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hate, so we have become closed for love. We are afraid of death, so we have become closed for life. If you open the door, it is open to both death and life, because death and life are not really two. They are two aspects of the same coin So when you open to God, you are open to the devil also. And when you are open to light, you are open to darkness also.
If you choose, and if you insist that you would like only to be open to light, you will remain closed. So this is the point to understand.
And I am ready... if you are receptive, things will happen.
[A visitor says: I've always had this fear... of surrendering.... I've been deliberating a lot about whether to become a sannyasin but I think I've been making it too serious.]
It is... it is serious. And surrender is always difficult -- that's why it is so valuable. One is always afraid of surrender, but the fear will go only if you surrender; there is no other way.
If you are afraid of the dark, go into the dark. Sit in the dark and you come to understand, so there is no fear. In fact the darkness is so beautiful, so velvety, so serene and so silent. No light is so tremendously beautiful as darkness. If the fear is there, go into it. If you are afraid of the cemetery, go and sit there and meditate; and soon it will disappear, because only experience can be of any help.
So if you are afraid of surrender, surrender. If you are afraid of sannyas, take sannyas (laughter). Jump into it and see what happens, mm? Ready? Come here!
[Osho writes down his name .... ]
Now I will take care of you. This will be your name: Swami Anand Govindo.
It means blissful Govind. Govind is one of the names of God, so'blissful god'.
And forget the old completely, because just forgetting the old name helps tremendously. Something fresh starts, from A B C, as if you are reborn... a clean sheet with no hangover from the past. As if the old is dead and you are not concerned. Just get in tune with the new.
[An Aum group member says: I don't want... I feel like I don't want to say anything because it felt so good that.... ]
Keep quiet! (a chuckle) Keep quiet, mm?
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