31 Dec If you cannot say no, what is the meaning of your yes? (OSHO)
The puppets cannot have freedom to fight, to love, to get married – all these things happen in a puppet show to dance or not to dance; or when they don’t want to dance, to say, “No, I am not going to dance.” The puppet cannot say no.
Why? If you cannot say no, what is the meaning of your yes? It is a corollary. Yes has meaning only when you are capable of saying no. If you have to say yes, and there is no other alternative except yes…
I have heard that when Ford first started manufacturing cars, he himself used to go to the showroom and take an interest in the customers,
talk to the customers. He would say to them, “You can choose any color provided it is black” – because at that time there were only black cars. But he used to say, “You can choose any color provided it isbblack.”
You are free, provided your answer is yes. What kind of freedom is this?
Osho
