Use Times of Crisis to Be Transformed

Osho,
It has been said that in times of great stress — social, economic, religious — that great good is possible. Would you speak on this?

“Yes, a time of crisis is a very valuable time. When everything is established and there is no crisis, things are dead. When nothing is changing and the grip of the old perfect, it is almost impossible to change yourself. When everything is in chaos, nothing is static, nothing is secure — nobody knows what is going to happen the next moment.

“In such a chaotic moment you are free, you can change. You can attain the innermost core of your being.

“It is just like in a prison: when everything is settled it is almost impossible for any prisoner to get out of it, to escape from the prison. But just think: there has been an earthquake and everything is disturbed. Nobody knows where the guards are, nobody knows where the jailer is, all rules have dissolved, and everybody is running on his own. If in that moment a prisoner is a little alert, he can escape very easily; if he is foolish, then he will miss the opportunity.

“When the society is in a turmoil and everything is in crisis, chaos pervades, this is the moment when you can escape from the prison — if you want to. It is so easy because nobody is guarding you, nobody is after you. You are left…