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CHAPTER 3. IN SEARCH OF A LOST TREASUREHe said, ”On the front seat there was nobody, so I could not ask. You need somebody to ask; theseat was empty...”The wife said, ”I will not interfere in your matters. You are simply either a philosopher or insane.”Both mean the same.Another haiku by Basho:THE CRESCENT MOON –THE EASTERN SKY IS DARK,AND THE SOUND OF A BELL.He depicts in words. Without any colors he makes paintings. ”The crescent moon – the eastern skyis dark, and the sound of a bell.” You can almost hear the sound of a bell. These are his moments ofmeditation. When he opens his eyes once in a while, he sees something: ”The crescent moon – theeastern sky is dark, and the sound of a bell” – just fragments out of a meditative mind. They don’tsay much, they simply depict a situation. Very visual – you can see it, you can hear it. Basho is veryearth bound.Question 1Maneesha has asked:BELOVED OSHO,ALTHOUGH BASHO’S HAIKUS ARE EXQUISITE, THEY MOSTLY TEND TO BE A BITMELANCHOLY.I HAVE ALWAYS ASSOCIATED ENLIGHTENMENT WITH LEVITY, IF NOT ECSTASY –ALTHOUGH IS SEEMS THAT KRISHNAMURTI DIDN’T EXTRACT MUCH ENJOYMENT FROMHIS ENLIGHTENMENT.WAS BASHO ENLIGHTENED?Maneesha, every enlightened being expresses himself in his own unique way. Basho certainlyseems to be a little melancholy, but his sadness is not your sadness. Your sadness is a repressedanger. You may not have thought about it. You become sad in a situation where you cannot expressyour anger.For example, a husband and wife sitting together are always sad for the simple reason that they areangry at each other. The wife thinks, ”What kind of idiot have I got?” And the man is thinking, ”Howto escape from here? Some excuse...”Anger suppressed becomes sadness, but this is not the sadness of Basho. Basho is sad, certainly,and his sadness also has a beauty. Your sadness is ugly. His sadness is about the whole world, itHyakujo: The Everest of Zen, with Basho’s Haikus 46 Osho