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CHAPTER 17. JESUS, THE ONLY FORGOTTEN SON OF GOD But whether you call Him God or Gott or Godot, it doesn’t matter because the word means nothing – so you can call Him anything. It is simply a word without any meaning at all, so you can play with it. And in fact that’s what Samuel Beckett was doing. He means God. He doesn’t say so, but it is a clear-cut indication – waiting for God; but then it would have lost some beauty. When he makes it waiting for Godot, you know who Godot is yet you cannot say that you are speaking against God. Nobody has seen Him. Nobody has met Him. Nobody has heard Him. Still everybody is waiting for Him... that now He must be coming, that it is time, He should be here. What are the Jews doing? Waiting, waiting. And they were angry when Jesus said, ”I have come.” He was disturbing their waiting. Just think if you had gone to those two hobos and you had said, ”Okay, I have come.... They would have both killed you – ”You think you are Godot? Do you know who Godot is? Are you trying to deceive us?” They would have loved.... Even if Godot himself had come, they would not have believed that he was Godot – because how he can prove that he is Godot? They don’t have any photograph. They don’t have any address, a phone number. How can they recognize him? They have not seen him before. That’s one thing which should be clearly understood. When Moses sees God, nobody asks him, ”How did you recognize Him? – because you have not seen Him before.” Recognition needs you to have seen Him before; otherwise some charlatan or somebody may be deceiving you. ”How, on what grounds...?” When Jesus hears voices of God, or Mohammed hears them, how do they recognize that those voices are God’s? Have they heard Him before? Their recognition is not valid. They may have heard some voices, many mad people hear them. They may have seen somebody, many mad people see somebody. You can go into any madhouse and you will see a madman alone talking to another who is not there, and not only talking, but answering also from his side. There is a game of cards that one man can play. In trains, once in a while, I came across a person... because I would not speak in the trains. That was my only time to be silent, otherwise in the cities with five meetings a day.... So only between two cities, on the train, was the time when I would be silent and rest. But I saw people playing cards, alone. I was puzzled: this was a great religious game! They had a partner, and for that partner’s side they also played; they knew both sides and they knew both hands of cards. Those two hobos were not doing anything new. All these religions for centuries have been doing just that, waiting for Godot, because waiting at least keeps you hoping that tomorrow... if not today, then tomorrow – but it is going to happen. And when so many people are waiting, somebody must know, somebody must have heard, somebody must have seen – he must have spoken to somebody! And then there are people who say, ”He has spoken to me.” From Ignorance to Innocence 244 Osho

CHAPTER 17. JESUS, THE ONLY FORGOTTEN SON OF GOD I used to receive... and even now, but I don’t see the letters because I stopped looking at all this rubbish, I used to receive letters – and still they come but Sheela simply reports to me: ”Fifteen or twenty letters of this type have come, saying that they have seen God and they want to meet You so that You can see whether their realization is true or not.” ”They have seen God,” I said, ”they should have asked Him. Why should they bother me? I am absolutely unconcerned with you and your God; why should you bother me? If you have seen God then what is the suspicion? Why should you need a certificate from me?” Just pure hallucinations, imagination, continual listening to idiotic sermons... millions of people waiting with great expectation – the imagination fires up: just a little effort and you will see God. But remember, whatever you see is not you. Whatever you see is some object. And religion’s basic concern is not objective. Its basic concern is your subjectivity. When all seeing disappears, all hearing disappears, and all thinking disappears... when all your senses are silent, in that silence it transpires. From Ignorance to Innocence 245 Osho

CHAPTER 17. JESUS, THE ONLY FORGOTTEN SON OF GOD<br />

I used <strong>to</strong> receive... and even now, but I don’t see the letters because I s<strong>to</strong>pped looking at all this<br />

rubbish, I used <strong>to</strong> receive letters – and still they <strong>com</strong>e but Sheela simply reports <strong>to</strong> me: ”Fifteen or<br />

twenty letters of this type have <strong>com</strong>e, saying that they have seen God and they want <strong>to</strong> meet You so<br />

that You can see whether their realization is true or not.”<br />

”They have seen God,” I said, ”they should have asked Him. Why should they bother me? I am<br />

absolutely unconcerned with you and your God; why should you bother me? If you have seen God<br />

then what is the suspicion? Why should you need a certificate from me?”<br />

Just pure hallucinations, imagination, continual listening <strong>to</strong> idiotic sermons... millions of people<br />

waiting with great expectation – the imagination fires up: just a little effort and you will see God.<br />

But remember, whatever you see is not you. Whatever you see is some object. And religion’s basic<br />

concern is not objective. Its basic concern is your subjectivity. When all seeing disappears, all<br />

hearing disappears, and all thinking disappears... when all your senses are silent, in that silence it<br />

transpires.<br />

<strong>From</strong> <strong>Ignorance</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Innocence</strong> 245 <strong>Osho</strong>

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