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we will worship you. But don't trouble us; don't say things which can unhinge us, which can disturb our peaceful sleep.
Kill a Jesus or worship a Buddha -- both are the same. Jesus is killed so the crowd can forget that such a man ever existed, because if this man is true.... And this man is true. His whole being is so full of bliss and benediction that he is true; because truth cannot be seen, only the fragrance that comes out of a true man can be felt. The blissfulness can be felt by others, and that is a proof that this man is true. But if this man is true, then the whole crowd is wrong, and this is too much. The whole crowd cannot tolerate such a person; it is a thorn, painful. This man has to be destroyed -- or worshipped, so we can say: You come from another world, you don't belong to us. You are a freak, you are not the normal rule. You may be the exception, but the exception only proves the rule. You are you, we are us: we will go on our path. Good that you came -- we respect you very much -- but don't disturb us. We put Buddha in the temple so that he need not come into the marketplace; otherwise he will create trouble.
Out of fear you go on following others. Out of fear you cannot become an individual. So if you are really in search of the bull, then drop fear, because the search is such that you will be moving in danger, you will be taking risks. And the society and the crowd is not going to feel good. And the society will create all sorts of troubles for you, so that you can come back and become normal again.
The first thing I told you about man is that he is more interested in pictures than in reality, more interested in mirrors than in reality, more interested in his own image than in himself. And the second basic thing about man to be remembered is: man is the only animal who stands erect -- the only animal who walks on his two hind legs. This has created a very unique situation for man.
Animals walk on their four legs. They can look only in one direction. Man stands on his two feet -- he can look in all directions simultaneously. There is no need to turn his whole body; just the turning of the head and he can look in all
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