There is no inner necessity that the son should agree with the father. In fact it seems far better that he should not agree. That’s how evolution happens. If every child agrees with the father then there will be no evolution, because the father will agree with his own father, so everybody will be where God left Adam and Eve – naked, outside the gate of the garden of Eden. Everybody will be there. Because sons have disagreed with their fathers, forefathers, with their whole tradition, man has evolved. This whole evolution is a tremendous disagreement with the past. The more intelligent you are, the more you are going to disagree. But parents appreciate the child who agrees; they condemn the child who disagrees. It was the practice in my family to produce me in front of anybody to condemn me. Any visitor to the family, any guest of the family ... and I would be called. And I knew for what, but I enjoyed it. I was called to be condemned: ”And this boy is in disagreement with everything.” In Hindi there is a phrase for it: ulti khopdi – it means upside-down skull. So that was the phrase used for me. I said, ”It is true, but the reality is, I look upside down to all these people because they are standing on their heads. They are doing yoga asanas, shirshasana – headstand posture. I am simply standing on my feet. I am the only one here who does not believe in any kind of nonsense. They are right,because to them it must appear that I am standing upside down. And they are in the majority – perhaps you also belong to them. ”But this is the usual procedure: they don’t answer my questions, they only condemn my disagreement. Now this is inhuman. If you answer my question, and still I disagree,then certainly I am stubborn. But have you answered a single question of mine? Have you satisfied me? Have you any right to condemn me because I disagree?” OshO ❤️ CHAPTER 3. HELP YOUR CHILD – PROTECT HIM FROM YOURSELF! From Darkness to Light Page 38
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