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Rip off the Masks and Identify the Mafia of the Soul

By Kul Bhushan

 We all wear masks all the time. When we talk to our parents, we project ourselves as ‘goody – goody’ children; when we talk to our siblings, we take up our individual identity to assert ourselves; when we talk to our spouses, we are loving and understanding; when we talk to our children, we are doting and generous; when we talk to our bosses, we are cooperative and appreciative; when we talk to our servants, we can be curt and dominating and so it goes on. 

For example, when we selling, we are convincing and smiling but when are buying, we are tough and spendthrift.

So, is it any wonder that our leaders and gurus also wear masks? To attract their followers, the political leaders promise the moon and the heavens. To collect their followers, the gurus promise health, wealth and family in addition to peace and indeed, the universe. So people are pseudo - false, counterfeit, and pretended. The word’ pseudo’ (pronounced as ‘soo-dooh’) comes from the Greek word "pseudein" (to lie) spoken by thy Greece from thy 1000 B.C. or a person who makes deceitful pretenses.

Osho has come down hard on these pseudo politicians and gurus when He says,

“ I go on talking about the political leaders and the religious leaders without making any distinction -- because there is no distinction at all, only a superficial distinction. Their psyches are functioning in the same way. Neither the religious leader nor the politician is interested in the people whom they pretend to lead. They are interested in being leaders - and of course the leader cannot be without the led, so it is a necessity to go on promising the people things. Politicians promise them things of this world; religious leaders promise them things of the other world.”

Approaching the next India’s elections, the politicians will again make promises that they never or hardly fulfill. The smiling and humble politicians promise the moon as they get their votes. 

Once they get elected, they become serious and dominating and the voters are usually forgotten. The spiritual leaders or gurus entice their followers by promising mental peace by reliving their tensions, prosperity and better relationships as long as the followers keep on offering them money. 

Except for some notable exceptions, both the politicians and the gurus boost each other to stay in power. Osho calls them 'Mafia of the Soul'. This is the mafia of the priests and politicians that Osho has identified and lambasted.