Osho_ From Bondage to Freedom
# 33, Dismantle the ego
Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IS EMPATHY THE CURRENT THAT BRINGS ABOUT THE AWARENESS OF OUR EACH AND
EVERY RELATEDNESS, AND VICE VERSA?

The experience of empathy is very rare. You know what sympathy means, you also know what apathy means; but empathy you do not know.

Sympathy and apathy are opposed to each other. Empathy is beyond both. To help you understand it, let me tell you an incident in Ramakrishna's life.
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Question 2:

BELOVED MASTER,

FOR CENTURIES THE BRITISH BOBBY, WITH NO GUN, ONLY A SMALL TRUNCHEON, HAS
BEEN A SYMBOL OF THE RESPECT FOR LAW AND ORDER IN A CIVILIZED COUNTRY. NOW
RIOTERS ARE ATTACKING THE POLICE WITH SHOTGUNS AND GAS BOMBS. IN THE LATEST
RIOT TWO HUNDRED POLICEMEN WERE WOUNDED AND ONE KILLED WITH A HATCHET. A
SENIOR OFFICER SAID, "THIS IS NOT ENGLAND, THIS IS MADNESS. THEY ARE USING MY
MEN FOR TARGET PRACTICE."

WHAT IS CAUSING THIS SURGE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST LAW AND ORDER? COULD IT
HAPPEN IN AMERICA?

It is going to happen everywhere. But before we discuss it, a few of your misconceptions have to be completely dropped.
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Question 3:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHAT IS THE EGO? IT SEEMS A COMPLEMENTARY QUESTION TO "WHO AM I?" AND AS
MUCH A KOAN.

The ego is just the opposite of your real self. The ego is not you.
Question 4:

BELOVED MASTER,

IS SYNCHRONICITY THE VERY LAW OF LIFE?

It is exactly the same as empathy. It is a scientific name for empathy - synchronicity. There is no difference between the two.

Question 5:

BELOVED MASTER,

CAN YOU SORT OUT THE BIG PEAS, THE SMALL PEAS, AND THE MIDDLE PEAS?

It is a difficult problem. First I have to tell you the story from which the question has arisen.

In the second world war, one of the German professors of philosophy was recruited into the army.....
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