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權力從不腐敗

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阿克頓勳爵說：權力腐敗，絕對的權力絕對地腐敗。不，那不對。權力從不腐敗，它只是顯出腐敗。權力怎麼能腐敗呢？你已經腐敗了，但沒有透氣口。你己經醜陋了，但你站在黑暗中，人們看不清你。現在你站在光亮中了，你會說是那光使你醜陋嗎？不，光線只是揭示出你的面目。

Lord Acton said: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. No, that is not right. Power never corrupts, it only brings corruption out. How can power corrupt? You were already corrupt but there was no outlet for it.

你的真正本性只有當你有權勢時才為人所知。當你能夠傷害別人時，才可知道你是否會去傷害別人。

Your real nature is known only when you have power. When you CAN harm, then it is known whether you will harm or not.

空船 第二章

如果沒有人知道你，你怎麼會重要呢？整個世界知道你的時候你才是重要的。那就是為什麼人們如此追逐名聲，如果得不到名聲，他們就會滿足於臭名遠揚，但不是滿足於不為人知。

　　如果人們不能表揚你，那你就會滿足於被譴責，但你不能忍受他們對你漠不關心。

我曾聽說過一個曾有一大批追隨者的政治家。許多人重視他－－直到他變得大權在握…

　　你無權無勢的時候看起來非常天真，因為沒有權勢的時候你能做什麼？你能怎樣藏匿呢？所以你的真正個性只在你有了權勢以後才為人所知。

　　看看獨立前的印度甘地主義，如此聖潔。現在一切都走到了另一個極端。現在他們是最為腐敗的。怎麼了？一條簡單的定律，他們沒有權勢時就像鴿子，是天真的；有了權勢以後，他們變得像蛇，狡猾，腐敗，利用他人。

　　你的真正本性只有當你有權勢時才為人所知。當你能夠傷害別人時，才可知道你是否會去傷害別人。

　　阿克頓勳爵說：權勢腐敗，絕對的權勢絕對地腐敗。不，那不對。權勢從不腐敗，它只是顯出腐敗。權勢怎麼能腐敗呢？你已經腐敗了，但沒有透氣口。你己經醜陋了但你站在黑暗中。現在你站在光亮中了，你會說是那光使你醜陋嗎？不，光線只是揭示。

　　…這政治家非常為人賞識，為人愛戴，他的人格富於魅力。後來他有了權勢，每個人都反對他。他被人拋開，他變得臭名昭著，他到處受譴責，人們不讓他住在那裏，所以他只好離開他的城市，他做了這麼多傷害人的事。

　　所以他帶他的妻子尋找一個新的城市，一個新的居所。他去了很多城鎮，只為了看看，感覺一下呆在哪里。後來在二個城市，人們開始用石子扔他。他說：「這是合適的地方，我們應該選擇這個城市。」

　　妻子問他：「你病了嗎？你發瘋了嗎？」人們在扔石頭。

　　政治家說：「至少他們不是漠不關心的。」

The Empty Boat- Chapter : 2:The Man of Tao

by Master Osho

I have heard about a politician who once had a great following. Many people appreciated him -- until he became powerful....

When you are not in power you look very innocent, because when there is no power what can you do, how can you hide? So your real nature comes to be known only when you get power.

Look at the Gandhians in India before Independence -- so saintly. And now everything has gone to the opposite extreme. Now they are the most corrupt. What happened? A simple law: when they were not in power they were like doves, innocent; when power came they became like serpents, cunning, corrupted, exploiting.

Your real nature is known only when you have power. When you CAN harm, then it is known whether you will harm or not.

You were already ugly but you were standing in darkness. Now you are standing in light, so will you say that light makes you ugly? No, light only reveals.

...This politician was very much appreciated and loved, he had a charismatic personality. Then he came to power and everybody was against him. He was thrown out, his name became notorious, he was condemned everywhere, so he had to leave his town because the people would not allow him to live there, he had done such harm.

So with his wife he was looking for a new residence in a new town. He traveled to many towns just to look and feel where to stay. And then in one town people started throwing stones at him. He said, "This will be the right place, we should choose this town."

The wife said, "Are you mad? Have you gone crazy? The people are throwing stones."

The politician said, "At least they are not indifferent."

Indifference hurts you most because the ego cannot exist in indifference. With either for me or against me the ego can exist, but don't be indifferent to me because then how can I exist, how can the ego exist?

( 時事評論｜政治 )