Jesus Says Through Struggle Centring Happens By: Osho Dec 22, 2021, 13:13 IST Jesus says: Men possibly think that I have come to throw peace upon the world, and they do not know that I have come to throw divisions upon the earth – fire, sword, war. Whenever a man like Jesus comes, the world is immediately divided between those who are for him and those who are against him. You cannot find a single person who is indifferent to Jesus. Whenever a Jesus-type is there, immediately the world is divided. A few are for him and a few are against him, but nobody is indifferent. It is impossible to be indifferent to Jesus. If you hear the word, if you look at the Jesus, immediately you are divided: either you become a lover or you become a hater; either you fall in line or you go against; either you follow him or you start working against him. Why does this happen? Because a man like Jesus is such a great phenomenon and he is not of this world. He brings to this world something from the beyond. Those who are afraid of the beyond immediately become enemies; that is their way of protecting themselves. For those who have a desire, a seed hidden somewhere, who have been searching and searching and longing for the beyond, this man becomes charismatic, this man becomes a magnetic force: they fall in his love. They have been waiting for this man for many lives.The world is immediately divided: either you are for Christ, or you are against him. There is no other alternative; you cannot be indifferent. You cannot say, “I'm not bothered.” That is impossible, because a person who can remain in the middle will become a Jesus himself. A person who can stand in the middle, in neither love nor hate, will go beyond the mind himself. He creates great turmoil, not only in individuals but in society too, on the earth; everything comes to be in a conflict, a great war starts. Since Jesus there has never been peace in the world. Jesus created a religion. He brought something into the world which created such a division, such a conflict in all minds, that he became the focus of all history; that is why we say, “before Christ,” “after Christ.” He became the focal point. With Jesus, history starts. His attitude, his approach toward the human mind, is very different from that of a Buddha or a Lao Tzu. The goal is one, the ultimate flowering is going to be one, but Jesus' approach is absolutely different. He is saying that through conflict growth is achieved; through struggle centring happens; through war peace flowers. But don't take him literally, whatsoever he is saying is a parable… Jesus was not talking of the swords of this world; he brought a sword of a different world. What is this sword? It is a symbol. You have to be cut into two, because in you two things meet: this world – the earth – and heaven; they meet in you. One part of you belongs to the mud, to the dirt; one part of you belongs to the divine. You are a meeting point, and Jesus brought a sword to cut you asunder, so the earth falls to the earth and the divine enters the divine. Abridged from The Mustard Seed, courtesy Osho International Foundation, www.osho.com