Parva, renowned organiser of Osho Festivals in Italy, talks about his connection with Osho and his body
My name is Parva, Dhyan Parva, and my name means: Celebrate in Meditation.
I can only thank Osho and his work for how they are helping me cope with my physical condition.
How do I experience meditation today? Inner silence, even in the midst of chaos. I can be in Vipassana while walking down the street, calm and serene, even though my health conditions should not allow it.
My medical history is very clear and I have no hope of a misdiagnosis. I can only remain in the present, and not know what to expect in the future.
At the moment, the miracle is my journey with the teachings of my Master Osho.
I don’t want to tell myself fairy tales, I don’t want to create illusions, I simply live in what I am and what happens to me.
I live every moment as if it could be my last. But I think that every moment creates the next moment.
A big thank you! And I will continue to carry this message of love!
Through the gifts of my Master, meditation can be truly felt everywhere, and we can reflect ourselves in a space that unites everyone.
Everything continues, everything proceeds. If at a moment everything should end, I have received an incredible gift!
If I unroll the film of my memories, I have always been on the path, always trying to understanding what happens.
In May 2003, I ended up in intensive care for a tumor in one of my adrenal glands. The doctors told my father five times that I had died, but I came back. I did not fly away.
While in a medically induced coma, I spoke with Osho, as if he were there with me. It was strange, because I was not one of his sannyasins, yet…
As soon as I left the hospital, I met Maya, who worked at the Arihant Centre in Varazze, which was run by Ushma and Nirodh. It was a fantastic meeting, and during a group with Devapath, I took sannyas.
From that moment on, I began to help Nirodh and Ushma with the various events they were organising, and I became more and more involved in meditation.
But the most incredible experience was yet to come, and I will try to describe it…
My Master Osho has given me many hints. One of them is to be at one with my breath. Initially I had to concentrate and pay attention to my breathing. It wasn’t easy, but today it happens naturally. And as soon as I feel my breathing is changing, I know, it’s a sign that something is changing in my body.
I always smile, I walk and travel, despite having blocked arteries in both legs… But nothing can hold me back.
I live in my own time, in my own breath. I let things happen, and I can only say it again and again… I always thank Osho for giving me these tools. In fact, today it is thanks to this journey that I am able to live a very special life.
Many days have passed since 14 December 2022, when I was admitted to intensive care with a diagnosis of heart with left ejection fraction of 15/20% and a right ejection fraction of 25/30%. I had a severe heart failure and a 45% kidney failure!
I am officially on the waiting list for a heart transplant, living in an absurd situation, that I can describe both clinically and spiritually:
Clinically: Every day I wake up and would gladly send the world to hell. Just for opening my eyes. I have been walking about for more than two years now and I honestly don’t know what’s the point. It could all end at any moment, and yet I am still here. I am incredibly fragile! I am monitored and have to go for checks at the hospital every three months.
Spiritually: Every day I wake up and live with my breath. I don’t open my eyes, they could even remain closed, but my breath makes me understand what is happening inside. Nothing is needed, I am in meditation. I am in my space, which is what it is.
Everything is possible and, for me, everything is down to breathing. Meditation is with me and whatever happens to me is a test of how much life is still left in me.
That’s it. An absurd picture. But in meditation everything proceeds silently and smoothly.
Anyone seeing me would never think I’m disabled. It doesn’t show, and there’s life in my eyes.
Parva will be busy with the next “Sun River” Noi Insieme, which will be held 11-14 September 2025, in Ameglia, SP, Italy – Facebook Sun River Osho Festival
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