|
Main Index
|
| |
| |
|
| |
destructive. Never label a person as a sinner or a saint. When too many people label a person in one way.... And people tend to think collectively; people don't have individual original ideas. Mm? you hear a rumour that somebody is a sinner, and you accept it. And then you hand it over to somebody else, and he accepts it. And the rumour goes on growing, and the label becomes bigger and bigger and bigger. And one day, on that man 'The Sinner' is written in such big capital letters, in such neon signs, that he reads it himself and he has to behave accordingly. The whole society expects him to be that way, otherwise people will be very angry -- 'What are you doing? You are a sinner, and trying to be a saint! Behave yourself!
That's what the society has -- a very subtle involvement in its labelling: 'Behave yourself! Don't do anything that goes against our ideas of you. ' That is a very tacit thing, but it is there.
Secondly, when you label a person, howsoever he tries to behave according to the label, he cannot. He cannot do it perfectly, it is impossible. It cannot be done really, he can only pretend. And then some times or others when he is not pretending, when he is a little relaxed -- he is in a holiday mood and he is on a picnic -- the reality asserts. Then you think you have been deceived; this man is a deceiver. You were thinking he is good, and today he has stolen money from you. And for years you have been thinking he is good, he is a saint -- and now he has stolen money from you.
You think he has deceived you? No, it is your labelling that has deceived you. He is moving according to his reality. Enough he tried to fit within your frame -- but one day or other one grows out of the frame. One has to do things one wants to do.
Nobody is here to fulfill your expectations. And only very cowardly people try to fulfill others' expectations. A real man will destroy all people's expectations about him, because he is not here to be imprisoned by anybody's ideas. He will remain free. He will remain inconsistent -- that is what freedom is. He will do one thing today, and he will do something exactly opposite tomorrow -- so that you cannot
|
|
|
|
| |