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go into the unknown, uncharted sea.
Sannyas gives this strength. The whole work of sannyas is slowly to withdraw all supports and props from you. Once all supports and props have been dropped, taken away from you, you suddenly discover your own strength. You discover the rock on which the temple of bliss can be built.
The master's work is very negative at first. It is a very thankless job. The disciple wants to escape because all that he has thought valuable is taken away and he is being thrown again and again back to his own loneliness. But unless you become capable of being absolutely alone you will never discover your innermost rock. And then there is no possibility of making a temple of bliss.
That is the second part of the master's work. First he takes away all that hinders you in discovering yourself and then he helps you to discover yourself. The second part is very easy; the first part is the most difficult part. The first part is like the elephant and the second part is just the tail of the elephant. And if the elephant has passed by, the tail cannot go on remaining behind for long. It has to follow the elephant, it is part of the elephant.
... How long will you be here?
"Ten days, fifteen days."
Come back again, mm? -- otherwise I will have to bring you out tail first, and that is a very difficult thing. And if the elephant is in, he pulls his tail in again and again. A little more time is needed, so come back again.
[Osho said to the next sannyasin that meditation is like a door, a door that opens onto god.]
The moment you are open the meeting instantly happens. God is always open, the problem is with us, we are closed. The sun has risen but we are sitting with closed eyes -- what can the poor sun do? The light is showering but we are living in darkness. And it is so easy to open your eyes, no effort, it is so natural. And the moment you open your eyes all darkness disappears.
The same is true about the inner worlds god is always present, open, available, ready to fill you with love, with joy, ready to bless you, but we are closed, we are not ready to receive a closed cell with no windows,
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