This is the first of three excerpts from a discourse by Osho about right diet, right labor and right sleep.
Q: Is the earth hollow? Is there an advanced civilization living there? Is there a sun at the center? Do these beings make periodic journeys through tunnels to specific places and tell the secrets? Is that where UFO’s come from?
Q: I’ve always been fascinated by the state of bardo as described in ancient Tibetan scriptures. Could you say something about this?
My political system is totally different. I call it meritocracy, because it will depend on merit. It will not be a political system, it will not have any political parties. People will be running for posts on their own merit. And each individual will decide on his own, because no political party will be pressurizing
Osho suggests to Christians to focus on Christ’s resurrection rather than on his death during these celebrations
“Democracy cannot be the highest possibility man can attain. It is good in comparison to other forms of government that have preceded it, but not something that can succeed it. I call that meritocracy. I want a government by the people of merit.”
Osho explains all the steps during the 21-day experiment in silence and what is bound to be experienced.
In December 1979, for the first time, a Rolls Royce is used to drive Osho to Buddha Hall for his discourse. And in an interview, Osho explains the difference between driving a Rolls Royce or a Mercedes.
Osho speaks about the time when he learned how to drive and about a trip he made during which his car broke down.
Osho speaks about getting his Oregon driving license and being stopped by the police while driving on the county road in Oregon.
Osho speaks about energy and vibrations of enlightened ones, and in particular about a cave underneath Potala monastery in Tibet
Osho says there is no power which is higher than love, and there is no force which can defeat silence
Are mind, mana, intellect, buddhi, mind stuff, chitta, and ego, ahankara, separate entities or different names for the same thing?
Osho calls upon his people to create a Noah’s Ark of consciousness to save the great heritage of humanity
“Through awareness, transformation happens spontaneously. If you become aware of your anger, understanding penetrates.”
Osho, Only in moments of love do I feel my body dancing with joyful sweetness, and only in moments of love do musicians create music which touches my heart.
Osho emphasizes there is no organization between him and his sannyasins and that each and every sannyasin is his medium
“The first commune was destroyed because of women’s jealousies. They were fighting continuously,” states Osho.
Question: What is money and why are most people deeply uncomfortable about it in one way or another?
“The philosophy of positive thinking means being untruthful; it means being dishonest. It means seeing a certain thing and yet denying what you have seen; it means deceiving yourself and others.”
Beloved Osho, Can you talk about money? What are all these feelings which are around money? What makes it so powerful that people sacrifice their lives for it?
In a discourse about religions being out of date, Osho speaks about Salman Rushdie and the fatwa issued against him in 1989 because of The Satanic Verses
Q: In my mind I am writing to you almost every day. All these questions and statements boil down to the following: Gratitude
Q: You have talked about the superiority/inferiority dialectic as the basis of authoritarian and fascist relationships…
No definition is possible of a disciple, but a few hints can be given, just fingers pointing to the moon
Beloved Osho, I realized this morning when you were talking that I am a fighter, but I don’t know anything except fighting
Man is a dilemma, he is both yes and no. It is not abnormal in you, it is the normal state of humankind. Man is half earth, half sky;
A meditator needs no personal guidance. A meditator, on the contrary, needs only one thing: the atmosphere of meditation
Osho answers direct questions about healing through meditation and the chemical effects on the body and mind, and the meaning of shaktipat