it was so beautiful for me…to see forty or so sannyasins walking slowly
they had now found their match
i just smiled inside and continued ignoring them
they huffed and puffed behind me to make me get their attention
i knew their game and continued walking…ignoring them laughing inside
soon i came to the waterfall
where i paused and remained still admiring the beauty and taking it all in
closed my eyes to hear the sound of the running water
they would soon get bored and would perhaps move on

but they were told to follow me at all costs
so the all paused and stood still
i knew i had got them now…they were trapped
now i could do whatever i wanted and they would have to follow

aha…great…zen master rajneesh
show them the way of zen
it was my lucky day
a crowd of sixty or so sannyasins gathered
watching these forty behind me looking stupid

play out these moments of battle with awareness
i remained still…began to see them all get restless
this was not part of their instructions

beginning to see their defeat…i wanted this story to continue
so i moved on slowly again not to lose them
slowly slowly i continued forward till i reached the end where the path
leads up the rocks onto the waterfall
i gently turned left…the path was narrow
all forty would now have to encounter me on the turn
what a joy…i had them trapped

i continued walking silently…saw them all hesitate whether to follow or not
the first few continued and like a group of monkeys the rest tried to follow
but they were too many in a line…the area was narrow
only a few could move and have enough space to turn
with the people from behind clashing into them

aha aha…now what are they going to do
so i climbed a rock up to the waterfall…looked at them all below
they were numb and dumb…confounded with their next move

i laughed…hey you monkeys…follow me as you have been told
just follow me exactly…up the rock and down this trail

wow…they all just dispersed like flies…looking at each other
and the whole ashram was watching their defeat

come on come on i repeated gently
come on come on…you cannot give up so easily
walking like me…atleast walk correctly
wait for me…i will now lead you into walking again
wait for me…i must show you how to walk and imitate me correctly
wait for me…wait for me
they all ran away

one against forty
the vipassana therapist had asked for it…disgraced by her own people

my vipassana walk was the focus of all around
and has been since the very first day i came
this therapist always exhibited her dislike being vocal against me

she was constantly questioned in every vipassana group about me
she was a well known therapist and of course had to have all the answers
the infallible pope of the vipassana kingdom in poona ashram
she viciously spread her opinion that i was clearly deranged
and was an attention seeker
that i was not in the state of vipassana but was of very low energy
just walking about like a dead zombie
that i was an indian who was sexually repressed
and that her reading about me was i was completely frozen
and sexually blocked hence my slow walking

that persons like me emanated bad and low energy
and that i sucked others energy like a vampire
and to keep a great distance from my aura

i saw vipassana students always look away
and move in different directions wherever i went
and the word spread like a disease
i was to be treated like a leper…an outcast

i heard about her judgements
that were passed on to the other almighty mini guru therapists
and soon i was in the news
it was spread to all and every newcomer to keep away from me

on yet another walk through the ashram the same therapist stopped me
and shouted out to me that i was sick and needed to get a mental checkup
and to stop pretending and to walk normally

i smiled asking how she was speedily running around whenever i saw her
she retorted that she was authorised by bhagwan to teach vipassana
she could remain alert while walking fast or even running
that slow walking was just for teaching the method
the method had to be dropped and after mastering one could do anything
she knew it all

so i jokingly asked her…what about bhagwan walking slowly
she said who was i to even speak about bhagwan
and that i would be reported to the ashram to be banned

other than her i was aware of each source of these false rumours
spreading as they inevitably reached back to me