As an Enlightened Master himself, Nansen does not want to be the successor of his Master Ma Tzu. So he leaves the place and In Nansen the Point of Departure Nansen starts Anew

FROM: OSHO, NANSEN THE POINT OF DEPARTURE #7 “An enlightened man is simply living in total freedom out of the body, floating like a white cloud, without any roots in the earth, and without any destination. Just out of freedom – to the north, to the west, to the east – wherever spontaneously a movement occurs, he moves. If with love, with prayer, with deep meditation he is invited, perhaps you will not see him, but you will feel his presence – particularly those who have known his presence.” Osho

NANSEN THE POINT OF DEPARTURE – NANSEN STARTS ANEW

THAT’S WHY I HAVE CALLED THIS SERIES “THE POINT OF DEPARTURE” Ma Tzu has his own methods; he has brought Bodhidharma’s methods to the ultimate peak. Nansen loved Ma Tzu, but was not ready to become his successor. If he had remained, he would have been the successor of Ma Tzu. Just to avoid the embarrassment – because he would go far beyond in different directions – it was better to leave before the master proposed that, “You are my successor.” Then leaving would have been impossible.

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He became enlightened…The ordinary course will be that when you become enlightened with a master, where can you go? This love, this shelter, you will not find anywhere. There is no need to go anywhere at all. Now you can understand the great song of the master, and the invisible music. This is no time to depart. But the reason for his departure from Ma Tzu’s monastery was that if he does not leave now, he will never be able to leave. Once Ma Tzu proposes that, “You become my successor,” he cannot say no to his master. But he wanted to introduce many new things into Zen. Sometimes they may be contradictory to Ma Tzu; sometimes they will be new to Ma Tzu’s methods of teaching, and he does not want anybody to say that he is betraying his master. Rather than betraying, he simply left the monastery at the age of fifty. Nansen founded his own community and attracted thousands of disciples

NANSEN NEVER INSISTED ON ANYBODY BECOMING A DISCIPLE

His insistence was: This is enough: to be with me. If there is something to happen, remain open. I am available; if you are also available the meeting will happen. Don’t keep your doors closed; just remain receptive. 

If there is something to happen, remain open. I am available; if you are also available the meeting will happen. Don’t keep your doors closed; just remain receptive.”

I am radiating that energy, which will take a jump and your heart which has lived in darkness for centuries will become suddenly enlightened. The fire will reach to you if you remain available, and close, intimate; because the jump is possible only within a certain distance.

If you remain too far away, secure and safe, and hoping to become enlightened, you are wrong. You have to risk to come close to the master, as close as possible. In that closeness, in that intimacy suddenly your heart becomes aflame. You are no more in darkness. 

So always remember that these stories are the superficial part of the real thing. The real thing cannot be said. The real thing can only be understood. 

Since eternity, whenever a man has become enlightened, ninety-nine point nine percent it has been a transfer of energy from one master to someone who is just ready and ripe. I am leaving point one percent, because it is not necessary, not absolutely necessary if you want to become enlightened to be with a master. 

You can become enlightened on your own, but it is a little difficult, an arduous path. You may fall many times, you may go astray many times, you may return to the circumference again and again. 

When you were reaching close to the center, you were not aware that you were close to the center. 

Just a small difference and you may miss the target.