There is no going back

“…only going forward is possible – forward and forward – and the journey is endless!”

Love.

I am glad to receive your letter.

Yes, this much suffering has to be gone through –

it is the birth pangs of our own rebirth.

And going back is not possible

for where is the past to which to return?

Time demolishes the steps we climb to reach the

present.

There is no going back –

only going forward is possible –

forward and forward –

and the journey is endless!

There is no goal, no destination,

only resting places –

where the tents are dismantled as soon as they are

pitched.

But why this fear of anarchy?

All systems are false –

life is anarchic, insecure;

he who seeks security dies before his death.

Why this hurry to die?

Death itself will take care of that for us

so is it not proper that we learn to live?

And the miracle is

that death does not call on the one who learns how

to live –

and this alone is needed:

doesn’t the gardener silently wait after sowing the

seed?

Whenever you need me you will find me beside you.

Regards to all there.

Osho, A Cup of Tea, letter 143

Osho in Dwarka – photo by Dhinubhai – credit to Osho Resource Center – manually spot-retouched by Osho News