{"id":46099,"date":"2022-12-31T03:02:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T01:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/?p=46099"},"modified":"2022-12-30T23:58:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T21:58:18","slug":"if-you-cannot-say-no-what-is-the-meaning-of-your-yes-3146","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/if-you-cannot-say-no-what-is-the-meaning-of-your-yes-3146\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"If you cannot say no, what is the meaning of your yes? (OSHO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The puppets cannot have freedom to fight, to love, to get married &#8211; all these things happen in a puppet show to dance or not to dance; or when they don&#8217;t want to dance, to say, &#8220;No, I am not going to dance.&#8221; The puppet cannot say no.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>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,<\/p>\n<p>talk to the customers. He would say to them, &#8220;You can choose any color provided it is black&#8221; &#8211; because at that time there were only black cars. But he used to say, &#8220;You can choose any color provided it isbblack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You are free, provided your answer is yes. 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