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Part VIII : Bail Hearing and bomb threat
On 8 November, Osho attends a Bail Hearing in Portland, where
Judge Leavy releases him on a $500,000 bond. There is phone threat
about a bomb in Multnomah County Justice Centre, which is evacuated,
before Osho is taken there to collect his belongings.
In Oregon I was before a federal judge, and he immediately could
see that there is no case. He bailed me out. last420
My bail was set at five hundred thousand dollars—that's
near about seventy-five lakh rupees—even the jailer who
was taking me back to jail was worried. He said, "From where
will it come? The figure is too big. In my whole life I have never
seen or heard of anybody's bail being set at five hundred thousand
dollars. How are you going to manage?—and you look so relaxed
and so cool…"
I said, "I don't bother about such things. Something will
happen."
He said, "But how will it happen?"
I said, "That I don't know. How is not part of my language.
It will happen!"
He looked surprised; he could not believe it. But within ten minutes
it happened, and he came running to me and said, "You were
right, your bail has been deposited!" He said, "It is
unprecedented that for a person against whom no crime has yet
been proved, there is no evidence against him—and yet such
a large amount for bail. But you are stranger than the judge,
because you remain so cool and so silent."
When I went into the jail I had gone immediately to take my
shower, because it was my shower time. The jailer was standing
there and he said, "You cannot miss your shower even today?
If nobody pays your bail, then you will be in jail for at least
twenty years."
I said, "That is not the concern right now; right now the
concern is to take a good shower. I have always trusted. After
my shower you come to see me."
And after my shower he was standing outside the bathroom. He said,
"Somebody has given the bail"—he could not believe
it. "How are you managing things?
I said, "I have never managed. In my whole life I have never
done anything deliberately—but things go on happening."
Once you are in a let-go existence takes care of you. Then you
are relaxed. If existence wants you to be in jail for twenty years,
that's perfectly good; if it wants you to be out to prepare other
people for jail, that too is good. It depends on existence, whether
it is satisfied with one or many. satyam30
But as I went to the jail to take my clothes and things from
there, I was surprised to see that the whole ground floor was
empty, which was always full of officers and people, and clerks,
and the whole department of the jail. I asked the person who was
taking me in, "What is the matter? Is there some holiday
today or something?"
He said, "No, nothing, it is just changing the shift."
But I said, "I am not a fool. Changing a shift I have seen
before, twelve days I have been in the jail. Unless the person
comes, the old person cannot go. This gap in a jail, that everybody
goes because the shift is changing, and the new persons have not
come yet seems to be absolutely absurd.
He said, "I don't know. You just sit here, and I will find
my boss to sign the papers, and you take your clothes." This
was for the first time in twelve days they left me alone. Otherwise,
even though I was completely chained, hands, feet, waist, two
men with guns were always with me. This was the first time I was
not chained, and I was left alone in the room, and the man went
locking the room. I had no idea what is happening. After few minutes
he came, he gave my clothes, and I was released.
As I reached my hotel, the news came that a bomb has been found
in the place where I was sitting. Now in a jail, who can put a
bomb? Ordinarily nobody can even enter—three electrical
gates you have to pass first—except the authorities themselves;
and now it is clear why the whole ground floor was empty, and
why the man left me alone and went out. Later on I discovered
that no signature of the boss was needed. Only my signature was
needed, because I am receiving my things back. That was the whole
thing; what the boss has to do with it?
So they were not able to find out what time the court will release
me, and the bomb must be a time bomb. So they just guessed, and
their guess missed. Now these type of people are simply fascist.
There is no other word for these people. last420
Just two hours before I was going to be released by the court,
one young man from the San Francisco consulate reached me. He
said he had been sent by the Indian ambassador to inquire if I
wanted anything.
I said, "You have come too late. I am going to be released
within two hours. Where have you been for twelve days?"
I was released, and then the ambassador in Washington phoned:
"Do you need any help from our side?"
I said, "What help can you give me now? Where have you been
for twelve days?"
I said, "I don't need any help. If you need any help, you
can ask me. I can help you. You should be ashamed and resign.
You could not even raise your voice. You should have given a television
interview saying that this is absolutely illegal; you should have
pressured the American government." But they never did anything.
On the contrary, I have heard just now from a very reliable source
that the American government has purchased two members of the
Indian parliament so that they can oppose me in case parliament
tries to help me in any way. last423
What they did as I was released by the court—they had to
release me because I have not done anything—they immediately
did the first thing in Germany because in Germany I have six communes
running on the same principles, so they were afraid that I may
go to Germany, and may make a big commune, bigger than existed
in America, because six communes are already in existence. And
West Germany is just under their pressure, under their domination.
They immediately passed a law that I cannot enter Germany.
This is such nonsense! I have never entered Germany, I have
never committed any crime in Germany. Just in anticipation, in
case I enter Germany they make a law. In fact there was no need
to make a law; you could simply have refused a visa. But they
may have been afraid: perhaps some ambassador may be influenced
with me and may give a visa. It is better to make it clear-cut
law that I cannot enter Germany; otherwise I will be immediately
arrested.
And what reasons they have given?—because I am a dangerous
man and I have a great number of followers who love me so totally
that they can do anything for me and we don't want to take any
such risk….
And the same reasons are shown in German parliament that I should
not be allowed to enter Germany. last506
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