An essay by S D Anugyan on the phenomenon of Twin Flame relationships
A review by Madhuri of Alan Lew’s book, subtitled The Spiritual Path of a Zen Rabbi; “I enjoyed the book a lot, and I feel it’s valuable for opening our minds and letting in a bit of wonder and a lot of grounded feeling.”
Osho speaks on ‘Death – Love – Meditation’: “All that you can do is either you can go into it dancing or you can go into it reluctant, clinging to life. If you are reluctant you will miss the experience of death. If you go joyously you will have the experience of death.”
In Part 7 Shanti writes, “We may have shown our ugliest face to the mirror, to others and to life on the planet, but we have also expressed our potential.“
“The seeker is the sought. Just a few unnecessary things are crowding you. The search is negative – drop them and you discover yourself in all your glory.”
To celebrate Mulla Nasruddin Day (April Fool’s Day), Osho Dham organized an evening in their Dhyan Mandir to celebrate the release of a book about Swami Om Prakash Saraswati
The new Association for Enlightened Disciples of Osho Rajneesh announces its first conference: Sunday, 5 May 2024 in Sofia, Bulgaria
A grand 60th Birthday Party for Neerav: a Poona Revival Festival at Parimal in Germany, 22-26 September 2024. Five days of sharing, meditating and dancing, just like in the old Poona days…
Announcement in Passionate in Marketing, for an event happening in Najafgarh, New Delhi on Sunday evening, 31 March 2024
Madhuri’s short reviews on books by: Jon Ronson, Myriam Sagan, Isabella Bird, High Lasgarn, Catherine Cookson, Caitlin Moran, Claude Saks, Stan Jones, Ayya Khema, Thurston Clarke, Helena Merriman
Historical notes by Michael Topper on this re-surfaced documentary, one of the first about Osho and his commune
In Part 6 Shanti writes, “The next step in the development of human societies… cannot be other than One World and a World Administration. “
“Next time somebody insults you, give it five minutes, sit silently for five minutes, and then you can become angry.”
Photographs by Surendra: “In the Japanese winter, colours in the landscape fade and sometimes disappear altogether… Going around with my camera, I was happy to explore this world of muted colours in nature. “
Anasuya wrote an article for the French magazine Nexus, which published it in their March-April issue, No. 151. Here exclusively for Osho News the English translation
“Enlightenment certainly has no grades, but as time passes it deepens, sharpens, matures, becomes more and more rich.”
“Join us between March 21 and 25 at Osho Dham,” says Swami Ravindra Bharti in this article in BoldOutline, published on 20 March 2024
Sudhir writes in this month’s horoscope: “As the Sun moves through Aries, it’s time to figure out the difference between activity and action. Activity is distraction, escape. Action is an immediate, unpremeditated response to ‘what is’ that combines energy and awareness.”
A review by Chinmaya Dunster of album 1 (Thank You for Everything) of the collection, Songs of Gratefulness – inspired by Osho
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, an art exhibition by Italian artist Tarshito at the National Crafts Museum, New Delhi, until 15 April 2024. Article by Neha Kirpal, published in The Print on 13 March 2024
One of the facilitators, Dhyan Tarpan, describes the weekend – which was punctuated by very special sessions
Two quotes by Osho on ‘Masks’; “When you come to a Master his work is to pull the mask away, to loosen the hold of the mask on you.”
A presentation by the author, Bhakta A. Lorenz, of her collection of short stories, with three reviews: “It’s a great read. On a subject that we all, sooner or later, get to deal with. ‘A Drop of Death’ dares us to think about the inevitable with humour, contemplation, humility, wonder, and courage.”
A story from a collection of short stories, ‘A Drop of Death: dancing your way to farewell’ by Bhakta Angelika Lorenz
In Part 5 of Shanti’s series, we travel through the history of humankind, from family groups, to tribes, chiefdoms and states, kept together by organized religions
A review by Madhuri of Tim Ward’s book. “The book is so much fun… his arguments are sometimes rebellious in a valuably-refreshing way.”
A poem by Sambuddha, included in the guidebook for Padma’s Sacred She Tarot deck, for the XVIII Anxiety card in the Spirit suit
“Consciousness is not the content. You are consciousness: thoughts come and go, you are the host. Thoughts are the guests – they come and stay for a while, take a little rest, or their food, or stay overnight, and then they are gone. You are always there.”
A new meditation centre, created by Jagdish Bharti and friends, will be inaugurated on 21st March 2024 with a meditation retreat facilitated by Chaitanya Keerti
Three sisters decided to get married on the same day to save their parents the expense of separate weddings.
“There are no concepts that can depict it, and, above all, there is no entity separated from the presence that experiences it. I’m not there.” An excerpt from Avikal’s book, Who is in? Beyond Self-image.
“The mind is very impotent in a way. It cannot give you any existential juice, any existential experience, and that is the only thing that matters,” comments Osho on this anecdote
In the fourth and last part of the interview, Mataji, Osho’s mother, talks about her most recent years
This month’s planet transits discussed by Marga. “It is certainly no coincidence that Osho, who has the Channel of Awakening in his design, became enlightened precisely during this transit of the Sun during Spring Equinox…”
Divakar, confronted with the unexpected situation of running a three-week Mystic Rose by himself for the first time, writes: “It is in adversity that we grow and this last month has shown that in no uncertain terms.”
In the next installment (Part 4) of Shanti’s new series, Humans Are Still Young, we meet the first homo sapiens