Sannyas is an Opportunity
Osho,
Why do you refer to your sannyasins as "The Chosen Few" when any
lost soul who can make it to Poona with a willingness to participate
in some trendy gestalt-oriented therapy groups and do some
meditating, can apparently take sannyas? Who ever gets refused
sannyas and on what grounds?
PS: Bob Dylan says, "I never got into any of them Guru trips. I
never felt that lost!"
Dick Blackburn, nobody is ever refused, no Tom, Harry or Dick.
That does not mean that all are accepted. Nobody is ever refused,
that's true, but that does not mean that all are accepted. Only
those are accepted who surrender. Only those are accepted who are
utterly committed, who have fallen in love with me, who can trust,
and whose trust is unconditional and absolute. They are accepted.
Sannyas is not denied to anybody, because sannyas is an opportunity.
A few people surrender even before taking sannyas, a few surrender
after taking sannyas, a few surrender after being sannyasins for
months or for years. Hence sannyas is not denied; it creates a
space, a context, for surrender.
But as to who is really received, who is really accepted, it is a
totally different matter. It is not declared; it remains esoteric.
Only I know. And, slowly slowly, the person who is accepted starts
knowing it - but very slowly. Sometimes it takes years for the
person to understand that he has been accepted. It is never said;
not even to the person is it said that he has been accepted. It has
to be understood; that is the beauty of it. Only then is it
significant.
But it starts happening. If I accept a person, slowly slowly his
energy starts giving messages to him that he has been accepted. One
day it becomes such an absolute certainty, so self-evident, that
there is no need for any other declaration, validation, or any
certificate.
Sannyas I give to all. But only those are accepted who REALLY take
sannyas. That's why I say sannyasins are the chosen few. It is out
of my compassion that I don't reject anybody. The most unworthy is
also to be respected, loved, received, welcomed. And who knows? The
unworthy may change. Man is unpredictable; the baser metal can any
day become gold.
And about the P.S.:
Bob Dylan says, "I never got into any of them guru trips. I never felt that lost!"
To find a master is not for those who feel that they are lost. It is for those who start feeling that there is a way and that there is a ray, that they are not lost; that they can find somebody who will help them, who will make things more clear and transparent.
(Osho - The Books of Wisdom #6)