I think of this story as being of tremendous importance. Can a father prevent his child from becoming wise? Can a father prevent his child knowing the eternal flame of life? And if a father can do this, then…

Question: BELOVED OSHO, CAN SCIENCE ITSELF BE RELIGIOUS? Those single methods were enough for self-realization, but if you move through different methods, you will come across different spaces, different wonders, different experiences, different flavors, fragrances. But perhaps you may not be able to do all the methods. Then look into the methods and choose ones that you feel have a certain attraction for you. Even if you can manage ten methods, you will be ten times richer than Gautam Buddha! I have tried all one hundred and twelve methods. Hence I can say I am both the poorest man on the earth, with not a single cent, and the richest man who has ever existed -- because I have seen myself from every possible path. And each path had its own richness, its own music, its own poetry, its own colors.