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The young man agreed. Weeks passed and then months and he workedfaithfully, and the duke was very pleased with him. All his needs were fulfilled,he was looked after -- he really lived like a rich man in the castle.But by and by he started feeling uneasy. In the beginning it was not clear whatthe cause of it was because, in fact, there was no cause to be uneasy. Every needwas taken care of. It was like a cloud surrounding him, a heaviness, the feeling ofsomething being missed. But not knowing exactly what it was, he was confused.Then one day it flashed like lightning before him -- he understood the cause. Hewent to the duke and said that he was leaving.The duke could not believe it. He said, "Why are you leaving? If there is anydifficulty you simply tell me and it will be done. I have been very much pleasedwith your work. and I would like you to be here for your whole life."The young man said, "No, I am leaving. Please allow me to leave."The duke asked, "But why?"The young man said, "Because nothing belongs to me here. Empty-handed I havecome; empty-handed I will have to leave. This is a dream: nothing belongs to mehere."This is the point where a person starts becoming religious. If something belongsto you in this world, you are not yet ready to be religious. Empty-handed youcome; empty-handed you go. Once you realize this, like a flash of lightningeverything becomes clear. This world cannot be your home -- at the most anovernight stay. 'In the morning we go.'Once you have the feeling that you are here only momentarily -- you cannotpossess anything, you cannot have anything here -- it becomes a dream, whatHindus call MAYA. It becomes illusory. That is the definition of MAYA:something which appears to be yours and is not; something which appears to bereal and is not; something which seems to be eternal and is only momentary --something which is made of the stuff that dreams are made of.Unless one understands it, one goes on doing things which are eventually foundto be meaningless. The day death comes, your whole life proves to bemeaningless. Confronting death you will see that your hands are empty -- andyou worked hard! You were in so much anguish and anxiety for things whichcannot be possessed.It is not in the nature of things that they can be possessed. Possession isimpossible because you are here only for a few moments. Things were herebefore you; things will be here after you. You come and go, the world remains.Be a guest, and don't start feeling and believing that you are the owner here.Then your life changes immediately; then your life takes on a new hue, a newcolor, a new dimension. That dimension is religion.Once you understand it, you need initiation -- initiation into the other world. It isavailable, just by the corner. Once this world is understood to be just a dream,the other becomes available.This was the whole message of John the Baptist:Come Follow To You Vol 1Osho