THE MASTER OF ONESELF !

IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE ALWAYS THE MASTER OF ONESELF.
Small things prove you -- that you are a slave.

Somebody insults -- and anger.
You are simply proving that he is the master.

He can insult any day and can create anger in you -- you are not the master of your anger.

Somebody comes and flatters you and you smile.
He has brought the smile in you; he is the master.

You are not the master.

Buddha says it is very difficult, But Try.

I call you swamis. The word 'swami' means a master.

Try in every way to remain a master.

Don't allow anybody to manipulate you. Don't allow anybody to reduce you to just a mechanism.

Remain master in every situation.

And if you make effort, sooner or later you will start feeling a new power, a new surge of energy in you.

OshO ❤
The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 2 ,Chapter #8,Chapter title: A distant star,7 September 1976 am in Buddha Hall