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pehlan, usnu thok baja kar dekhde ho, ki oh kitte

kaccha ta nai, us hi tarhaan main bhi thok baja ke,
poori tasalli kar ke hi bhagat banaunda haan.” - “The
way you test an earthern pot by knocking on it, to
check if it isn’t weak, similarly I too check my sangat
thoroughly before I choose a disciple.”

“How do you test us?” I probed.
“Jiss tarah beri te phal lageya hoae, main
pehlaan beri nu hi hila denda haan, jere ta kacche
hunde han dig jaande han, jere reh jaande han, una
nu main fir pakanda haan. Pakeyaan nu main fir
nimbu wangu nichor da haan. Nichuran baad bhi
jeda mere kol aanda hai, oh hi is test nu paas karda
hai. Main fir usdi har ek choti to bhi choti zaroorat
da khayaal rakhda haan.” - “The people who come to
me are like a fruit on a tree. I first shake the tree. The
ones who have to fall off will fall and the ones that

remain, I prepare them to be ripened. After ripening, I
squeeze them like one does a lemon. Inspite of going
through all this, the ones who still come to me are the
ones who have passed the test. They are allowed to be
my disciples and I look after their every small need.”

Osho too describes it beautifully -
“With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am
here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it
will annoy you - that's my way of functioning and
working.' will sabotage you from your very roots! Unless
you are totally destroyed as a mind, there is no hope for

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