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CHAPTER 4. DANGER: TRUTH AT WORK
So only a very few people who are really seekers of truth will be ready to go through all this turmoil.
Everything will go upside down: their God, their heaven, their hell, their devil, their messiahs, their
prophets.
A thick wall exists between you and truth. And all these people are standing between you and the
truth. You will have to tell them, ”Get lost! Go to Oregon!” That is my translation for ”Go to hell,”
because that has become too old. We should continue to make proverbs fresh.
A Christian will have to put Christ aside; it is very difficult. It was difficult for Jews to put Moses aside
when Jesus was telling them something far truer; it was difficult to put Moses aside. Now the same
problem arises for the Christian; it is difficult for him to put Jesus aside. And Jesus’ claim is far more
than Moses ever claimed. Moses never claimed that he is the only begotten son of God.
Jesus claims that he is the only begotten son of God. Can you put it aside and tell Jesus, ”Go to
Oregon”? It will be difficult. Rather than doing that, you would prefer me to leave Oregon. That’s
what your politicians are trying; they are telling me, ”Leave Oregon.” That seems to be simpler,
because with me they have no ties. I have not sold them any sweet dreams. I have not promised
them anything, nor am I promising them now.
My whole work is to demolish, to demolish all the lies that are surrounding you and not to replace
them by anything else, but to leave you utterly naked in your aloneness.
To me, only in your aloneness will you be able to know the truth – because you are the truth.
You are not to go anywhere to find truth. Neither can Jesus give it to you, nor can Krishna give it to
you, nor can Buddha give it to you, nor can I give it to you. It is not a commodity that somebody can
just give to you.
Just think: if truth is a commodity, a thing which can be given to you, then it can be stolen, it can be
taken back, it can be lost – anything can happen to it.
But nothing happens to truth. It happens to you, but nothing happens to it. It cannot be stolen, it
cannot be purchased.
There is a story in Mahavira’s life.... One of the very famous kings, Bimbisara, had conquered the
whole of India and the neighboring countries. He had made a vast empire. He was a man who,
once he wanted something, would have it. He had never come across anything that he wanted and
could not find a way to get. He had heard many times about Mahavira, who was just resting for the
rainy season outside the city, his capital.
He enquired, ”What has this man got? – because I see thousands of people going to him.”
Somebody said, ”He has got the truth.”
Bimbisara said, ”Then there is no problem. How much does he ask for it? I am ready to pay. There
is no question of bargaining, you simply enquire how much he wants for it.”
From Ignorance to Innocence 46 Osho