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[Osho gives him a box.] Keep this with you, and whenever you need me, just remember and meditate. Good!
[A sannyasin asks if she should visit the shrine of Meher Baba.]
You can go and see but there is nothing there. You can go and see but the light is gone and there is nothing left.
Once there was great light, but once a master is gone he is gone forever and then only very ordinary people surround the place. But if you have some idea to, you can go and see... but don't be in a hurry. Go after one month; it is very close by -- you can go and see it. There is no need to repress the idea. Go and see: you will also find that it is empty.
The shrine is there but the god of the shrine is no more... And that is one of the greatest miseries that happens always: by the time people come to hear about a master he is gone, and by the time people start coming the shrine is empty.
Christians came when christ was gone. Only very few people were with jesus; someone has counted and says that not more than five hundred people were ever impressed by him. Five hundred is not a number... and those five hundred also were only so-so. Only twelve were the real disciples, and even from those twelve one betrayed and sold jesus for thirty rupees. Once jesus went, by and by a great crowd gathered; now half the earth is christian... but meaninglessly!
It is good to be a christian when christ is there, it is good to be a buddhist when buddha is there. It is good to be with any master, but when the master is gone then it is like a lamp with no light. You can worship it but you will not be enlightened by it.
But for two months feel me so that you become aware what the presence of a master means, then go and see: the shrine is empty. But he. was a very very... one of the greatest men ever, so your love, affection, is perfectly good. But go after two months, mm ? Good.
[A sannyasin couple ask about their relationship. The man was always shy of approaching a woman he was attracted to, and envied other couples. Since they married the wife has been very jealous if the man looked at another woman, so he has repressed doing this. Since
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