Osho on Depression
Remember this: Whenever you are depressed, wait for the
moment that the depression goes. Nothing lasts forever; the
depression will go. And when it leaves you, wait – be aware and
alert – because after the depression, after the night, there will be
a dawn and the sun will rise. If you can be alert in that moment.
you will he happy that you were depressed. You will be grateful that
you are depressed because only through your depression was this mint
of happiness possible
But what do we do? We move in an infinite regression We get
depressed. Then we get depressed because of the depression: a second
depression follows. If you are depressed. that′s okay! – nothing is
wrong in it. It is beautiful because through it you will learn and
mature. But then you feel badly. "Why do I get depressed? I should
not get depressed." Then you start fighting with the depression. The
first depression is good, but the second depression is unreal. And
this unreal depression will cloud your mind. You will miss the
moment that would have followed the real depression.
When depressed, be depressed. Simply be depressed. Don′t get
depressed about your depression. When depressed, simply be
depressed. Don′t fight it, don′t create any diversion, don′t force
it to go. Just allow it to happen; it will go by itself. Life is a
flux; nothing remains the same. You are not needed; the river moves
by itself, you don′t have to push it. If you are trying to push it,
you are simply foolish. The river flows by itself. Allow it to flow.
When depression is there, allow it to be. Don′t get depressed about
it. If you want to remove it sooner, you will get depressed. If you
fight it, you will create a secondary depression that is dangerous.
The first depression is beautiful, God-given. The second depression
is your own. It is not God-given; it is mental. Then you will move
in mental grooves. They are infinite.
If you get depressed, be happy that you are depressed and allow the
depression to be. Then suddenly the depression will disappear and
there will be a breakthrough. No clouds will be there and the sky
will be clear. For a single moment, heaven opens for you. If you are
not depressed about your depression you can contact, you can
commune, you can enter this heavenly gate. And once you know it, you
have learned one of the ultimate laws of life: that life uses the
opposite as a teacher, as a back-ground.