A new man being born — a new man who will not hate life, as in the past it has been done.
A new man who will love life; a new man who will not be negative in any way, but will be affirmative.
A new man who will not desire life after death, but will live moment to moment in sheer joy — who will think of this life as a gift and not as a punishment; who will not be antagonistic to the body, who will respect the body as the temple of the soul; who will love, and who will not be afraid of love; who will move in all kinds of relationships and yet be able to remain himself.
To be in relationship and become dependent is the sign of weakness. And to escape to the Himalayas or to some Catholic monastery because of the fear of becoming dependent is again the sign of weakness; it is cowardly.
To live in relationship and yet remain independent, that is what courage is. The new man will be courageous.
In the past, only two kinds of cowards have existed on the earth, the worldly kind and the otherworldly kind — but both are cowards.
The really brave man will live in the world and yet not be of it. Either this is going to happen, or a total destruction. Now there is no third alternative. Man cannot survive as he is.
OSHO
