If you follow me and forget your understanding sooner or later you will see
that I am gone and you are left in darkness.
The real way to follow me is not to follow me but to follow your understanding — then even when I am gone you will be following me…OSHO
Love does not force anybody to follow: love wants to make you free, love wants to give you freedom.
In fact, the person who is forcing you to follow him may be on an ego trip himself,
may be trying to dominate you, may be trying to destroy you, may be trying to cripple you.
No, people who have known don't destroy you.
They help you to be yourself, they don't force you to follow them.
They only want you to understand them. That's enough. Understanding is more than enough.
Nothing else is needed.
Imitation is a substitute for understanding, and a very poor substitute.
If understanding is there, there is no question of imitating or of following: you will follow understanding.
Keep this very clear: if you follow your understanding, you will be following me.
By and by you will see that your path and my path are running parallel.
By and by you will see that you are following me if you follow your understanding.
If you follow me and forget your understanding sooner or later you will see
that I am gone and you are left in darkness.
The real way to follow me is not to follow me but to follow your understanding —
then even when I am gone you will be following me
OSHO