Why Do Sufis Deliberately Disguise and Hide Themselves?
Osho – Because they want their energies to be used rightly, because they are creative people. They are not interested in name and fame, they are not interested in anything else; they are only interested in giving a new life to people who are desiring God, longing for God. Why should they waste their time and energy? There are many kinds of people in the world. A few are curious people, they come just out of curiosity, they waste time. Then there are a few who come with enquiry. They are better than the curious people, there is some possibility that they may grow, but that is only a possibility. Then there is a third kind who is really a seeker, who is ready to stake his life, who is ready to lose something for it, who is ready to pay the price for it. The Sufi will work with the third person, he will remain available to the second kind of person, and he will become absolutely invisible to the first kind of person the curious. The Sufi is very economical about his energy. He knows he ca
