Come Follow To You, Vol 1 - Oshorajneesh.com

AND JESUS, WALKING BY THE SEA OF GALILEE, SAW TWO BRETHREN,SIMON CALLED PETER, AND ANDREW HIS BROTHER, CASTING A NETINTO THE SEA: FOR THEY WERE FISHERS.AND HE SAITH UNTO THEM, FOLLOW ME, AND I WILL MAKE YOUFISHERS OF MEN.Nothing is strange about his saying this. The strange thing is:AND THEY STRAIGHTWAY LEFT THEIR NETS, AND FOLLOWED HIM.Such deep trust. Not for even a single moment did they doubt, for not even asingle moment did they say, "What do you mean -- fishers of men? " Not for asingle moment did they ask, "Who are you? By what authority do you speak?"No, it was not needed because they were simple fishermen. They must havelooked at Jesus: his very presence was the authority.If you have eyes of trust, nobody can deceive you. You are deceived because ofyour doubt, and then you think that you need more doubt, otherwise people aregoing to deceive you more. Then you are deceived more and a vicious circle iscreated. You doubt so that you will not be deceived but you are deceivedbecause of your doubt.If you trust, nobody can deceive you. What do I mean when I say: if you trust,nobody can deceive you? Is your trust going to prevent somebody fromdeceiving you? No, but when you trust you have eyes to see: the deceiver will berevealed immediately -- naked.I would like you to remember this as a criterion: that a man who trusts cannot bedeceived. If he is deceived then he must have some doubts within himselfbecause only when the eyes are full of clouds of doubt are you not able to see.When you are capable of seeing and your vision is clear, the very presence of theperson says whether he is a deceiver or not.They must have looked. The sun must have been rising on the sea, they wereready to throw their net into the sea. They must have looked back at this man:"What manner of man is this Jesus?"In that silent morning they must have felt the presence of this man Jesus. Thepresence was conviction; the presence was the proof. They threw away their nets,they straightway followed this man. In a single moment their whole life wasturned completely upside down. In a single moment of vision they wereconverted.Jesus says: "Come follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. How long willyou go on throwing your nets into the sea? How long are you going to just catchfish? I will make you fishers of men." And he did make them.It was almost unbelievable in those days -- it is almost unbelievable even now --how Jesus transformed ordinary people into extraordinary people. BuddhaCome Follow To You Vol 1Osho