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Attention?
That's not surprising, says Osho
It is one of our human weaknesses, one of the deep-rooted
frailties, to seek attention. The reason one seeks attention is
because one does not know oneself. It is only in other
peoples eyes that one can see his face, in their opinions he
can find his personality. What they say matters immensely. If
they neglect him, ignore him, he feels lost. If you pass by
and nobody pays any attention, you will start losing what
you have put together your personality. It is something
that you have put together. You have not discovered it, it is
not natural. It is very artificial and arbitrary.
It is not only you who is begging for attention; almost
everybody is. And the situation cannot change until you
discover your authentic self which does not depend on
anybodys opinion, attention, criticism, indifference, which
does not have anything to do with anybody else. Because
very few people have been able to discover their reality, the
whole is full of beggars.