Awareness is my successor

[meera]

I AM NOT GOING TO GIVE A SINGLE INSTRUCTION ABOUT ANYTHING. In fact there is no need. These people had to give instructions because THEY LEFT PEOPLE BLIND. They gave only BELIEFS to them; THEY NEVER GAVE THEM CONSCIOUSNESS, AWARENESS. They never gave them THE CAPACITY TO DECIDE ON THEIR OWN. They never made them RESPONSIBLE for their own life.

YES, THEY GAVE THEM A BLIND MAN'S STICK, AND DIRECTIONS on how to move so you can get to the door. But the house is being continuously renovated, continuously remade. Doors are being changed, windows are being changed, and the old blind man goes on finding the way with the old instructions.

NO, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE MY PEOPLE STICKS, I WANT TO GIVE THEM EYES. And the people who ask me that who is going to be my successor are asking because that's how it has always been: somebody should succeed, and I should give CLEAR-CUT INSTRUCTIONS about what you have to do and what you have not to do when I am gone. The people who ask me the question think that I am very irresponsible, that I will simply die and leave the sannyasins without any instructions, without any moral code, without any ten commandments. They do not understand me.

I LOVE MY PEOPLE SO MUCH that I cannot create any hindrance in their life in the future. I CANNOT GIVE THEM ANY INSTRUCTIONS. I am giving them eyes so they can see where the door is for themselves. Why should I give them a map of the house when the house is continuously changing? And it has been proved by these five thousand years that ALL CODES, ALL RELIGIONS, ALL ETHICAL SYSTEMS HAVE FAILED for the simple reason that THEY WERE TRYING TO DECIDE THE FUTURE, WHICH WAS NOT IN THEIR HANDS. Their intention was good, but their understanding was not enough.

I WANT MY SANNYASINS TO INHERIT MY FREEDOM, MY AWARENESS, MY CONSCIOUSNESS. And each sannyasin has to be my successor, has to be me. There is no need for anybody to dominate. THERE IS NOBODY FOR ANYBODY TO DICTATE TO. They are on their own. If they want to be together, they can be together. Out of their own freedom, it is their choice and their decision. If they want to move free, they have all the rights to move free.

So the thought never occurs to me. All that occurs to me is that THE SOONER I CAN MAKE MY PEOPLE MORE CLEAR ABOUT LIFE AND ITS COMPLEXITIES THE BETTER, because nobody knows when I may be gone. Before that my people have to be capable of blissfully and joyously giving me a send-off.

AND I WILL NOT BE LEAVING ANY ETHICAL CODE, ANY STRUCTURE TO BE FOLLOWED; THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE IT. And they will have to remember that they make it only for themselves, not for the future. They will have to do the same as I am doing for them. THEY WILL HAVE TO KEEP ALERT, because it is very easy to be tempted so that the new generation does not get lost. It is better to get lost than to be imprisoned.

SO I AM NOT GIVING YOU any structure, ANY INSTRUCTIONS, but ONLY CLARITY, UNDERSTANDING, CONSCIOUSNESS. Remember, the same thing has to be done for the future generation. One day the same question will be before you: "What are you going to decide for the younger generation of sannyasins for when you are gone?" NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE FOR ANYBODY ELSE. Help the person to grow, to mature. Help the person to stand on his own feet, this is real compassion.

AND MY COMPASSION DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO SAY A SINGLE WORD ABOUT THE FUTURE. I am absolutely concerned with the present. And if the present is golden, the future born out of it will be even more golden.

OSHO
The Last Testament
Vol 2, Ch #14: Awareness is my successor
pm in Jesus Grove