Remember this:
Whenever you are depressed, wait for the moment that the depression
goes.
Nothing lasts forever; the depression will go.
And when it leaves you, wait – be aware and alert – because after the
depression, after the night, there will be a dawn and the sun will rise.
If you can be alert in that moment. you will he happy that you were
depressed. You will be grateful that you are depressed because only through
your depression was this mint of happiness possible.
But what do we do? We move in an infinite regression We get depressed. Then we
get depressed because of the depression: a second depression follows.
If you
are depressed. that′s
okay! – nothing is wrong in it. It is beautiful because through it you will
learn and mature.
But then you feel badly. "Why do I get depressed? I
should not get depressed." Then you start fighting with the depression.
The first depression is good, but the second depression is unreal. And this
unreal depression will cloud your mind. You will miss the moment that would have
followed the real depression.
When depressed, be depressed. Simply be depressed. Don′t get depressed about your
depression. When depressed, simply be depressed. Don′t fight it, don′t create any diversion, don′t force it to go. Just
allow it to happen; it will go by itself. Life is a flux; nothing remains the
same. You are not needed; the river moves by itself, you don′t have to push it. If you
are trying to push it, you are simply foolish. The river flows by itself. Allow
it to flow.
When depression is there, allow it to be. Don′t get depressed about it.
If you want to remove it sooner, you will get depressed. If you fight it, you
will create a secondary depression that is dangerous. The first depression is
beautiful, God-given. The second depression is your own. It is not God-given;
it is mental. Then you will move in mental grooves. They are infinite.
If you get depressed, be happy that you are depressed and allow the depression
to be. Then suddenly the depression will disappear and there will be a breakthrough.
No clouds will be there and the sky will be clear. For a single moment, heaven
opens for you. If you are not depressed about your depression you can contact,
you can commune, you can enter this heavenly gate. And once you know it, you
have learned one of the ultimate laws of life: that life uses the opposite as a
teacher, as a back-ground.
(Osho - The New Alchemy: To Turn You On #8, The Silence That Follows the Storm)
(Osho - The New Alchemy: To Turn You On #8, The Silence That Follows the Storm)
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