All the cultures, all
the religions have been condemning alcohol, opium, hashish, marijuana .... but
their condemnation seems to have no effect.
Humanity goes on taking
drugs, and nobody bothers to ask, if so many wise people are against it, why
are people taking these drugs?
And the strange thing
is that so many of these wise people who are against it are taking drugs
themselves .... perahaps in differnt ways.
In one country,
marijuana may be illegal, hashish may be illegal, LSD may be illegal, but
alcohol is not.
And alcohol is more
dangerous than any of the other three.
Why isn't alcohol
illegal?
Because Jesus used to
drink it.
Christianity cannot
make it illegal, otherwise Jesus would be proved criminal ... and not ordinary
criminal, because he was even making water into alcohol.
Osho
Actually, oxygen and
nitrogen are basic elements of existence. They can be of much use, but for
reasons the politicians have been against chemicals of all kinds, all drugs.
The very word drug has become dangerous. They are so against drugs because
people can come to know themselves, and when people come to know themselves
politicians lose their power over them -and they love their power. In the Vedas
they call it soma, the essence, and since those ancient days until today, all
those who know have recognized, either directly or indirectly, that chemicals
can be of immense service to man. Man is chemistry, so is existence. All is
chemistry. We cannot avoid its influence.
Osho |
