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with the past, hence it can never be creative. The ego has to give way. And when I say to let me work, it is just a simple device -- not that I am going to work... I am not that foolish! (laughter) If I am unburdening you, don't think that I will burden myself! (chuckling) Not at all! It is just a device: you love me and it will be easy for you to drop the ego in my name. Just in dropping it, something bigger than you starts functioning. Then the ego is no more in the way, you are simply available to the group. There will be much creativity, many new things will start happening -- many new experiences that you had not expected ever will suddenly be there, many spontaneous happenings -- and then there will be thrill, excitement, ecstasy and you will be flowing again .
So the first thing is to drop the idea that you are doing the group, and whenever this idea comes, just take hold of the locket in your hand and repeat loudly, 'Osho, Osho, Osho...' Let them laugh! Mm? drop the ego immediately -- their laughter will also help. They will say, 'So, [the group leader] is also like us -- nothing to be worried about! He is also in the same boat. They will feel very happy. The first thing....
And the second thing: there is a very delicate difference between acceptance and inefficiency. Many people start thinking that their inefficiency is acceptance; it is not. They are being tricky and they are deceiving themselves.
Acceptance makes you more capable, acceptance helps you grow. Acceptance makes you more intelligent; it does not dull you. With acceptance you are not stuck. Acceptance does not mean that you have accepted your failure, no. Acceptance does not mean that you have accepted your limitations, that you don't care, that you don't bother, that it is okay; acceptance does not mean that it is okay.
Now, these are two things: something is happening which you can accept out of inefficiency because you know you cannot do anything more about it. You feel the limitation, you are at the end of your rope and you know it. Rather than saying that you are at the end of your rope, it is better to say that you live in acceptance so whatsoever happens is
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