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who want to remain in orange and mala have to drop it. Even new sannyasins who want to choose the mala and red, they can. And my feeling is that none of the old sannyasins are going to leave the mala and red clothes. They have become almost part of them -- without them they will feel almost naked.
And the new people who come, even if they come with plain clothes, soon they will start wearing red and the mala, because they will look so much like foreigners, outsiders -- and nobody wants to look like an outsider. Everybody wants to be an insider, in the innermost circle.
So I have opened the doors so people can come in who are just sitting on the fence, who are sympathizers, who always wanted to be sannyasins, but just because of the clothes and the mala, they are afraid. So I want them to get down from the fence and enter into the temple; and the temple is full of red people. Once they are down off the fence, it will not be a long time before they will be in red.
Red is not going to disappear. It is going to grow more and more. And opening the doors for people who cannot suddenly change their clothes -- let them take their time, why keep them out? Let them meditate -- that will give them courage.
Sannyas will remain red and sannyas will remain with malas. I have opened the door only for those who are half-heartedly standing outside. It does not look good -- let them come in. Painting their clothes will not be very difficult.
Question 9
BELOVED OSHO,
YOU HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUALITY, MERITOCRACY, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE TO BE UNIQUE. HOW CAN WE PRACTICALLY APPLY THESE THINGS IN OUR COMMUNE LIFE?
It is not difficult, it is only a question of outlook.
I am reminded.... In a house there was a painting, and everybody laughed about it to the owner: "Why are you hanging it? It makes no sense!" Finally the owner got fed up, took down the painting and put it in the basement.
One day a man came, and he said, "What happened to the painting that was here? It was an authentic Picasso."
The owner said, "An authentic Picasso? My God, I have put it in the basement. It is worth one million
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