Come Follow To You, Vol 1 - Oshorajneesh.com

In the last days of his life, before he was beheaded, he sent a note to Jesus, just asmall note asking: "Are you really the one for whom we were waiting? " Hebecame suspicious because this man was saying something else, somethingabsolutely different. "Be humble," this man was saying. "Blessed are the humblebecause they shall inherit the earth." John was not a humble man, he was reallyvery proud -- a very strong man, believing that he could bring revolution to thewhole world, almost mad with his strength -- and Jesus was saying, "Blessed arethe poor...." John must have thought: what nonsense is this man talking about?Jesus was saying, "If somebody slaps you on one side of the face, give him theother side also" -- absolutely unlike John. And Jesus was saying: "If somebodysnatches your coat, give him your shirt also." How is this man going to bringrevolution? These are not revolutionary teachings.These are the ONLY revolutionary teachings. But John could not understandthem; he had his own idea of a revolution. He could have understood Lenin, hecould have understood Trotsky, he could have understood Marx, but he couldnot understand Jesus, his own disciple. The problem was of a totally differentkind of revolution. One revolution is social: it is brought by violence, aggression;it is, in a way, forced. Another revolution is of the heart: it is not brought byforce, not even by discipline. It comes by spontaneity, it comes by understanding.Jesus was bringing a totally new kind of revolution to the world. Nobody hadtalked about that revolution before. That's why I say that Jesus is the turningpoint in the history of human consciousness -- even more than Buddha. Therehad been many others like Buddha, talking along the same lines; he was not new.He may have been the end of a long procession of Buddhas, but he was not thefirst.Jesus brought something totally new to the earth; he was the beginning of a newline, of a new search, of a new inquiry. John could not understand. Lao Tzu, if hehad been there, would have understood -- but not John. John was a totallydifferent type of man. In his last days he was very worried that something hadgone wrong: "Has this disciple betrayed me or what? " He sent a note: "Are youthe one we were waiting for? " When you have a fixed idea of a certain thing,that becomes a barrier to understanding. What to say of the others? -- even Johncould not understand Jesus perfectly.I have heard one story: There was a very rich merchant who used to go allaround the world to collect silk, spices, perfume. In these three things he was oneof the most perfect merchants: he knew where to get them at a low price, fromwhat markets of the world, and where to sell them and profit much. And he hadprofited much. That was his only interest: to find out more and more aboutperfumes and spices.One day, passing through a town. somebody told him that a very wise man livedthere. "Whatsoever your inquiry, he is always helpful."Come Follow To You Vol 1Osho