"People are afraid, very much afraid of those who know themselves.
They have a certain power, a certain aura and a certain magnetism, a
charisma that can take out alive, young people from the traditional
imprisonment....

The enlightened man cannot be enslaved - that is the difficulty - and
he cannot be imprisoned.... Every genius who has known something of
the inner is bound to be a little difficult to be absorbed; he is
going to be an upsetting force. The masses don't want to be disturbed,
even though they may be in misery; they are in misery, but they are
accustomed to the misery. And anybody who is not miserable looks like
a stranger.

The enlightened man is the greatest stranger in the world; he does not
seem to belong to anybody. No organization confines him, no community,
no society, no nation." -- Osho The Zen Manifesto: Freedom from
Oneself Chapter 9

Have you known rebels that make you uncomfortable?  Is there a rebel
in you that makes others uncomfortable?  Is the rebel in you able to
break barriers (especially internal?)  With what results?

What do YOU think?

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