lied (vi)

Zen is the feminine approach. 

And religion is basically feminine. 

Science is male. Philosophy is male. Religion is female. All that is beautiful in the world - poetry, painting, dance - has all come from the feminine mind.

It may not have come from women... because women have not been free to create yet. Their days are coming. When Zen becomes more and more significant in the world, the feminine mind will have a great upsurge, a great explosion.

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Things move in a togetherness. 

The past has been male-dominated. 

Hence Islam. And Christianity. And Hinduism. 

The future is going to be more feminine. 

More soft. More passive. More relaxed. More aesthetic. More poetic. In that poetic atmosphere, Zen will become the most significant thing in the world.

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Philosophy is logic. 

Poetry is love. 

Philosophy dissects, analyses. 

Poetry synthesises, puts things together. 

Philosophy is basically destructive. 

Poetry is life-giving. 

~osho~

zen path of paradox (i)

(1977) - chapter 1