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carry an idea about him.
A real, genuine man is inconsistent. Only bogus people are consistent. A real, genuine man carries contradictions within himself. He is utter freedom. He is such a freedom that he can be this and he can be that too, just the opposite too. It is his choice -- if he wants to be a leftist he is a leftist, if he wants to be a rightist he becomes a rightist. There is no hindrance in him. If he wants to be inside he can be inside, if he wants to be outside he can be outside. He is free. He can be an extrovert, he can be an introvert, he can do whatsoever. His freedom chooses in the moment what to do.
But we force a pattern on people that they should be consistent. There is great value put on consistency. We say, 'This man is so consistent. This man is great -- he is so consistent. ' But what do you mean by 'consistency'? 'Consistency' means 'This man is dead, he lives no more.' He has stopped the day he has become consistent -- since then he has not lived.
When you say, 'My husband is trustworthy,' what do you mean? He has stopped loving, he has stopped living -- now no other woman attracts him. If no other woman attracts him, how can you go on attracting him? -- you are a woman. In fact, now he pretends. If the man is still living and loving, when he sees a beautiful woman he is attracted. When a woman is living and alive and kicking, when she sees a beautiful man, how is it that she will not feel attracted? It is so natural! I am not saying she has to go with him -- but the attraction is natural. She may choose not to go -- but to deny the attraction is to deny life itself.
Zen says: Remain true to your freedom. And then a totally different kind of being arises in you, which is very unexpected, unpredictable. Religious, but not moral. Not immoral -- amoral: beyond morality, beyond immorality.
This is a new dimension that Zen opens into life. It is altogether a separate reality in which you have lived -- this is totally separate from that. It has a new quality; the quality is that of characterlessness.
Sometimes this word hurts very much, because we have loved the word 'character' too long. We have been
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