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stand over there."
The next man is examined in the same way. "Marilyn Monroe," says the doctor -- "Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Your wife" -- complete silence.
"Good," says the doctor, "go and stand with the other man."
The next man comes for the examination.
"Sophia Loren," says the doctor -- "boom... boom... boom..."
"Brigitte Bardot," tries the doctor -- "boom... boom... boom..."
"Your wife," says the doctor -- "... boom."
"Strange," says the doctor, "but still you are quite normal. Anyway, go and stand with the other men." -- "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Okay, Maneesha?
Yes, Osho.
YAA-HOO! The Mystic Rose
Chapter #3
Chapter title: Heart is the soil -- trust is the climate
21 March 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium
Archive code: 8803215
ShortTitle: YAAHOO03
Audio: Yes
Video: Yes
Length: 88 mins
Question 1
BELOVED OSHO,
IN WHAT SOIL AND IN WHICH CLIMATE MIGHT ONE FIND THE MYSTIC ROSE?
Maneesha, the symbol of mystic rose vibrates tremendously significant memories...
It was one day in the early morning, a gathering of seekers just like you are... but the time goes twenty-five centuries back. Gautam Buddha was expected to deliver his morning sermon.
Everybody was surprised... He came right on time, carrying a rose in his hand. They had listened to him for many years, and he has never carried anything. Everybody wondered: What is this rose, and why is he carrying it? But they sat silently -- perhaps he will explain.
And he did explain, but not with words.
He sat silently looking at the rose. The rose was immensely beautiful. So were those two eyes, so was that silent moment -- pregnant, expectant, that he is going to say something very special.
He was -- but he was not using words.
There are things which can be shown but cannot be said.
The silence became heavy; people were not accustomed. This behavior of Gautam Buddha was so unexpected, so new. Everybody sat like a marble statue and Buddha was looking at the rose with such blissfulness, showering
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