The Last Testament, Vol 2
Chapter #18
Chapter title: You Cannot Betray Me
7 September 1985 pm in Jesus Grove
[NOTE: This discourse is published in the book: The Last Testament, Volume 1,
as Chapter 9.]
Ma Yoga Pratima
RAJNEESHPURAM
OREGON
QUESTION: BELOVED BHAGWAN, WHEN ASKED WHETHER
RAJNEESHEES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS IN OREGON COULD EVER
COEXIST PEACEFULLY, YOUR REPLY WAS, "NEVER."
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY NEVER? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
COEXISTENCE?
ANSWER: The word coexistence has a very bad political connotation.
Coexistence simply means that the two parties remain hostile, that there is no
other way for reconciliation, for meeting, for merging. Coexistence is the least
that can be done.
For example, the Soviet Union and America are in coexistence. 
Q: YOU HAVE SAID YOU HAVE NEVER PAID ANY TAXES BECAUSE YOUR
WORK IS CONCERNED WITH OUTCOME, NOT WITH INCOME. WHAT DO
YOU MEAN BY THIS OUTCOME?
A: Just the opposite of income.
Q: MANY TIMES YOU HAVE STRESSED THAT YOU ARE NOT A
RAJNEESHEE, OFTEN POINTING OUT THAT ONE CAN TELL BY YOUR
CLOTHES. WHY DO YOU INSIST ON THE DISTINCTION? IS THERE A
GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE PEOPLE WHO CALL
THEMSELVES RAJNEESHEES? OR IS IT JUST A MATTER OF CLOTHES?
A: It is just a matter of clothes.
Q: BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOUR HOST LOOKS AFTER YOU -- YOUR
BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES, THE JEWELERY, THE CARS -- DO SOME OF YOUR
SANNYASINS PUT YOU ON A PEDESTAL AND FEEL THAT YOU ARE
HIGHER THAN THEM? HOW CAN THEY AVOID THIS TRAP WHILE STILL
GIVING YOU ALL THE LOVE AND CARE THAT THEY DO?
A: Nobody is putting me on any higher pedestal. There is no need to avoid it
because I am alert enough not to sit on any higher pedestal