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is not here." And the devil hangs up.
Totally amazed and having dropped all reference to logic, they decide to call Purgatory. They dial Purgatory, and to their relief, the voice on the phone does not sound so terrible -- more businesslike. They explain that they are looking for a dead friend who is not in Hell and who just died.
"Well," the voice answers, "he is not here, either. Try Heaven."
"But he was a playboy!" his friends reply.
"He has to be somewhere. Try Heaven."
So they dial Heaven, and a heavenly voice answers very softly and slowly, "Hello. This is Heaven. This is Virgin Mary. Can I help you?"
Very shy, they explain the whole story.
"No," says the beautiful voice, full of echo: "He is not here. Thank you for calling. Call again."
So every day they call Heaven, and every day they get the same answer. So they call again and again; and one week later, on Sunday morning, a very sexy, foxy, quick voice answers, "Hey, this is Mary. What do you want, guys...?"
Looking at each other and laughing, the friends agree: "He has arrived!"
Change is very difficult. A playboy will be a playboy, whether he is in hell or in heaven; he will go on doing his repetitive style of life.
Being alert means you have to stop being robots. Change your routines, move more consciously; let every act become an object of awareness. Then even these few years that are left are enough -- more than enough. If you put your total energy into transformation, the destruction of the earth will not be your destruction. If you can die consciously, you have found the key to a higher life, to an eternal life, to a divine life.
Question 2
BELOVED OSHO,
WHAT IS THIS UNDERCURRENT OF GIGGLING IN MY HEART EVERY TIME I FEEL THAT YOU ARE USING THE WHOLE WORLD AS A DEVICE FOR OUR GROWTH, AND THAT YOU ARE USING US AS A DEVICE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD? WOULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT?
Sarjano, you will have to stop your giggling in the heart. This is not a device. There is no time left for any device at all. Your giggling is simply a rationalization: you don't want to believe that the world is going to end because
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