“Be proud that you are still natural. Be proud that you can express the inexpressible through your tears,” says Osho.
Meditation makes us aware that even in difficult times when different aspects of life are pulling us apart, there is a deeper harmony within, writes Pratiksha Apurv. Published in The Times of India and Speaking Tree on August 14, 2020.
In this heartfelt conversation, Pratibha shares how she transmits Osho’s fragrance and grace via her Heart Dance and voice workshops.
Marita remember visiting her father in India after she left school.
Bauls say, “Whatsoever you love you become, and whatsoever is your love you will find.”
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If our mindset is hijacked by anxiety let’s flip our heartset. Watch the whole video and don’t miss the inspiring flip!
“This false ego which you have created by not looking in, by continuously looking out, is the root cause of fear,” states Osho.
This song was written and recorded in Greece during Pernilla Kannapinn’s artistic quarantine. It premiered on March 29, 2020.
Shastro’s contribution in the time of the coronavirus, to his series ‘Insights from the Cushion’.
Horoscope by Phoebe with Osho quotes; “Love is enough. Live only out of love. It may last long, it may not last, but… even if it is there for a single moment it will give you the taste of eternity. And there is every possibility that, if you are not afraid, it may last longer because fear is poison.”
Inspiring 68 year-old woman desperately needed funds for her ailing husband and found a solution. Published on BBC, February 10, 2020.
Osho is asked, “What is love?”
Sarita shares her thoughts and insights on the occasion of Valentine’s Day.
“Man becomes mature the moment he starts loving rather than needing,” states Osho.
Beloved Osho, is relationship there because love is not?
Osho is asked by an elderly disciple to speak about death.
“Almost every country has its own love stories, but nothing compared to Layla and Majnun because it has a Sufi message in it,” explains Osho.
Sarita presents a meditation she often did after a break-up, “Enjoy being with nature in the same way you would enjoy being with a lover,” as Osho says.
One of the excerpts from the 3-volume compilation, The Book: An Introduction to the Teachings of Bhagawan Shree Rajneesh, A-Z.
Lovers become mirrors to each other, and then love becomes a meditation, states Osho. Published in The Free Press Journal, 12 November 2019.
Beloved Osho, Recently Rudolph Hess, one of the last Nazi big shots, died. He committed suicide in jail in Berlin, where he was imprisoned for forty-six years. He was the right-hand man of Adolf Hitler.
“If this is possible – to have space and togetherness both – ‘then the winds of heaven dance between you…'” states Osho.
“Sex accepted, respected, lived, becomes love,” says Osho.
Osho states, “The moment you lose the fear of death, you become capable of living.” Published in The Economic Times on 17 September 2019.
Phoebe’s horoscope for the month of October, with quotes from Osho: “…Lovers are born and die. Love goes on.”
Chetna travelled to Chiang Mai in Thailand and met with Tao Master Mantak Chia.
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“No need to hide, no need to cover oneself. No need to be afraid: God is love and God is the judge,” says Osho to an initiate in darshan.
In this essay, Marc explores the meanings of intimate relationships people find themselves in and adds Osho’s insight to all relationships but in particular, the ultimate intimacy between master and disciple.
Nirvan writes, “When you learn to love yourself, you will naturally love everyone.”
Osho states, “Love is enough unto itself – it needs no salesmanship. It doesn’t need anybody to persuade, to convince; it is enough, it is a fire.”
The third question:
Dear Osho, I love you. In a Sannyas Magazine you said that you are not a person. Then what are you?
Q: Today at the lecture you extolled the virtues of Hasidism. But if they are so praiseworthy, so full of feeling of brotherhood, etc., why do they exclude women from their religious practices, and particularly their ecstatic religious dancing?
Beloved Master,
A few people are feeling not to wear their malas or red clothes, but they consider themselves Rajneeshees and want to live here. How does this fit your vision?
Osho relates a story attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430 CE). The answer is: “Just love.”
From Suha’s series ‘Beware: Slippery…. Sacred Ground’: “I understand the thrill I experience when I get off the plane, that feeling of mystery that surrounds the visitor and sets her heart pounding, as when coming near a sacred space.”
An excerpt from the autobiographical book, ‘Sometimes Brilliant’ by Larry Brilliant, were he recounts a meeting with Maharaji (Neem Karoli Baba).
Kul Bhushan’s advice for the popular yearly event. Published on Happy Ho on February 12, 2018.
Osho talks on the topic of ‘Love’: “You cannot accept the idea that you are worth loving, that anybody can love you.”
An excerpt from the book ‘Tantric Dating’ by Dhyan Shaida (Catherine Auman): “Romantic love prefers to be unrequited, causing a desire for someone you can’t have so bad you want to tear your heart out.”
“Always remember, the universe is unknowable, absolutely, because it is alive. Analysis kills,” states Osho.
Keerti writes about Osho saying, “Love should come out of your silence, awareness, meditativeness.” Published in the Deccan Chronicle, January 31, 2018.
In darshan, Osho speaks to Prito: “One has to be two things: at the center, bliss, at the circumference, love; inside, bliss, outside, love.
From Suha’s series ‘Beware: Slippery…. Sacred Ground – Small flashes of real life’. “Once I used to ask myself what I wanted and where I wanted to go. … Then I understood that everything is already given to me, even before I become aware of my needs.”
Love moves higher on the wings of understanding, on the wings of awareness, meditation, states Keerti in the Deccan Chronicle, published on December 15, 2017.
Osho reminds us to acknowledge that each child is different, writes Keerti in the Asian Age on November 15, 2017.
“If you can be angry, then why can’t you be loving?” asked Rinzai. From our series 1001 Tales, compiled by Shanti.
Osho explains to a new disciple that the people who come to a master can be divided into four categories.
Of all the bizarre moves federal US agencies (and many also in other countries these days) came up with in the last few years, this one beats them all! Published in The Kansas City Star and SOTT on October 4, 2017.
Rashid’s recent watercolours from the series Paramananda shown on The Awakened Eye. Published on September 3, 2017. Text by Rashid with an introduction by Miriam Louisa Simons.
A noted speaker, Hans Wilhelm has been inspiring audiences around the world with his spiritual and life-affirming concepts that he shares in many of his more than 200 books that he wrote and illustrated. This is his latest video about the negative impact of organised religions on the individual.
Osho responds to the question, “Do you resent America?”
A poem by Courtney A. Walsh
While humans are reaching a longer lifespan, afflictions such a dementia and Alzheimer’s are also on the rise. Instead of separating old people from their families who feel they cannot cope with the burden of care, there is maybe another, more humane way than institutions. Video posted on BBC on July 11, 2017.
Kaiyum reviews Catherine Auman’s (aka Dhyan Shaida) latest book and says, “…it shows a refreshing new paradigm in how to approach dating and finding a loving partner.”
An excerpt from the book by Dhyan Shaida (aka Catherine Auman), ‘Tantric Dating’.
In this first part of a series of 10, Osho speaks about the significance of the first and second chakras.
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.”