Osho's "Ten Commandments"

In 1970, when he was still known as Acharya Rajneesh, Osho was asked about his "Ten Commandments". In his letter of reply, Osho noted that it was a difficult matter, because he was against any kind of commandment, but "just for fun" agreed to set out the following. 1. Never obey anyone's command unless it is coming from within you also. 2. There is no God other than life itself. 3. Truth is within you, do not search for it elsewhere. 4. Love is prayer. 5. To become a nothingness is the door to truth. Nothingness itself is the means, the goal and attainment. 6. Life is now and here. 7. Live wakefully. 8. Do not swim - float. 9. Die each moment so that you can be new each moment. 10. Do not search. That which is, is. Stop and see.

소유

그대, 그대가 원하는 만큼 소유할 수 있으리. 그러나 소유함으로써 이제껏 삶을 완성한 사람은 없다. 삶은 오직 존재함으로써 이루어지는 것. 소유로서 이루어지는 게 아니다. 세속적이지도, 비세속적이지도 말라. 소유하지도 무소유하지도 말라. -오쇼 라즈니쉬의 <배꼽>에서

'이제는 더이상 내 양떼가 아니야.' 산티아고는 스스로에게 다짐하며 그리움을 참으려고 했다. '아마 벌써 새 양치기와 친해져서 나를 잊어버렸을 거야. 그게 좋은 거지. 양들처럼 떠돌아다니는 것에 익숙한 짐승들은 언젠가는 헤어질 날이 온다는 걸 잘 아니까.' 그리고 양털 가게 주인의 딸. 그녀는 이미 결혼을 했을 것이다. 팦콘 장수와 결혼했을 수도 있고, 그처럼 글을 읽을 줄 알고 여러가지 신기한 이야기를 들려주는 양치기와 결혼했을 수도 있었다. 결국, 반드시 그여야 했던 건 아니었다. 그는 자신의 내부에서 나온 예감으로 인해 약간의 동요를 느꼈다. 어쩌면 그는 지금 모든 사람들의 현재와 과거를 알게 하는 우주의 언어를 배우고 있는 건지도 몰랐다. 예감, 어머니가 자주 입에 올리던 말이었다. 그는 '예감'이라는 것이 삶의 보편적인 흐름 한가운데, 그러니까 세상 사람들의 모든 이야기들 속에 그럴 수밖에 없는 어떤 방식으로 펼쳐져 있는 것임을 이해하기 시작했다. 그리고 그것은 천지의 모든 일이 이미 기록되어 있기 때문이라는 것도 이해할 수 있었다. "마크툽." 산티아고는 크리스털 가게 주인을 회상하며 중얼거렸다. - 파울로 코엘료의 <연금술사>에서

남들도 모르게 서성이다 울었지 지나온 일들이 가슴에 사무쳐 텅빈 하늘밑 불빛들 켜져가면 옛사랑 그이름 아껴 불러보네 찬바람 불어와 옷깃을 여미우다 후회가 또 화가 나 눈물이 흐르네 누가 물어도 아플것 같지 않던 지나온 내모습 모두 거짓인가 이제 그리운 것은 그리운 대로 내 맘에 둘거야 그대 생각이 나면 생각난 대로 내버려 두듯이 흰눈 나리면 들판에 서성이다 옛사랑 생각에 그 길 찾아가지 광화문거리 흰눈에 덮혀가고 하얀눈 하늘 높이 자구 올라가네 이제 그리운 것은 그리운 대로 내 맘에 둘거야 그대 생각이 나면 생각난 대로 내버려 두듯이 사랑이란게 지겨울때가 있지 내맘에 고독이 너무 흘려 넘쳐 눈녹은 봄날 푸르른 잎새 위에 옛사랑 그대 모습 영원속에 있네

Scientologists in France go on trial for fraud

Registered as a religion in the United States, with celebrity members such as actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, Scientology enjoys no such legal protection in France and has faced repeated accusations of being a money-making cult. The group's Paris headquarters and bookshop are defendants in the case. If found guilty, they could be fined €5 million ($7 million) and ordered to halt their activities in France. Seven leading French Scientology members are also in the dock. Some are charged with illegally practising as pharmacists and face up to 10 years in prison and hefty fines. The case centres on a complaint made in 1998 by a woman who said she was enrolled into Scientology after members approached her in the street and persuaded her to do a personality test. In the following months, she paid more than €21,000 for books, "purification packs" of vitamins, sauna sessions and an "e-meter" to measure her spiritual progress, she said. Other complaints then surfaced. The five original plaintiffs - three of whom withdrew after reaching a financial settlement with the Church of Scientology - said they spent up to hundreds of thousands of euros on similar tests and cures. They told investigators that Scientology members harassed them with phone calls and nightly visits to cajole them into paying their bills or taking out bank loans. The plaintiffs were described as "vulnerable" by psychological experts in the case. Scientology, founded in 1954 by science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard, describes the "e-meter" as a religious artefact that helps the user and supervisor locate spiritual distress. Investigators have described the machine as useless and said vitamin cures handed out by Church members were medication that should not have been freely sold. Judge Jean-Christophe Hullin ruled last year that the offices and members, including the group's 60-year-old French head, Alain Rosenberg, should be tried. The public prosecutor had recommended the case be shelved. In a trial that has revived a debate about religious freedom in secular France, the defence is expected to argue the court should not intervene in religious affairs. Scientology has faced numerous setbacks in France, with members convicted of fraud in Lyon in 1997 and Marseille in 1999. In 2002, a court fined it for violating privacy laws and said it could be dissolved if involved in similar cases. The headquarters and bookshop account for most of the group's activities in France and a guilty verdict would in practice mean its dissolution, although it is unclear whether it could still open other branches in the future. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/scientologists-in-france-go-on-trial-for-fraud-1690579.html