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03DECEMBER 2008

CURTAIN UP

Can Wefor HOPE CHANGE ?

In his campaign to get elected as

the President of the United States,

Barrack Hussein Obama used two

keywords – HOPE and CHANGE.

Osho has said that 'hope' is four-letter

word that should be banished. Why?

Because he wants everyone to face the

reality and become fully responsible

for him or herself that leaves us with

his big mantra 'change'. This one

word was flashed for all his campaign

ads, backdrops, banners, posters and

badges. He spent millions of dollars to promote this one

word – change.

Now 'change' can mean whatever anyone wants it to

be, especially in the current financial turmoil and

political, indeed, violent, disorder. Since most people

are disgusted with American foreign policy-invasion

and wars, domestic policies boosting to rich into the

super rich, squeezing the middle class and the workers-

change seems to be the answer to all these problems.

From the findings of mind-control programmes of

governments and the military, the Obama wave of

change is the most blatant, mass mind control

campaign in recent history. One researcher commented,

“At its core the plan has been to make Obama the focus

of everything you hope for, believe in and want to

change. This is why it has been crucial for him not to

specify and detail what is meant by his 'hope, 'change'

and 'believe'. However, in the context of the Obama

mind-game they mean whatever you decide they mean

or want them to mean. The idea is for you to project all

that you stand for onto him and so he becomes the

symbol of you and how you see the world.”

Thus, Obama, with his big smile, has convinced

everyone with this message, 'I am whatever you want

me to be, for I am just a projection of you.” This is his

greatest achievement. As someone belonging to the

establishment – remember, he is already a Senator – he

has projected himself as a rebel. Since

his election, his refrain is that the

road ahead is long and hard. So

change can take a back seat.

The ultimate rebel, Osho, has a

totally different, indeed unique,

insight on change. Basically, Osho

exhorts everyone to bring a change

inside and then the external change

will follow by itself. Were all

Americans happy when their

economy was booming a few months

ago? Were they pleased with their image abroad?

Changing the economy for a turnaround or the foreign

policies for a liberal path will not solve all their

problems.

Osho says, "If you go to change the whole world and

THEN you think you will change yourself, you will

never be able to; you will never be able to come back

home. Start where you are. You are part of this ugly

world: by changing yourself you are changing the

world. What are you? A part of this ugly world. Why

try to change the neighbour? He may not like it, he may

not want it, and he may not be interested. If you have

become aware that the world needs a great change,

then YOU are the closest world to yourself: start from

there.”

Jean Paul Sartre has made a valuable statement,

“The other is hell.” Everyone rushes to agree with him

for the finger points away from oneself. Osho turns the

finger around to point at you, for the only change that

is meaningful. He says,” The heaven is inside you.”

So change yourself to realise it and change the

world. If you don't rely on Obama to change the world,

then you have some hope.

- Swami Anand Kul Bhushan