Christianity

VOL. 2, COME FOLLOW YOURSELF

Chapter-2

Third Question

Energy Enhancement          Enlightened Texts          Christianity          Come Follow Yourself

Question 3

YOU SAID, "IF THERE WERE NO REFORMERS, THEN THE WORLD WOULD BE A MORE NATURAL AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE. "THEN WHY IS YOUR ASHRAM SO FULL OF REFORMERS?

To reform the reformers. The world is full of reformers -- what to do? They have to be reformed. I am training people who can reform the reformers.

The question is not signed. The person who has asked this must be afraid. You should not be afraid. You should sign your question so that I know exactly in whose mind this question is arising. Because I don't answer the question, I answer the questioner. The question is useless if you are so afraid that you cannot even sign it. If you don't want to reveal your identity, your whole heart is not in the question.

Why do you try to deceive? Even if the question is foolish you have to show your identity. Here you are not to hide yourself, here you are to expose yourself -- expose yourself to me so that I can change you. If you go on hiding then how can I change you? If you are foolish, it's okay. Be foolish, but let it be exposed. If you are in darkness, don't be afraid. Open the doors, otherwise from where will the light enter?

There is not going to be any argument or discussion here; I am not interested in any discussion or any argument. If I say something to you I do not say it as an argument, I do not say it for the sake of any argument. I am not trying to defend any dogma, any religion, any scripture. I have none: no dogma, no scripture, no religion to defend. I am trying to create a communion between you and me. But if you are hiding, you will miss.

Always reveal your identity. And don't try to polish your question because that, too, I feel. You write the question, you polish it, you try to write it in such a way that it looks very sophisticated, very cultured. The more you polish it, the further away it is from your reality. Let it be raw so that it is close to your heart.

If your question itself has gone very far away from your heart, then how can my answer be close to you? My answer will hit the question and you will be very far away from it. Let it be raw like a wound so I can hit it directly.

It will hurt. That's why you try to push it away *om you. But if you are so afraid of being hurt, then the surgery that I am trying to do will not be possible.

It is a surgery. You have a very ill mind, a cancerous growth in the mind. It has to be operated upon. It will hurt, certainly it will hurt, but that hurt is beneficial, because once it hurts and the cancerous growth is removed, you will be healthy and whole. So don't try to hide. Be true.

Remember, you can move to the other extreme: you can try to look very raw. That won't help. Just be yourself.

Next: Chapter 2, Fourth Question

Energy Enhancement          Enlightened Texts          Christianity          Come Follow Yourself

Chapter 2

• Christianity, Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 1
  Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth , Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 1, 'ROSES ARE RED VIOLETS ARE BLUISH IF IT WASN'T FOR JESUS WE'D ALL BE JEWISH.'PLEASE COMMENT at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Christianity, Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 2
  Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth , Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 2, OH, OSHO, TODAY I WANTED TO DANCE AS YOU WERE SPEAKING. AND YOU EVEN MENTIONED KAZANTZAKIS WHOM I LOVE. BUT I FEEL INHIBITED TO DANCE, THOUGH I WAS SITTING IN THE BACK. THE ASHRAM FEELS CONSERVATIVE TO ME, BUT PROBABLY I DIDN'T DANCE BECAUSE OF MY OWN CONSERVATISM. IS THIS A QUESTION? at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Christianity, Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 3
  Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth , Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 3, YOU SAID, 'IF THERE WERE NO REFORMERS, THEN THE WORLD WOULD BE A MORE NATURAL AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE.' THEN WHY IS YOUR ASHRAM SO FULL OF REFORMERS? at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Christianity, Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 4
  Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth , Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 4, WHILE AT ONE PLACE CHRIST ASKS HIS DISCIPLES TO CARRY THEIR CROSS EVERY DAY, AT ANOTHER HE BIDS THEM TO CELEBRATE HIS PRESENCE AS THAT OF A BRIDEGROOM. WHY THIS CONTRADICTION? at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Christianity, Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 5
  Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth , Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 5, WOULD YOU DEFINE AND DISCUSS THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS? HOW DOES CONSCIOUSNESS RELATE TO EGO? IS CONSCIOUSNESS THE CREATIVE PRINCIPLE? (THAT IS, COULD YOU SAY EQUALLY, 'IN THE BEGINNING WAS CONSCIOUSNESS' INSTEAD OF 'IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD OR THE LOGOS'?) HOW DOES CONSCIOUSNESS RELATE TO GOD? at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Christianity, Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 6
  Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth , Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 6, YOU SAID, 'WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING HERE,' BUT THOSE OF US WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE IN THE ASHRAM ARE CONTINUOUSLY OCCUPIED WITH'DOING'. IN FACT THE MORE WE DO, THE MORE WE ARE PRAISED; AND ANYONE WHO DOES NOT, OR DOES LESS, IS SCOLDED. PLEASE EXPLAIN. at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Christianity, Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 7
  Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth , Vol. 2 Come Follow Yourself Chapter 2: Question 7, IS THIS IT? AM I EXPERIENCING YOU? HAS THE FINAL JOURNEY BEGUN? at energyenhancement.org