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Osho : A Sufi story…. A man went in search of truth. The first religious man he met was sitting under a tree, just outside his own village. He asked, \u201dI am searching for a true master. Please tell me the characteristics of a true master.\u201d The fakir told him the characteristics. His description was very simple. He said, \u201dYou\u2019ll find him sitting under such and such a tree, sitting in such and such posture, his hands making such and such gestures \u2013 that is enough to know he is the true master.\u201d<\/p>\n

The seeker started searching. It is said that thirty years passed while he wandered the whole earth. He visited many places, but never met the master. He met many masters, but none were true masters. He returned to his own village completely exhausted. As he was returning he was surprised, he couldn\u2019t believe it: that old man was seated under the same tree, and now he could see that this was the very tree that the old man had spoken of \u201d… he will be sitting under such and such a tree…..\u201d And his posture was exactly as he had described. \u201dIt was the same posture he was sitting in thirty years ago \u2013 was I blind? The exact expression on his face, the exact gestures….!\u201d<\/p>\n

He fell at his feet saying, \u201dWhy didn\u2019t you tell me in the first place? Why did you misdirect me for these thirty years? Why didn\u2019t you tell me that you are the true master?\u201d<\/p>\n

The old man said, \u201dI told you, but you were not ready to listen. You were not able to come home without wandering away. You had to knock on the doors of a thousand houses to come to your own home, only then could you return. I said it, I said everything \u2013 beneath such and such a tree. I was describing this very tree, the posture I was sitting in, but you were too fast, you couldn\u2019t hear correctly, you were in a hurry. You were going somewhere to search. Searching was very important for you, the truth was not so important.<\/p>\n

\u201dBut you have come! I was feeling tired, sitting continuously in this posture for you. You were wandering for thirty years, but think of me sitting under this tree! I knew some day you would come, but what if I had already passed away? I waited for you \u2013 you have come! You had to wander for thirty years, but that\u2019s your own fault. The master was always here.\u201d It happens many times in our life that we cannot see what is near, and what is far attracts us. The distant drum sounds sweeter, we are pulled by distant dreams.<\/p>\n

Source: \u201cThe Mahageeta, Volume 1\u201d – Osho<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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