Osho speaks to a sannyasin in darshan who had asked: Would you say something about dying?
“The deepest core of being is non-being. The foundation of isness is nothingness. And when I say nothingness I don’t mean nothingness – I only mean no-thingness.”
“Just as Drugs, Sex and Rock ‘n’ Roll were popular in the 60s, inquiry about The End is a popular topic among my generation of Boomers,” writes Rico Provasoli
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.”
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
Osho talks in discourse to his disciples about a friend who is dying, Vipassana, and how to welcome death.
The Ten Grounds of the Way: Accepting the call of the beyond, centering, sagely intelligence. (part 4)
Angulimala “had taken a vow that he would kill one thousand people, not less than that, because the society had not treated him well.”
“This is the man of individuality, who does not care for his life, for his body, who has no fear. He accepted death with joy.”
Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan turns eighty today – a moment to remember that Osho once mentioned one of his albums – by Radhika.
Osho speaks about an interview given by Dr Abraham Kovoor in December 1976 in which he talks about Osho, criticising him and the sannyasins.
Osho comments on the last stanzas of Desiderata: ‘Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.’
“In your meditative consciousness, death disappears just as darkness disappears when there is light brought in,” states Osho.
“You are living surrounded by death, and if this can be remembered, this can become the greatest stimulation for meditation, for awareness,” says Osho.