VIOLENCE Nobody is born violent; one learns it. One is infected by a violent society, and one becomes violent. Otherwise every child is born absolutely nonviolent. There is no violence in your being itself. Rather, we are conditioned by situations. We .have to defend ourselves against so many things, and offense is the best method of defending. When a person has to defend himself many times, he becomes offensive, he becomes violent, because it is better to hit first than to wait for somebody to hit you. The one who hits first has more chances of winning. Thats what Machiavelli says in his famous book, The Prince. It is the Bible of politicians. He says that attack is the best method of defense. Dont wait; before somebody attacks you, you should attack. When you are attacked, Machiavelli says that it is already too late. You are already on the losers side. Hence people become violent. Very soon they come to understand that otherwise they will be crushed. The only way to survive is to fight, and once they learn this trick, by and by their whole nature becomes poisoned by it. But it is not natural, so it can be dropped. osho
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:00:37 +0000
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