Osho talks on Laughter: “The whole play of existence is so beautiful that laughter can be the only response to it.”
Ashoka created a group which is still existing – a group of nine persons. Whenever a person dies, another replaces him, so the group still continues.
Beloved Master, You always said that women are better than men as far as ruling and governing people is concerned.
Beloved Master, Why have you always emphasized that women are better than men in ruling and administration, taking care? Is that what you experience in your commune or is it only a theory?
Osho speaks on the ways of the world to fill the inner vacuum, in the series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
Beloved Osho,
My fear around your vision of the birth of the new man through test-tubes and genetic engineering comes not from the technology itself, but from fear of who might control the technology.
Osho speaks on acceptance and the Buddhist nun Rengetsu in our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
This question has been hovering in me for years. A few times you have talked around it, but this has mystified me more, so please enlighten.
“People look into books, find out fragments, make philosophies out of fragments. That’s how all the religions have evolved, and all the theologies and all the philosophies. They are all fragmentary,” says Osho. Related story in the series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
We can learn much, seeing what is happening, and then we can think introspectively about other civilizations which have disappeared, either through war or through calamities which apparently look natural.
Man is so miserable, that he wants to forget his misery in any kind of entertainment, howsoever stupid it may look to those who have a little intelligence.
You can go on moving backwards, and you will find everything that has happened in existence up to now, had to happen for you to happen.
What exists? There are so many layers. If one is only aware of the surface, then matter exists. Matter is the surface of existence.
Gramya: I would like to ask about prayer, because I was taught as a child to pray and the prayer was of thanksgiving.
Neeraj is going back to Devon, England. She is unsure whether to spend her time travelling around England, or starting a meditation centre where she lives.
So now scientists are almost in the hands of the politicians. … The world has to be one, and it has to be governed by creative people, not by politicians.
Okay. The first book I am going to talk about in this P.P.S. is one nobody would think I would ever talk about.
Beloved Osho,
What is healthy journalism? Can journalism survive on positive news? Please explain your vision on the responsibility of the media.
Beloved Osho,
The longing for a better life, for a utopia, has been constantly in man’s mind since he became aware of his consciousness. On the other hand he became more and more afraid of all his irrational powers. Can you please comment?
I have come to know, Devageet, that you freaked out this morning. Once in a while freaking is a good exercise, but freaking out I don’t support.
Prem Gaffar, a new sannyasin, says: “I’ve started to stand off and observe things and it looks as if… people are destroying themselves… The world is destroying itself.”
Sarito has just come too; he’s the architect from America. He is grey-haired, has glasses; his energy feels young, in touch.
Having given sannyas to a man from England, the twin brother of a sannyasin, Osho explained the meaning of his name – Anand Bhagwata – to him, and then went on to talk about the significance of having a new name….
Beloved Osho,
We find that many intelligent people, like scientists, philosophers, and even politicians, express great admiration and respect for us individually and for the way we live together – but they refuse to understand that we point to you as the source of this. Where is the block?
Q: If the ego is unreal, then does it not mean that the unconscious mind, the accumulation of memories in the brain cells, and the process of transformation that is the subject matter of spirituality, is also unreal, a dream process?
Last night you spoke of satsang and the importance of the disciple’s proximity to the guru. Does this mean physical proximity? Is the disciple who lives at a great physical distance from the guru at a loss?
“So if this earth disappears, people will be moving to different planets according to their growth, according to whatever is needed for them to grow more,” says Osho
Trust is the quality of the child, these three qualities; the quality of being total, the quality of remaining ignorant in spite of knowledge, and the quality of trust. This is the meaning.
Osho talks on ‘Education’: “A real education will not teach you to compete; it will teach you to cooperate.”
Osho talks on ‘Prana’: “Yoga says you are not only breathing air; you are also breathing prana. In fact air is just a vehicle for prana, just a medium.”
“Thoughts are crowding you every moment of your existence, but you are so occupied outwardly, you cannot be conscious of it.”
The first book today is Irving Stone’s ‘Lust for Life’. It is a novel based on the life of Vincent van Gogh.
Osho,
Never belonged,
Never been on the ‘inside’,
Never felt ‘at one’ with another,
Why such a loner all my life?
Q: I have a belief that in order to grow I have to take risks, and in order to take risks I have to make decisions. Then when I try to make decisions I am filled with anxiety that I will make a wrong choice, as if my life depended on it. What is this craziness?