Madhuri’s reviews of books by Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian, Lucy Beaumont, Phillip Schreibman, Alan Hollinghurst, Bill Bryson, Catherine Cookson, John Grisham, Maggie Hartley, Elizabeth Day
A journey from addiction to awakening that led Kaifi to develop FSTU, a powerful meditative healing process
This month’s planet transits discussed by Marga; “August presents itself as a lively, rhythmic month, with some moments of strong activation followed by more relaxed and relational phases…”
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho: “Become discontinuous with the mind. That is mutation, that is revolution…”
Madhuri reconsiders the innocent-seeming act of tickling, revealing its deeper emotional and psychological layers
Osho’s instructions given on the first day to the participants of his last meditation camp in Mt. Abu 1974
In this month’s contribution to her Human Design series, Marga discusses the three Projected Channels from Root to Spleen: Vitality, Struggle, and Ambition
“You can drop your mind this very moment because the mind cannot hold you. Mind is just a mechanism, a machine; you can get out of it any moment.”
Vikrant, a therapist from Chile, tells us about his life and the motivation behind writing books on Osho and his people
From a childhood shaped by loss to the transformative moment of meeting Osho – Vedant Samadhi shares his lifelong inner journey
As a closure of Saten’s articles on farming at Rancho Rajneesh, some gossip about four-, two-, and no-legged inhabitants
“Suddenly the benediction of emptiness spreads all over you. To be empty is to be divine. To be empty is to have come home.”
This month’s planet transits discussed by Marga; “May this month bring you peace, centeredness, and a clearer perspective on yourself and the world, even amidst its challenges.”
Chapter 15, excerpted from Chitbodhi’s memoir, One Life, continues the day after his leaving darshan with Osho
Nirbija reflects on humanity’s self-destructive course – driven by war and militarisation – and contrasts it with visionary, peaceful communities such as Rajneeshpuram and Auroville
“We have been diverting ourselves and not effectively dealing with the real underlying issues of the pain that produces the need to divert,” writes Subhan
Amido writes about their sightseeing holiday in Yemen, twenty years ago. Photographs by Purushottama
Reviews by Madhuri of books by Yeonmi Park, George Mahood, Cher, Tina Turner, Alexander McCall Smith, James Anthony, Terri Cheney, Graham Johnson, Brian Blessed
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho from the series, The Open Door; “There is no need for you to be in control. Open all the doors, all the windows. Let the sun and the rains and the wind come (in)!”
This month, in her Human Design series, Marga discusses three Format Channels, of Collective Abstract-sensing, Individual Knowing and Collective Logic
A trance journey for finding out if you have a blessing for a particular project – notes from Madhuri
Sufi Abheeru and Aminah Divya from Brazil interview Subhuti via zoom – video with edited excerpts from the talk
“When the spring comes trees will bloom, and when the right time has come the fruits will ripen,” states Osho
Tarpan’s thoughts on the subject of smell, and an excerpt from the chapter titled, Horse Dung and History of Smell from his recently published book, The Crows of Kedarnath
This month’s planet transits discussed by Marga; “June promises to bring us both bold moments of expression and quieter periods for rest, integration, and reflection.”
Short reviews of books by Mollie Moran, Ann Hood, Bill Bryson, Eva Petulengro, Lisa Wingate, Lucy Cooke, Christine Kenneally, Alexander McCall Smith
“Although they were blind, they started finding that this man walks in a different way, talks in a different way, knows things that they don’t know. He says, ‘Now it is sunrise.’ He says, ‘Now the whole sky is full of stars’ – and those blind eyes could not see any star.”