"The outside seems to be familiar, well known. You know how to deal with it, you are well acquainted with it, you are educated and conditioned to relate with it.

"But you don't know the language of the inner, and you don't know the sky of the inner, and you don't know where you are going – you don't have any map, you don't have any guide. Nobody can come with you to help you. This creates tremendous fear. People remain their whole life outside, engaged, keeping themselves occupied. They don't leave any time gap in their occupations because in the time gap they may become aware of something of the unknown that is always there.

"One day it happened in a New York church: as the bishop entered the church he found a young man, looking just like Jesus Christ. He thought in his mind that this fellow must be a hippie…but what a similarity! He asked the man, 'Who are you and what are you doing here?'

"The man said, 'I thought you would recognize me – I am Jesus Christ!'

"The bishop became really afraid: who knows, he may be! But he may be just deceiving; that too is possible. He immediately phoned the Polack pope in Rome, asking him, 'A young man – who looks to me like a hippie, but also looks like Jesus Christ – is standing here. Now what am I supposed to do? I have never been taught, I have never thought that I would ever in my life encounter Jesus.'

"The pope remained silent for a moment, because he himself was not prepared for such a situation. But something has to be said to the poor bishop. He told the bishop, 'Just keep yourself occupied, and don't pay any attention to him. Everything is possible – he may be Jesus Christ, he may be a hippie. Inform the police, and meanwhile keep an eye on what the fellow is doing. And you keep yourself occupied – in anything – so that you don't become afraid or frightened. But call the police!'

"Strange, that if a Jesus appears in a Christian church, this will be the welcome."