Osho speaks on ‘Leela’: “Life is a leela, it is a play, and the moment you are ready to play, you are enlightened… You are already that which you are trying to be.”
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Ageh Bharti hears a story from Ma Dharm Jyoti, about Ma Bhagwati from Mumbai
A review by Nityaprem of Sarito Carroll’s memoir
While Ailon introduces his School of Playfulness, he says that if he hadn’t had access to the psychic muscle of laughter, he wouldn’t have been able “to ride out the waves, nor come up with the creative ideas that have arisen.”
Ageh Bharti hears a story from Ma Dharm Jyoti, about Ma Bhagwati from Mumbai
An excerpt from Neelam’s book Seeing, Watching, Living with the Master and Being at Home
Dhyan Tarpan plunges into the world of books
Kavindra remembers the beginning of his ‘golden years’ (part 2 of his series, Glimpses of a Life)
An event that catapulted Christo to the feet of the Master
A second excerpt from Chintan’s book Mastering Madness; “And there he was, slowly entering stage left, dressed in a simple white robe.”
While Ailon introduces his School of Playfulness, he says that if he hadn’t had access to the psychic muscle of laughter, he wouldn’t have been able “to ride out the waves, nor come up with the creative ideas that have arisen.”
An exercise from Lasell Jaretzki Bartlett’s book Becoming the Designated Calm Person, pages 20-23
Madhuri remembers an exercise from the School of Mysticism
An essay by S D Anugyan on the phenomenon of plasma
Surendra’s photographs from his visit to a Shinto shrine on Cape Hino in Japan (Part 4 of the series)
“Without the rather clumsy revolution we went through back then, this new and necessary and beautiful higher revolution would not have been able to happen,” writes Madhuri in this essay
Insights / Moments / Notes
“Wouldn’t it be interesting to write down all the things that we have, instead of being driven by the mind to have more?” suggests Subhan
Insights by Nityaprem after his stepfather’s death
Part 3 of Phoebe’s series, Synchronicity: a Wake-up Call; “We live in a meaning-laden and purposeful universe, a cosmos coherent with our deepest spiritual and moral aspirations.”
Discourses and Darshans
“Whenever you want to try to understand me, don’t bring in what I have said in the past; that is not going to help. The latest has to be taken into account.”
“You simply watch; you stand by the side unconcerned.”
Photographs of red spider lilies by Surendra
From three of Ateet’s photography folders, called Flowers, in Nature and Forms
Abundance of colors in this double show of Michael Sudheer’s photographs from his recent visit to Europe
Exhibition of Veeno’s mandalas in the Swiss mountains (15 November 2024 – 25 June 2025), special preview for our readers
Vibusha shows her recent watercolours in a group exhibition in Conches near Geneva, Switzerland, 2-17 November 2024 (with a preview for Osho News readers)
In this video, Rashid answers a set of questions about his art and in particular his paintings which were recently exhibited in a London gallery
Poetry / Prose
Music
From Chinmaya Dunster’s most recent album, A Treasure Box of Stories
Abhi, Basera and Abha, Nandin and Gopal write about the third song in the album The Universe is Singing from Gopal’s compilation, Songs of Gratefulness – Inspired by Osho
Miten and Tanmayo reminisce about the first song in the album Let Love Grow of Gopal’s compilation, Songs of Gratefulness – Inspired by Osho
A review by Nityaprem of Sarito Carroll’s memoir
Osho speaks on the topic of ‘Belief’; “There is turmoil within every believer and he is afraid, really afraid to come across something which may disturb his belief.”
Events to Celebrate Osho on 11 December and 19 January, and the upcoming New Year
8-15 December 2024 at the Osho Home Ashram, includes Osho Tantra-Prana meditation retreat with Keerti and excursions to natural wonders like the marble rocks. Updated with article in The Pioneer, December 5, 2024
Exhibition of Veeno’s mandalas in the Swiss mountains (15 November 2024 – 25 June 2025), special preview for our readers
Co-founder of Avani from Uttarakhand, recipient of the award for ‘Application of Science and Technology for Rural Development’, announced in Free Press Journal, 14 November 2024
Maria Fernandes reports in The Navhind Times (Goa) on a talk with sound healer Dhyan Shanto, published on 29 October 2024
Rashmi Bharti, co-founder and founding secretary of the Avani Society in Uttarakhand has been nominated for the 2024 Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Application of Science & Technology for Rural Development
Video of a guided meditation, with music and visuals by Nandin
An invocation in Sanskrit to be sung together with Deva Premal (1 hr video)
Osho speaks to a sannyasin in darshan who had asked: Would you say something about dying?
A traditional dish for the festive days by Veet Karen
A second seasonal recipe this month thanks to Maria-Carin
A seasonal recipe from Maria-Carin’s cookbook, Lick Your Plate
Max and Arlene lived by a lake in Nordern Minnesota.
This month’s planet transits discussed by Marga: “An intense month, but beautiful and important to finally unravel bundles that have remained unsolved or unseen for too long!”
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho; “The greatest adventure is going to your own innermost core! Don’t be stagnant, don’t remain in one inner space. Move!”
NEW BOOKS BY SANNYASINS
Nayana reviews Lasell Jaretzki Bartlett’s most recent book, subtitled Learning to Settle Ourselves and Others
YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
Punya participated in ‘a transforming healing process’ with laughter, crying and silence.
Marc Itzler (Divakar) writes about the 9-day format of the Mystic Rose process.
Part 1 of Kavindra’s series, Glimpses of a Life
Surendra’s photographs from his visit to a Shinto shrine on Cape Hino in Japan (Part 4 of the series)
Part 16 of Shanti’s series quotes these scientists: Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Galileo Galilei, Jane Goodall, Rachel Carson, Camille Flammarion
