So who is mad?

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From Osho .....

 

WHEN INDIA WAS DIVIDED into two nations, India and Pakistan, a rumor

was heard that there was a madhouse just on the boundary. Neither

India nor Pakistan was interested to take the madhouse. But something

had to be done. It had to go somewhere. Finally, the chief

superintendent of the madhouse called all the mad people and asked

them, " Do you want to go to India? "

 

They said, " No, we are perfectly happy here. "

 

The superintendent said, " You will be here. Don't be worried about

that. Just tell me -- do you want to go to India? "

 

They all looked at each other and they said, " People think we are

mad! Something has gone wrong with our superintendent. If we are

going to be here then the question does not arise of going to India.

Why should we go to India? "

 

The superintendent was in a difficulty how to explain to these insane

people. He said, " Then would you like to go to Pakistan? " They

said, " No, not at all. We are perfectly happy here. Why should we go

anywhere? "

 

He again tried to explain to them that, " You will be here, whether

you choose India or Pakistan. You are not going anywhere. "

 

Then they said, " It seems to be very strange. If we are not going

anywhere, then why should we even be asked about it? We are here. "

 

It was impossible to convince them that it is not a question of

physically moving to India or Pakistan. It is a political

question: " Under which country, within which boundary do you want to

remain? " Finally it was decided by the officials that the madhouse

should also be divided into two parts. One will be in India, one will

be in Pakistan. They raised a huge wall, just dividing the whole

madhouse in two.

 

And I have heard that the mad people still climb up on the wall, talk

to the people on the other side and say, " We cannot figure it out. We

are here, you are here, but you have gone to Pakistan and we have

gone to India -- just because they have raised this wall. And the

strangest thing of all is that they think we are mad. "