A woman has a problem with her wardrobe door
“These people have taken a tremendous step. They have risked their established mind to enquire into the unfamiliar and the unknown – and ultimately, the unknowable.”
Madhuri reviews Dr Chris van Tulleken’s book, subtitled ‘Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food… and Why Can’t We Stop?’
Rabindranath Tagore, Hazrat Inayat Khan and Jiddu Krishnamurti each set foot on Dutch soil – essay by Shanti
“Mind has a stupidity: to complete things. Mind is a perfectionist. Ninety-nine? The obsession is created: they must be a hundred.”
The smartphone, of all things, is supposed to help with meditation? This month, an experiment gets under way that approaches a contradiction of our time in earnest and turns it into research, writes Dwariko Pfeifer
Dharmamurti remembers his move from Buffalo, New York, to the Bear Tribe in California – as told to Madhuri (Part 1) [Long Read]
“Almost each sentence is going to create trouble for anybody who wants to organize a religion around me.”
When meditation becomes a profession, association becomes authority, and the messenger becomes a product – by Anuragi
An excerpt for the topic of ‘Tantra’; “Before you meet the woman you should rise higher in your consciousness because then the meeting will happen on a higher plane.”
In the last days of 1984, Hafiz, together with four others, is dispatched from Medina to join the Rajneesh commune in Freiburg, via the ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland… [Long Read]
Planet transits discussed by Marga; “The month looks fairly calm overall, although there are some elements of suspension due to the retrograde motion of several planets.”
This year’s Boulderthon kicked off on Sunday, September 27, with a 5K run dedicated to Bhikkhu Schober
Anandi’s monthly horoscope introduced by Friedrich Nietzsche’s quote: “Wherever there is happiness, there is joy in nonsense.”
The authors of this month’s book reviews by Madhuri are: Catherine Cookson, Joanna Hodgin, Jonathan Kellerman, Sylvia Townsend Warner
“…it has tremendous beauty; it has something of the ultimate in it. Now it is pure sharing. Now it is a luxury, it is no more a need.”
In her series of articles dedicated to Human Design and Relationship, Marga delves today into the significance of the Lines, starting from the I Ching
Amido (text) and Purushottama (photos) end their 2006 pilgrimage in India with a visit to Varanasi, Darjeeling, Rumtek and Kalimpong (Part 7)
In this letter Pankaja acknowledges the lack of care many of the children in our communes have suffered, without denying the positive experiences that also happened
Shravan’s artwork in our online Art Gallery; “When the creative spirit calls, I just pick up my colours.”
Introduction from the book, Living with the Inescapable: Consciously Accepting Death, by Alfredo (Sanjiva) Ovalle
In this Long Read, Hafiz recalls his early taste of sannyas at the English commune – extracted from his memoir, I Am Cooking Something Else, the story of Oxford’s legendary Magic Café
Thanks to Priya’s efforts, Neelam’s memoir – that Osho had asked her to write for ‘seekers on the path’ – is now available in Hindi
This approach will be explored through two programmes at Osho Dham in New Delhi from 18-20 September 2026: the Osho Shunya Silence Retreat, with Premgeet, and Osho Neo Reiki, with by Dhyan Akhil, writes Kanakanjali Roy in the Hindustan Times on 15 September 2026
Bodhi is looking for a personal assistant to help with his planned non-profit initiative Perma in Austria (3.10.2026: This position has now been filled)
“A real man of awakening is not hard, he is not frozen. He has melted. The ice has disappeared into water.”
Amido and Purushottama’s pilgrimage takes a turn toward the north, to the Himalayas, where they explore Rishikesh, Shimla, Manali and McLeod Ganj (Part 6)
A review by Matthew Korfhage in Willamette Week (Sept 8, 2026) of In Search of Portland by Brian Libby that recounts tales of Humphrey Bogart, Sammy Davis Jr. and The Hotel Rajneesh
“Even now I am not part of the ashram. I cannot be part of any institution or any organization, even my own.”