45JANUARY 2009

On watching Jim Carrey's new comedy Yes Man released

worldwide this Christmas, it seems that at last

someone has made a film about what Osho has been

telling us all along - say yes to life. Instead of renouncing life,

Osho's message is to celebrate life. In other words, move from

life negative to life positive. Yes is such a major message of Osho

that his lovers create a beautiful song for him in the 1970s that

went, 'Yes bhagwan yes'.

This is what makes Osho so unique and revolutionary.

The best part of the film Yes Man was the key role of 'a guru'

played by a veteran British actor Terence Stamp who plays his

role with ease. In fact, nonchalantly. No wonder, he is a former

disciple of Osho who lived in the Pune Ashram in the 1970s as

Swami Deva Veetan. His conversation with Osho and photos are

'YES'

YesMan

On watching Jim

Carrey's new comedy

'Yes Man' released

worldwide this

Christmas, it seems

that at last someone

has made a film about

what Osho has been

telling us all along -

say yes to life

46 OSHO WORLD

published in a Darshan Diary. His

website and his biography on

Wikipedia both mention that he

spent several years at an ashram in

Pune dropping off from society and

left when he was contacted for a

major role in a film. Stamp is an

Academy Award-nominated

English actor. He is best known

for having played the character

General Zod in the film Superman.

'Yes Man' has topped US box

office collections over the

Christmas week as film fans said

'Yes' to this movie despite the

snowbound and freezing weather

in many states.

Carrey plays a guy whose life is

going nowhere until he signs up for

a self-help programme based on

one simple covenant: say “yes” to

everything...and anything. Stamp is

very powerful in convincing

everyone, including Carrey

Unleashing the power of 'Yes'

begins to transform his life in

amazing and unexpected ways,

getting him promoted at work and

opening the door to a new romance.

But his willingness to embrace

every opportunity might just

become too much of a good thing.

…as he gets into many hilarious

scrapes.

The final adventure is not funny

when he is questioned by FBI. Then

he learns to say No to balance his

unconditional Yes. Osho says,

“Accept your No, accept your Yes.

And don't think that they are

opposites; they are not.

Just as there can be no courage

without danger, so there can be no

faith without uncertainty, without

doubt. Risk is part of the game that

we are born to play.

We must learn to lean on

possibilities -- not on certainties but

on possibilities. I can only say to

you God is possible. I can only say

to you Yes is possible. Lean on the

possibilities, don't ask for

certainties.”

Go and watch this film for a

laugh! No... Maybe? Yes!

-Swami Kul Bhushan.

'The Guru of Yes' Terance stamp can fronts Jim Carrey in 'Yes Man

In other words,

move from life

negative to life

positive. Yes is such

a major message of

Osho that his lovers

create a beautiful

song for him in the

1970s that went,

'Yes bhagwan yes'.