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CHAPTER 25. JESUS – THE ONLY SAVIOR WHO NEARLY SAVED HIMSELF
I never took any punishment as punishment. How can you punish a man who is ready to accept it
as a reward?
In my high school it was an everyday affair that I was standing outside the classroom, because the
moment the teacher would see me, he would say, ”You better go out before you do something. I will
have to send you out in any case. Please go out and leave us alone.”
And I would say, ”Thank you sir, because outside I enjoy it so much; it is so beautiful.” And we had
beautiful trees and birds and vast greenery for miles behind the school. ”Standing on the verandah
is such a joy and the air is so pure that I feel sorry for you all sitting in this dirty room.” And I really
enjoyed it outside.
They figured out that this was not a punishment, they were really providing a good opportunity and a
chance for me to enjoy myself in complete freedom – because outside I was free to move anywhere
or to just go into the thick forest that was behind. They figured out that this was not a punishment,
this was a reward. They started stopping it.
I would ask them, ”What happened, has the policy changed? I am no more sent outside. Have I
to do something before you send me? It saves me from the torture of you and your history. I am
not interested in Alexander the Great, I am not interested in Emperor Akbar. What have I to do with
these people? I am not interested in history at all. If I am interested then the only interest can be to
make history. Only fools who cannot make history read history. You read, and you teach all these
fools that are here, but you throw me out.
The teacher of history took me to the principal. He said, ”What am I supposed to do? You cannot
give him any corporal punishment – he immediately threatens to go to the police station, and
unfortunately the police station is just nearby, in front of the school, and he will create trouble.
And he is so strange that he has found a legal expert to support him.”
One of my friends’ father was the best advocate in the city. Everybody called him Bachchubhaiya,
I don’t know what his full name was. Bachchu is just a nickname for small children. It means just
a child; the literal meaning is ”a child”. He must have been loved by people; he was a very lovable
person. He used to be called Bachchubhaiya. Bachchubhaiya means brother. He was almost sixty,
still everybody called him Bachchubhaiya, and he was very friendly with everybody.
So I went to him and asked him, ”They threaten me with corporal punishment. You have to support
me, because I will report it to the police but the police may listen to me, may not listen to me. It is
better I go with a legal expert.”
He said, ”Don’t be worried. I will keep your case prepared. Whenever you want I will come along
with you and I will see that what you want has to be done.”
So this teacher of history told the principal, ”Bachchubhaiya has promised him that he will go with
him. That will create immediate trouble because the police inspector, the police commissioner,
nobody can deny Bachchubhaiya: he is the most powerful advocate, and he has power over all
police authorities, civil authorities, criminal authorities. And Bachchubhaiya has told him that if the
police inspector does not listen he will go directly to the collector. So we cannot punish him.
From Ignorance to Innocence 367 Osho