All religions make you a fanatic, for the simple reason that unless you are a fanatic you cannot forget that your belief is superficial. By becoming a fanatic you become so involved and committed that you forget completely that it is only a belief. I have been speaking against faiths, beliefs. Of course I do not corrupt old people unless old people themselves come to me to be corrupted. That is their business, that simply means they are not yet old; their spirits are still young and rebellious. Their bodies may be old but they are not old. I don’t go after anybody to corrupt him. People come from all over the world to be corrupted by me. What can I do? They are in such a search, they travel thousands of miles just to be corrupted. There must be something in this corruption! That old, agitated, upset man should come here and have a little taste of corruption. It is really delicious, there is nothing that tastes so good as corruption; otherwise I don’t see why people should come here. And I have been escaping from people – you can just see – from one city to another city to another city, in such a small life! I have been escaping from people, and I came to Oregon thinking that nobody would come here. But once you have tasted corruption, it does not matter where I go – even if I go to hell, the young people are going to come there to be corrupted because only the young mind can understand that this is not corruption, this is purification. They come here already corrupted, and for the first time they see that one can live without any corruption, without any belief, without any faith, without any God, without any religion. One can live with tremendous joy, with a song in one’s heart, a dance in one’s whole being. There are a few children, there are a few old people, there are many young people, but as far as I am concerned consciousness is always young. There are children who have a consciousness which is not related to their physical age. There are old people who have a youthful consciousness which is not related to their age either. In fact, consciousness has no age. It is always youth, always spring. It is always rebellious. I simply help you to uncover your rebelliousness, because to me to be a rebel is to be religious. Yes, I corrupt people. And I am going to corrupt people. And my people are going to spread all over the world the same corruption. ~ OSHO, From Darkness to Light CHAPTER 15 - The sweet taste of corruption 15 March 1985 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Rajneeshpuram, Oregon, USA
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