A rebellious person is one who has understood the whole nonsense of the society, and simply slips out of it.
He does not fight with it; on the surface he even continues to pretend that he belongs with you.
He is a clever person.
He is clever enough -- he is neither orthodox nor revolutionary, he is just rebellious.
But his rebellion is so intelligent that he knows there is no point -- if the society says "Walk on the left" he walks on the left, because there is no point in fighting in this -- it is meaningless.
On the surface he goes on following the society; deep down he has slipped out of it, deep down he starts living his own life.
He does not go into the marketplace to exhibit, because if you exhibit your happiness in the market place they are going to kill you; they will crucify you.
They did the same to Jesus, they did the same to Socrates, to Mansoor -- they are not going to leave you alone.
There is no need. When you are sitting with miserable people, keep a miserable face -- even more miserable than they have -- because it is just a game you are playing: you are not miserable, you can act it better than them -- they are REALLY miserable. Keep a longer face than them.
When alone, have a good laugh. Don't start fighting with the society otherwise you will be in trouble, and happiness will again be far away -- as far away as before.
First you were following the society and could not be happy. Now you fight the society, so the society throws you in a jail or in chains, or the society tries to crush you -- and again you are unhappy.
A rebellious person is a very clever person. He slips out in such silent ways that he does not create any ripple on the surface... and he starts living his private life in his own way.
OSHO
The Divine Melody
