"I had always wanted not to be a master to anybody. But people want a master, they want to be disciples; hence, I played the role. It is time that I should say to you that now many of you are ready to accept me as the friend."
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The Art of Witnessing – Illness and the Fear of Death
"It is beside the point that a man dies following an illness, but one need not be mistaken and think that illness causes death. Perhaps the reverse is the case."
The Art of Witnessing – Turn Your Suffering into Moments of Meditation
"Moments of pain can become moments of spiritual discipline, can be turned into moments of meditation."
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I Use Words for You to Become Silent
"My speaking is really one of my devices for meditation. I speak to stop your mind functioning. I use words to create silence."
From Natural Selection to Conscious Evolution to Total Consciousness
Man has now come above nature and can consciously evolve. Conscious evolution is revolution. Man is now responsible for his own growth.
The Sickness of Man’s Mind Is Created by the Family
Osho on the family: "It is the basic unit of the old society; unless the family disappears the old society will continue because its basic unit is intact."
From Instinct to Boredom – Have Human Beings Stopped Evolving?
Boredom is bound to be your destiny if you cannot create such awareness that you can live through awareness rather than through instinct.
Feminine Qualities Belong to the Future
"It is the long condemnation of feminine qualities that have gone deep into the blood and the bones of women. It is man’s conspiracy to prove himself superior to women – which he is not." Osho
What Is the Evolution of a Seeker on the Journey to Consciousness?
The evolution of a seeker on the journey to consciousness is in your own hands. Existence is continuous motion, you have to keep on walking.
OSHO INSIGHTS
Avoid Ambitious People
The Inferior Person Tries to Prove That He Is Not Inferior “Who is a loud person? And why is a...
Use Alchemy to Create the Effect and the Cause Will Follow
Cause and effect is a relationship between events or things. Nothing takes place without a cause – something has to...
Falling in Silence Rising in Love
To Fall in Love Is so Easy. Why Is It so Difficult to Fall out of Love? After repeated discussions,...
Transcend Your Fear of Intimacy by Diving Deeper into Unknown
There is a fear about the girl I am with. I am afraid to lose her…and that won’t allow me...
It Is the Ego Which Feels Jealous
Jealous Love Is Not Love “Love cannot be learned, it cannot be cultivated. A cultivated love would not be love...
To Look Is Not to See
Osho,What Is the Difference between Looking and Seeing? “There is a great difference. Looking means you are looking for something;...
SEX GURU
Sex, Love, and Sleep – Being in the Present Moment?
Man got the idea of samadhi from two things: sex and sleep. because in both these moments, time disappears, time stops, the mind stops.
Orgasm Is Freedom and the Root of Meditation
A man like Gautam Buddha is living every moment of his life in orgasmic joy – it has nothing to do with sex.
The Reality Is: There Is No Vaginal Orgasm
“One of the most significant findings was that women have a capacity of multiple orgasm. A man has the capacity...
Meditation – a Deep Sexual Orgasm
“In deep meditation, a sexual orgasm happens – not with someone outside you, but with your own polar opposite within…...
Sex Is Natural, Sexuality Is Not
Sex Is Beautiful, Sexuality Is Ugly, and the Difference Has to Be Understood. “Sex Is a Natural Phenomenon. Sexuality is...
Love or Mutual Masturbation!
“In India, we have pictured Shiva as Ardhanarishwar: half-man, half-woman.” “That is the only symbol of its type all over...
MEDITATION 101
Grateful – a Meditator’s Perspective
This is a guest post from the winning stories of A Course in Meditation – A Workout for your Consciousness by...
De-Armoring the Heart
You carry an armor around you. It is just an armor – it is not clinging to you, you are...
Four Steps to Awakening: From Misery to Bliss
"Misery is a state of unconsciousness. We are miserable because we are not aware of what we are doing, of what we are thinking, of what we are feeling."
Hara Centering Meditation
“Concentrate the energy on the Hara, the point two inches below the navel. “That is the center from where one...
How to Fall Asleep
Here’s how to free fall your way to sleep…. Every night sit in a chair and let your head fall...
What Is Meditation?
Meditation is a state of no-mind. “Meditation is a state of pure consciousness with no content. Ordinarily, your consciousness is...
OSHO VIDEOS
You Can Run but You Can’t Hide
“And the moment you are no more conditioned, you will not ask what is the goal of life. Your whole...
He Was Not a Thief. He Was a Kleptomaniac.
“In my university days, I used to happen to partner with a student who was a kleptomaniac. He was...
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The Child Is the Mother of Humanity – So Listen Carefully
"Dance with the child, sing with him, sit in silence with him. By and by he will start imbibing it. Help him to play meditation... Let it be a game"
How to Discover the Magical Art of Allowing?
Now we are going to give you a simple way to discover the art of allowing – what it means not to be restless, and instead just do nothing.
What Does It Mean to Do Nothing?
To do nothing, non-doing, allowing, is the essence of meditation. As Basho says: "Sitting silently, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself."
Why Are We Rushing toward Oblivion?
Man is rushing toward oblivion, caught in erroneous beliefs, restless. Everything is interwoven, maturity knows only interdependence.
OSHO No-Mind – Sanity in the Age of Madness
OSHO No-Mind bypasses this process of verbalization called the mind, allowing old wounds to come to the surface, releasing them permanently.
The Habit of Avoiding Pain – The Dynamics of Addiction
Instead of avoiding pain through all forms of addiction, allow yourself to experience it, embrace it with totality.
Media
Bombay High Court Agrees with Foundation:
The April 25th clarification clearly states that visits to the Osho International Meditation Resort and Osho’s bedroom are only possible “in accordance with the rules, conventions and traditions” of the meditation resort.
Osho “Lovers” Hate Osho’s Guidance
The prime motivation for the protests is that this offers its leaders an opportunity to display their long-standing animosity against the management team. In the past, these same people have invented endless rationalizations to provoke a rent-a-crowd phenomenon.
Sheela’s Crimes and Deceptions – A Documented Summary
Sheela's documented crimes and deceptions include conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, assassination plots, kidnapping and poisoning.
General Meeting – Buddha Hall – May 1989
"We are not just a religious center, religiousness will be our very atmosphere, but we are now going to make a greater expansion."
Misleading Content in Anando’s book “Osho: Intimate Glimpses”
"The first commune was destroyed because of women's jealousies. They were fighting continuously. The second commune was destroyed because of women's jealousies. And this is the third commune – and the last, because I am getting tired." Osho