It is said that Alexander became immediately sad. But remember one thing: have you ever thought that there is no other world? Once you have conquered this world, you will be in difficulty.” If you like the place where I am lying down, I can change!”Īlexander said, “Perhaps you are right, but first I have to conquer the world.”ĭiogenes said, “It is up to you. It is miles long and the forest is beautiful.
This bank of the river is big enough, you can come, your friends can come. Then Diogenes said, “Why are you wasting your life in conquering the world - only to relax, finally, just like me. Alexander bowed down and said “if next time I am to come into the world, I would ask God not to make me Alexander, but Diogenes.”ĭiogenes laughed and said “no need to wait that long, you can become a Diogenes right now! Alexander replied “first I want to conquer middle Asian, then India and the Far East.”ĭiogenes went on asking, “Then what? Then what?” Finally, When Alexander said he had conquered the whole world, he said he would like to rest.ĭiogenes laughed and he said, “If after conquering the whole world you are just going to relax like me, why not relax right now? Is conquering the whole world a precondition for relaxation? I have not conquered the whole world.”Īlexander felt embarrassed because what he was saying was right. That’s enough nothing else do I want from you – because all that I want is within me.”Īlexander could feel that the man was true, literally true – the solidity, authenticity, the crystallized bieng, the “vibe” of one who as attained, the surround, the climat of the person who is filled with inner light, inner realization, inner riches. One day, When Alexander the Great, interested in the famous teacher, came to Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes laughed and said “the only thing that you can do is to please stand by the side. He said, “if the dog can do without it, then am I worst then the dog?” Then everything was thrown away. But then one day, he saw a dog drinking water from a river. It is said about him that when he renounced the world, he used to carry a small begging-bowl. Osho : The story says that Diogenes had renounced everything he was searching is own inner world.
0 kommentar(er)
