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most through their words and acts we can infer:
-- Pope John Paul certainly is not enlightened.
-- and Rabbi Ba'al Shemtov is certainly enlightened.
-- Martin Luther King is a good man, but not enlightened.
-- and, of course, Hitler is not and cannot be enlightened.
The really enlightened person has no desire to influence the masses. If they are influenced, that is another matter: "The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflections; the water has no mind to receive their image."
Silent Period
Chapter #2
Chapter title: None
14 October, 1982 in INS Portland Oregon
Archive code: 8210140
ShortTitle: SILENT02
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[NOTE: This was published in THE RAJNEESH TIMES, 26th August 1983 while Osho was in silence.]
OSHO'S VISIT TO THE U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE WAS IN CONNECTION WITH AN APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE USA, FILED ON HIS BEHALF A YEAR EARLIER. THESE EXTRACTS ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT OSHO SAID ABOUT HIS WORK AND VISION.
Q: ON APRIL 11, 1981, IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN POONA THAT BEGINNING MAY 1, 1981 YOU WOULD SPEAK ONLY THROUGH SILENCE AND THAT A NEW PHASE OF YOUR WORK WOULD BEGIN. THIS IS CORRECT?
Osho: This is correct. One month in Poona while I was there. I was simply sitting and people were sitting by my side. Seven thousand sannyasins were living with me there. This was only one hour every day in the morning. Here also, once or twice, we have sat together. Slowly slowly, it will come again, everything, every day... it is kind of a prayer in silent communion.
Q: THIS WAS YOUR DECISION TO GO INTO THIS SILENT STAGE?
A: My decision.
Q: OKAY, HOW LONG WILL THIS SILENT STAGE CONTINUE?
A: It will continue.
Q: UNTIL WHEN?
A: Until I feel again to speak. I have spoken so much that I felt I was speaking to the walls. It is almost futile.
Q: THEN YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE ME A SPECIFIC DATE IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU WOULD RESUME SPEAKING?
A: I cannot even say anything about tomorrow.
Q: WAS THE SILENT PHASE OF YOUR WORK, SO TO SPEAK,
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