The rabbi was right who said, "God shouting to man: 'Enthrone Me!' " Jesus,Krishna, Christ, Mohammed, Lao Tzu, all are shouts of God to man: "EnthroneMe!"FROM THAT TIME JESUS BEGAN TO PREACH...Immediately: knowledge needs time, knowing is immediate. If I want to sharemy knowledge with you it will take time, but if I want to share my nothingnesswith you, time is not needed. Immediately, right here now, it is possible. Onlyyour readiness is needed. Time is not a requirement at all, it can happen in a splitsecond.Whenever I read this gospel the thing that strikes me immediately is: themoment Jesus was baptized, and the heavens opened and the spirit of Goddescended like a dove, he moved out of the river, went to the bank -- a crowdwas gathering -- and he started to preach. Before that he had never uttered asingle word, before that he had not taught anything to anybody.That's how it should be. A teacher can go on teaching without knowing, but not aMaster. Teachers are many, Masters few. A Master is one who teaches throughhis knowing and a teacher is one who teaches through his knowledge.A teacher prepares himself for years, then he can teach But a Master -- in a singlemoment of courage, in a single moment of daring, in a single moment of death,in a single moment of jumping into the unknown -- be<strong>com</strong>es capable of teaching.Once you know, that very knowing wants to be shared; once you are blissful,that very blissfulness starts flowing, it starts seeking the heart. Once you are, youare already on the way to be shared by many.Jesus moved out of the river:FROM THAT TIME JESUS BEGAN TO PREACH, ANDTO SAY, REPENT: FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.John the Baptist was saying the same thing. Jesus could have said the same thingjust by hearing John the Baptist. He was a well-known preacher, great multitudesused visit him, great crowds used to wait and listen to him Everybody knew thathis message was this: "Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Jesusmust have known about it, but he never uttered those words before.<strong>To</strong> utter such great words without knowing is sacrilegious it is a betrayal. Neverutter such great words unless yr know yourself, because you can destroy others'minds. <strong>You</strong> can fill their minds with your rot. If you don't know a] you go onsaying things to people.... As it has happenened all over the world.Go and look at the priests in the churches and the temple and the mosques --they go on teaching and they go o preaching, not knowing anything whatsoeverthat they a saying. They are not aware of what they are doing at all --dictaphones! They have learned, but they have not know They have studied, but<strong>Come</strong> <strong>Follow</strong> <strong>To</strong> <strong>You</strong> <strong>Vol</strong> 1Osho
they don't have their own eyes; their own hearts are as dead as those to whomthey are preaching. Their minds may be more cultivated, but their hearts are asill as anybody else's.Jesus never uttered these words before. Nobody knew abo this man Jesus before.He remained in his father's workshop; he worked, he helped his father. Suddenlya new quality of man, fresh -- an altogether new man -- was born. Baptism is abirth.From that very moment he BEGAN TO PREACH AND TO SAY REPENT --because now he can utter those words wi authority. Now they are no longer Johnthe Baptist's word he is repeating, now they are his own. He has repented ar hehas <strong>com</strong>e to know what they mean. Now they are n futile, parrot-like words;they are pregnant, alive. He has touched the reality of those words, he has <strong>com</strong>eto see the mystery of them.The actual word in Hebrew is TESHUVAH: repent. TESHUVAH.means 'return'and TESHUVAH also means 'answer'. Both meanings are beautiful. <strong>To</strong> return toGod is an answer to Him. This is one of the most beautiful things in Judaism, oneof the greatest contributions of Judaism to the world. It has to be understoodbecause without it you will never be able to understand Jesus.Judaism is the only religion in the world which says that not only is man seekingGod, but God is also seeking man Nobody else in the world believes that. Thereare Hindus, Mohammedans and other religions: they all believe man is seekingGod. Judaism believes God is also seeking man. And this should be so if He is afather. This should be so. He is the whole, and if a part has gone astray, thewhole -- out of His <strong>com</strong>passion -- must seek the part.Judaism has a beauty of its own. Man seeking God is just like stumbling indarkness. Unless God is also seeking you, there seems to be no possibility of anymeeting. How will you seek Him who is unknown? Where will you seek Him?<strong>You</strong> don't know the address -- where will you address your prayers? Where willyou move, where will you go, what will you do? <strong>You</strong> can only stumble, cry andweep; tears can be your only prayer. A deep desire -- but how to fulfill it? <strong>You</strong>can burn with it, but how to arrive? Judaism says: man can seek, but man cannotfind unless God wills it so.God is within reach, but not within grasp. <strong>You</strong> can spread your hands -- He iswithin reach, but not within grasp. He <strong>com</strong>es within grasp because He is alsoseeking you. He can seek you immediately and directly. He knows exactly whereyou are. But He cannot seek you unless you are on the search. He can seek youonly when you are searching, when you are doing everything that can be done,when you are not withholding anything, when your search is total. When yoursearch is total, immediately heaven opens and the spirit of God descends in you.He is waiting, waiting with a deep urge to meet you.This should be so, because existence is a love affair. It is a hide-and-seek play, itis a game. The mother is playing with the child and hiding. The mother iswaiting and if the child does not <strong>com</strong>e, the mother will start seeking him. But<strong>Come</strong> <strong>Follow</strong> <strong>To</strong> <strong>You</strong> <strong>Vol</strong> 1Osho
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