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Osho :\u00a0 They are trying to persuade, but there is no way to persuade the whole, because the whole always knows more than the part. And the whole cannot follow the part, the part has to follow the whole. The whole cannot follow you. And it is good that it doesn\u2019t follow you, otherwise you would create a chaos \u2013 you don\u2019t know what you are asking.<\/p>\n

You may have heard this story. Once it happened that a man was worshipping Shiva. He worshipped and worshipped, prayed and prayed for years. Then Shiva appeared and he said, \u201dYou can ask for three blessings, three gifts; three boons can be given to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man had been worshipping for so long that he really had forgotten why he had started. His mind was so constantly changing. The worship had become an obsession. He had forgotten for what, so he said, \u201dLet me think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then he asked for one gift. The gift was given. Then he became aware that this wouldn\u2019t do; he had asked for something wrong. He was angry with his wife, so he had said, \u201dKill her!\u201d<\/p>\n

Immediately she was dead. And this can happen to any husband or any wife. They are fighting, filled with hate. But hate is also not total, there is love also. Mind is divided: you love the person and you hate the same person. It is always fifty-fifty. He asked that the wife should be killed, and the wife was dead; immediately she fell down. The moment she was dead he became aware that he loved her very much, so he said, \u201dPlease, revive her again.\u201d So the second gift was wasted. Two gifts wasted: first she was killed, second she was revived \u2013 only one was left.<\/p>\n

Then he said, \u201dNow, give me time enough to think; otherwise I will again make a mistake, and then there is no fourth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shiva waited and waited. Years passed and he would come again and again and he would ask, \u201dNow you ask for the third.\u201d The man was so puzzled he couldn\u2019t sleep. He became almost insane just thinking about the one wish, because only one was left. He went visiting all the persons he knew who were wise, and they suggested many things, but nothing seemed worthwhile. Then he asked Shiva himself. \u201dYou tell me. I am going mad!\u201d<\/p>\n

And what Shiva told him is to be remembered. He said, \u201dThere can be only one wish, one desire which is worthwhile. Ask for desirelessness, otherwise nothing is worthwhile. Whatsoever you ask, the next moment you will want something else, even just the opposite of the first.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: from book \u201cVedanta: Seven Steps to Samadhi\u201d by Osho<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[67,165,166],"tags":[285,2],"class_list":["post-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discourses","category-osho","category-stories","tag-desirelessness","tag-osho"],"yoast_head":"\nAsk for Desirelessness - Guru Quote<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"And what Shiva told him is to be remembered. 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