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REACHED?
A: She may reach any moment, but she has not reached yet.
THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION OF THE RUNNING OF THE ASHRAM IN POONA. OSHO EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DAY-TO-DAY RUNNING OF THE ASHRAM AND THE SPIRITUAL WORK.
A: about these small things I give them absolute freedom. As far as initiation is concerned and the inner transformation is concerned, sannyas is total surrender. Either you are a Sannyasin or you are not. You cannot be in a doubtful situation.
And it is not democratic, remember... no transformation process can be democratic because it is like asking the sleeping people, "Would you like to be awake?" So what?... A sleeping person has to be awakened. He cannot be asked. He may even resist, he may even fight you, that you are disturbing his beautiful dream.
I'm not talking about the society. For the society and the political world, democracy is perfectly okay, but for any inner transformation process democracy does not work, it has never worked.
Q: ARE YOU EVEN CONSULTED THEN IN SO FAR AS THE BUSINESS MATTERS OF THE FOUNDATION GO?
A: No, nothing.
Q: NOT SO FAR AS THE PURCHASE OF ANY PROPERTY?
A: No, I know also nothing.
Q: YOU HAD NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAJNEESHPURAM?
A: No.
Q: ARE YOU AWARE THAT MANY SANNYASINS HAVE RECENTLY MARRIED HERE IN OREGON?
A: I have heard.
Q: DID YOU APPROVE OF THESE MARRIAGES?
A: Nothing -- I neither approve nor do I disapprove. That is their business if they want to marry here; it is perfectly for them...
Q: IN YOUR OPINION, SHOULD THEY GO INTO THIS MARRIAGE WITH THE IDEA THAT IT BE A LIFE-LONG RELATIONSHIP?
A: No, nothing can be lifelong in this life. Only bogus and hypocritical things can be lifelong.
Q: WELL, I REALIZE THAT THINGS CHANGE IN EVERYBODY'S LIFE...
A: Everybody changes, everything changes. Today maybe... it may look like we will be together for the whole life, tomorrow it may not look...
Q: BUT SHOULD THERE NOT BE THAT COMMITMENT AT THE TIME THEY ENTER INTO THIS MARRIAGE?
A: No, any commitment for the future is a bondage,
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