A true story by Mayuri (Brook Bhagat)
As a closure of Saten’s articles on farming at Rancho Rajneesh, some gossip about four-, two-, and no-legged inhabitants
“Suddenly the benediction of emptiness spreads all over you. To be empty is to be divine. To be empty is to have come home.”
This month’s planet transits discussed by Marga; “May this month bring you peace, centeredness, and a clearer perspective on yourself and the world, even amidst its challenges.”
Chapter 15, excerpted from Chitbodhi’s memoir, One Life, continues the day after his leaving darshan with Osho
Nirbija reflects on humanity’s self-destructive course – driven by war and militarisation – and contrasts it with visionary, peaceful communities such as Rajneeshpuram and Auroville
“We have been diverting ourselves and not effectively dealing with the real underlying issues of the pain that produces the need to divert,” writes Subhan
Amido writes about their sightseeing holiday in Yemen, twenty years ago. Photographs by Purushottama
Reviews by Madhuri of books by Yeonmi Park, George Mahood, Cher, Tina Turner, Alexander McCall Smith, James Anthony, Terri Cheney, Graham Johnson, Brian Blessed
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho from the series, The Open Door; “There is no need for you to be in control. Open all the doors, all the windows. Let the sun and the rains and the wind come (in)!”
This month, in her Human Design series, Marga discusses three Format Channels, of Collective Abstract-sensing, Individual Knowing and Collective Logic
A trance journey for finding out if you have a blessing for a particular project – notes from Madhuri
Sufi Abheeru and Aminah Divya from Brazil interview Subhuti via zoom – video with edited excerpts from the talk
“When the spring comes trees will bloom, and when the right time has come the fruits will ripen,” states Osho
Tarpan’s thoughts on the subject of smell, and an excerpt from the chapter titled, Horse Dung and History of Smell from his recently published book, The Crows of Kedarnath
This month’s planet transits discussed by Marga; “June promises to bring us both bold moments of expression and quieter periods for rest, integration, and reflection.”
Short reviews of books by Mollie Moran, Ann Hood, Bill Bryson, Eva Petulengro, Lisa Wingate, Lucy Cooke, Christine Kenneally, Alexander McCall Smith
“Although they were blind, they started finding that this man walks in a different way, talks in a different way, knows things that they don’t know. He says, ‘Now it is sunrise.’ He says, ‘Now the whole sky is full of stars’ – and those blind eyes could not see any star.”
“What calamity has happened to smell? There seems to be no reason why smell has been so suppressed. No culture anywhere has consciously suppressed it but it has become suppressed.”
A letter from Ma Divyam Ashna to Keerti who ran the retreat at Osho Nisarga; “While conflict raged in the outside world, we turned inward. We sat in silence. We meditated. We watched. And we healed.”
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho from the darshan diary, Zorba the Buddha. “Life is a divine continuum. It has no beginning, and no end. It is forever and forever.”
Christo remembers… and says, “India has always remained in my heart and is forever my spiritual home.”
“When you are in a kind of rage you become murderers or you become suicidal; when you are in a kind of gratitude you write a song or you paint a picture – you do something creative,” states Osho
Osho speaks on the topic of ‘Perfume’; “Each sense has two possibilities: if the energy falls …downwards, then it is sexual; if the energy rises upwards, then it is spiritual.”
Planet transits for this month, discussed by Marga; “Have a wonderful month of May: may it bring awakening, clarity, authenticity, and new inspirations on your path.”
Madhuri’s short reviews of books by Gerald Durrell, Michael Magazanik, Kristin Louise Duncombe, Terry Darlington, Adam Skolnick