From Ignorance to Innocence - Osho - Oshorajneesh.com

CHAPTER 22. THE COMMUNE: THE DISTILLATION OF REBELLIOUS SPIRITS
He came home. His wife looked at him and said, ”You look very worried.”
He said, ”No, nothing, there is nothing.”
She said, ”But you look very worried and pale and afraid, as if you have seen some ghost or
something.”
He said, ”My God! You think I have seen something?” He took out the picture and showed the wife:
”Can you recognize this man?”
She said, ”He looks like a hobo – perhaps an old cricket player, or maybe he just got a hat from
some old clothes store. And what kind of dress...? Where did you find this picture, and why did you
bring it home?
He said, ”Can you keep this thing secret? I have something to tell you. Close the door. This man is
God. He asked for a lift.”
His wife looked at her husband and said, ”Wait, I will phone the doctor. What are you saying? – God
asking for a lift in your car? And He has given this picture to you?”
He said, ”Yes, He has given this picture to me so that I can become His messenger. He wants me
to become His messenger”
The wife said, ”The first thing is, you meet the doctor.”
He tried hard: ”I am perfectly sane, there is no problem.”
But the wife said, ”If you think this man is God, it is certain that there is some problem!”
So she takes him to the doctor, and the doctor is also puzzled. He said, ”I have seen many ideas
about God but this is an absolutely novel idea. Where did you get this picture?”
He said, ”From God Himself He Himself gave it to me by His own hand; and He has shown a miracle
too.” And he told them about the miracle.
The wife, the doctor, the nurses, they all laughed; they said, ”This is...!”
So he said, ”Wait.” He raised his eyes upwards and said, ”God, now please help me... because
these are all my friends. The doctor is my friend, the family doctor; my wife, the nurse – there is
nobody from the outside, we are all like family. Please appear, otherwise they are all going to think
that I am mad.” And suddenly the man came out from the ceiling!
They all looked at Him, and He said, ”Wherever you need me I will be present; you just go on
spreading the word.”
But he said, ”This is a very difficult word, just because of your picture. Can’t you dress a little better
But He said, ”No, this is my dress, and this is the way I am.”
From Ignorance to Innocence 308 Osho