Madhuri’s short reviews of books by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, Lucy Cooke, Eva Petulengro, Celia Imrie, Tess Stevens, Catherine Cookson, Annabelle Forest, and Nancy Horan
“I have been telling you: drop it. Now sit down. Be just human. Here nobody is an emperor and nobody is a beggar. Here everybody is himself. Just be yourself.”
Amido describes a journey to the East-African island in the Indian Ocean, with photos by Purushottama
“It’s a challenge NOT to run away from what is fueling the craving, but to remember to stick my head INTO it,” writes Subhan
A Cup of Tea (162). “When you are hungry you eat, when you are thirsty you drink, and when you meet a friend you greet him.”
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho from the series, Until you Die. “The mystery of life is not something which can be solved or which is ever solved. It has to be lived.”
The Human Design series, Three Channels a Month by Marga, continues with three throat channels, the core voices of logic, abstract experience, and individual insight
Osho answers a question by Nitin Bharti; “You have to learn how to say yes with totality. That is trust, that is surrender, that is faith.”
These are the songs Paul McCartney secretly wishes had his name on them, along with his other favourite tracks, writes Karen Rockett in the Express. (On number 3 is Chinmaya’s ‘Chance Meeting’)
Saten recollects the successful, and less successful, experiments in our farming practices in Oregon (Part 3)
“The disappearance of the I is a conscious returning to innocence where we recognize and embrace infinite possibilities in infinite combinations. In every single moment,” writes Avikal
Osho speaks on the topic of ‘Music’; “If you are sitting by a waterfall just listen to the sound of the waterfall and become one with it.”
This month’s planet transits discussed by Marga; “Enjoy the journey by grounding yourself in a sense of adventure.”
A Cup of Tea (161); “Death is within you, because death is the other side of life. Life cannot exist without death; they both belong to the same energy as positive and negative poles.”
Madhuri reviews books by Annabelle Forest, Jon Ronson, Miriam Darlington, Celia Imrie, Graeme Simsion, Federico García Lorca, Jonathan Scott, Francesco Marciuliano, Peter Kilby, Britney Spears, Rebecca Shaw
“You are here for a short span of eternity and will one day, perhaps soon, be called to join the cosmic mix,” writes Rico Provasoli
“It is not like dropping clothes – it is as if one’s skin is being peeled off. Your past is all that you know you are.”
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho; “Dance with existence! Live it, be it and allow it to happen in its total mystery within you!”
Pratiksha Apurv spoke at the Swami Sahajanand College of Commerce and Management during the ceremony of the now 10th Osho Chair, the second in Bhavnagar
“The commune, visited twice by David Headley, may have been the original target,” writes Sunanda Mehta while investigating the bombing of the German Bakery in 2010. Published in the Indian Express, on February 13, 2025
Two writers, Nityaprem and Madhuri, reflect on their experiences of open minds, open borders, and open hearts, in the larger Osho world