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the traditional. They wanted revolution not against tradition but in it. But itnever happened; the old mind is really very, very obstinate, stubborn.AND JESUS, WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED, WENT UP STRAIGHTWAY OUT OFTHE WATER: AND, LO, THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED UNTO HIM. ANDHE SAW THE SPIRIT OF GOD DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE, AND LIGHTINGUPON HIM:The initiation by water, the baptism by water. Jesus saw God descending: AND,LO, THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED UNTO HIM, AND HE SAW THE SPIRITOF GOD DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE, AND LIGHTING UPON HIM:AND LO A VOICE FROM HEAVEN, SAYING, THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, INWHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.Immediately after the baptism by John. Jesus went out of the river and this visionhappened on the river bank. This vision was not a dream because John was also awitness to it -- and not only John, a few other disciples who were present on thebank. It was an objective reality: everybody saw something descending like adove -- very peaceful. pure... a white bird of heaven descending and lighting onJesus as if heaven opened. It happens that way: when you become open toheaven, heaven becomes open to you. In fact heaven has always been open toyou; only you were not open."Up to now Jesus has lived a closed life. It was good; he needed it, otherwise hewould have been in danger from the very beginning. Christians have no storyabout Jesus' youth, about what happened in his youth. He must have livedabsolutely unknown. Nobody knew about him -- he was just an ordinary youngman, like any other. His ministry lasted for only three years: when John baptizedhim he was thirty, and when he was crucified he was thirty-three. The ancient,the old, the traditional mind could not tolerate him for more than three years,within three years he was crucified. That's the reason he lived absolutelyunknown, not revealing his identity -- an ordinary man amongst other ordinarymortals.But when he was baptized he immediately revealed who he was for the firsttime. John was a witness, a few other disciples on the bank were witnesses.The quality of John's being and of Jesus' being was very different. John was afiery prophet and Jesus was a messenger of peace. Soon afterwards John wasarrested and thrown into jail and Jesus started preaching. News started comingto John: he couldn't believe it because Jesus was saying something that he nevermeant for him to say. By and by the differences became so great that even John,who had initiated Jesus and who had seen with his own eyes the opening ofheaven and the descending of the dove -- even he became suspicious.Come Follow To You Vol 1Osho