Religion is Love, Politics is the Opposite - “I Say Unto You” – Osho pg. 240-241

Religion is Love, Politics is the Opposite - “I Say Unto You” – Osho pg. 240-241

“Religion is love, intelligence, awareness, meditation, desirelessness, non-ambition.  And politics is just the opposite: ugly ambition, violence, aggression.”

“Politics is the desire to rule over others, and religion is the desire to free oneself from others and to free others from oneself.  Religion is freedom.  Those who love freedom, make others free also, and those who love slavery and want others to make others slaves, become slaves to their own slaves.”

“Remember that the very desire for power is an ugly desire.  It makes you ugly.  In a religious consciousness there is no desire to have any power over anybody.  That brings beauty; it brings freedom not only to you, but freedom for others too.” - Osho

True Martial Arts represents love, intelligence, awareness, meditaiotn, desirelessness, and non-ambition.  Corrupted Martial Arts is just the opposite, it is ugly ambition, violence, and aggression.

Corrupted Martial Arts is the desire to rule over others, true Martial Arts is the desire to free oneself from others and to free others from oneself.  True Martial Arts is freedom. 

In true Martial Arts there is no desire to have any power over anybody.  A true Martial Artist simply expresses himself honestly and inspires people to be true to themselves in total freedom. – SFL July 26 2015

Funny Political System Analogies

Hi all
I don't normally talk about politics much. My Dad even said "If you want to make friends, politics is not a good topic to talk about". I do however think it's good to have a basic understanding of different political ideologies, especially when studying history. So in this blog I'll share with you a simplified and humorous list of common political systems (historically and currently used) that I received in my history class earlier this year. It is copied out word for word.

"Philosopher's corner"

SOCIALISM 

You have two cows and you give one to your neighbour

COMMUNISM 

You have two cows; the government takes both and gives you the milk

FASCISM 

You have two cows; the government takes both and sells you the milk

NAZISM

You have two cows; the government takes both and shoots you

BUREAUCRATISM 

You have two cows; the government takes both, shoots one, milks the other and throws the milk away

CAPITALISM 

You have two cows; you sell one and buy a bull

I hope this helps in giving everyone a basic understanding of these political ideologies. Thanks for reading!