“The coming few years are going to be very significant years in man’s history,” states Osho.
“Cosmic chemistry says that the entire cosmos is a body. Nothing in it stands apart, all things are joined together,” states Osho. From ‘Hidden Mysteries’, Ch 5, Part 2 of 6.
“The deepest laws of astrology were first discovered in India,” says Osho while speaking about the origins of astrology and the relationship between the sun and the human body. From ‘Hidden Mysteries’, Ch 5, Part 1 of 6.
“Anand Devopama, there is certainly a connection; the connection is simple. Sexual orgasms and laughter happen in the same way; their process is similar,” replies Osho.
Osho answers a question by Vasumati. Osho says, “When unhappiness comes one welcomes it, when happiness comes one welcomes it, knowing that they are partners in the same game.”
Osho speaks on war in Afghanistan and in particular on the Pakhtoon people, and about the role of the Americans and opening up of the then Soviet Union
Osho answers a question about symbols and speaks in particular about the relevance of bowing down before the cast of his feet.
Our beloved master,
I imagined that our tendency to put ourselves down was a product of our conditioning, and something peculiar to modern man. But even in Rinzai’s time it appears that was the chief obstacle to self-realization too.
Can a society of unenlightened people exist only if everybody is made to feel inadequate?
Osho answers a question about why his disciples are vegetarians and also speaks about the life of peacocks and deer in Rajneeshpuram.
In a Hindi discourse, Osho answers a question by the late Om Prakash Saraswati after listening to the first discourse on the Gita of Ashtavakra: “These words are of the sky. These words come from the homeland, come from that from which source we all come, the source to which we must return.”
Osho says, “Mind tends to forget. Mind is a forgetfulness. You have to continuously remember where you are, why you are here….” while answering Santosh’s question.
Osho answers the question, “Some days I feel like a swami and others like a ma. Can I be both? Or will I grow up schizy?”
Osho’s answer to the question: “Is prayer useful? If so, teach me how to pray. I mean, prayer to receive god’s love, to feel his grace.”
In a press interview in Rajneeshpuram, on 26 July 1985, Osho replies to a question by Swami Shanti Prabhu of the Rajneesh Times.
Osho states about his message: “Its universality means that it is the foundational doctrine of existence,” and that “truth is absolutely uncompromising.”
Osho answers questions asked by a member of the press in Mumbai after he returned from his world tour. “I am an anarchist. I want to see humanity without being governed by anybody, because each government basically means slavery…”
“Indians are so obsessed with money: money seems to be their god. No other country worships money; in India it is worshipped,” says Osho.
“If you repeat a certain mantra for a long time, that too creates subtle chemical changes in your being. It is better than drugs, but still, that too is a subtle drug,” says Osho.
Osho declares, “If we examine the course of human thinking in the last 300 years, we find a steep increase in doctrines of humanity and justice. But never, in all the history of the world, has mankind indulged in such terrible warfares or committed such heinous atrocities.”
Osho speaks on the complexity of the state of the mind and says it is almost like a bridge between the soul, the universal, and the body, the individual.
“This whole life is geared around wrong things. Money is more important than meditation,” says Osho, answering a disciple’s question.
Osho speaks on the nature of desire and man’s state of mind. “Man is not a being but a process of becoming. Hence there is so much misery, anxiety, anguish.”
In the last part of this discourse, Osho continues to answer the question from part nine: “The inquiry of a man of the fourth plane changes dimensions…”
Osho speaks about the Great Indian War – Mahabharata – and explains the significance of the four ages: sat yuga, treta yuga, dwapar and kali yuga
More than 170 million people in India are considered ‘untouchable’ – people tainted by their birth into a caste system that deems them impure, less than human. They continue to face violence and discrimination.
In the ninth part of a series of 10, Osho answers a question with regard to “the fundamental difference between the language of expression of the man of the fourth plane and the scientist.”
Osho answers a question about the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster that happened at the time he was in Uruguay during the World Tour.
In the eighth part of a series of 10, Osho continues to answer a question from part 7 on ‘shaktipat’ and grace: “…the final happening of grace will take place when there is no one in between.”
In the seventh part of a series of 10, Osho answers three questions and speaks on ‘shaktipat’ and his preference for direct grace.
In the sixth part of a series of 10, Osho concludes his explanation of the seven bodies and the seven chakras. “The ultimate is the void – nothingness.”
In the fifth part of a series of 10, Osho speaks on the sixth and seventh bodies, after which comes “… the journey to non-being, non-existence.”
In the fourth part of a series of 10, Osho continues to speak on the fifth body: “Even though the ego is intrinsically dead on the fifth plane, I-am-ness still persists.”
“I do not believe in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Once in a while I mention him, but that is simply a kind of joke and nothing else; I don’t believe in the theory of evolution,” states Osho.
In the third part of a series of 10, Osho speaks on the significance of the fifth chakra and the fifth body.
In this first part of a series of 10, Osho speaks about the significance of the first and second chakras.
With the third eye you become capable of seeing things which are there, but which cannot be seen with ordinary eyes, says Osho.
Osho states, “You may not be aware, but within the last hundred years scientists have discovered that there must be at least fifty thousand planets in the universe on which there may be life.”
While commenting on a sutra by Nanak, Osho speaks of the importance of music and to see it as the door to the divine. “Our temples are designed for sound to reverberate inside, their construction based on it.”
Osho answers a question by freelance journalist Penny Allen from Sisters, Oregon, USA:
“What happened to your glasses?”
Osho speaks on ‘peace of mind’ and asserts that to be against anything is to be at war. “Peace is very alive. Peace is more alive than war – because war is in the service of death, peace is in the service of life.”
Osho answers a question by Vinod Bharti; “If you see the impotence of the mind, the mind disappears but action becomes for the first time tremendously beautiful.”
In Rajneeshpuram, Osho declared a few sannyasins enlightened. Here is a question of one of them. Osho comments on how they reacted differently mentioning, among others, Vinod Bharti and Maitreya.
Osho speaks about the holy ones around us who exist in a bodiless state, referring to the book, ‘Light on the Path’ by Mabel Collins. Part 2 of 2. “When subjectivity and objectivity are both transcended, you enter reality.”
Osho comments on Yuri Gagarin’s quote, ‘Strange, when you live on the earth, you don’t bother about the earth…’
Osho speaks on the inner and outer senses, referring to the book, ‘Light on the Path’. He says that the book “was dictated by the Masters to Mabel Collins.” Part 1 of 2. “If your inner senses are penetrating… you can also tune yourself to the divine.”
Modern psychology has discovered a few things which are significant; although they have been discovered only intellectually, still it is a good beginning.
“All civilizations live through beliefs and faith,” explains Osho. From ‘Hidden Mysteries’, Ch 2, Part 9 of 9.
“It is not a question of following me; the real question is of following your own light,” says Osho.
Osho talks about Italians, and Indians, “I must have been an Italian; otherwise whatsoever I am now today would not have been possible.”
“The final thing to be understood about the tirtha is the value of symbolic acts,” explains Osho. From ‘Hidden Mysteries’, Ch 2, Part 8 of 9.
“There is one other thing to be understood. Ordinarily we have the illusion that we are all separate individuals. This is a wrong belief,” declares Osho. From ‘Hidden Mysteries’, Ch 2, Part 7 of 9.