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have done. By and by the mind will come to understand that it is useless performing and making such a great rehearsal, because this man always does something else (laughter).
Just never follow that performance, that's all. By and by the mind will come to understand and will drop it; it drops automatically. Always do something that the mind has not prepared, and this will be a very beautiful, a great adventure. This is what they call in Zen a 'spontaneous act'.
A disciple comes to the master, and the master asks a question. The disciple has to act spontaneously. If he says something which he has rehearsed before, the master is going to beat him, because the very assertion immediately gives the indication that this is a carbon copy. It is flat; it doesn't have depth. And the person who is repeating the answer also knows well that it is a repetition. His face shows it... he is not alive in it.
So the disciple is expected to do something immediate -- of which he has never thought. Of course when you come to a zen master, you may think many things -- that if he says this, you are going to say this. And now zen masters have fixed questions, so everybody knows what they are going to ask One goes on rambling inside for an answer. But if you say something which you have already performed, you will get a beating!
So this is the rule -- that by the time you enter the room of the master, you drop all performance. You be herenow and you do something that comes out of the herenow. You respond. And if the response is authentic, total, herenow, the master understands it, because it will have a quality of dance in it. It will fill the whole room with a new light, a new fragrance, a new vibe.
So let the mind do whatsoever, but when the actual moment comes, never repeat it. This is your work, mm? Good.
Be Realistic: Plan for a Miracle
Chapter #15
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30 March 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 7603305
ShortTitle: PLAN15
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[Osho suggested to a sannyasin to start a small meditation centre.]
It will be good for you also.
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