Link to an article in Forbes by executive consultant, leadership trainer and mentor Daphne Michaels. April 12, 2023.
Remembered by Sugata.
Fatima remembers a darshan in Sumila House, Juhu after Osho’s return to India.
Last week, German TV viewers had the choice between two documentaries on Osho and his people.
The book, Life’s Mysteries: An Introduction to the Teachings of Osho, published 30 years ago, is in the news again – by Bhagawati.
A tribute by Keerti to the Times Group chairperson whom he had met on several occasions when he was head of our Hindi Press Office.
Sargama reviewed the film, Bhagwan – Die Deutschen und der Guru (Bhagwan – The Germans and the Guru). We thought that although not everybody understands German, the footage is too beautiful not to be shown worldwide.
A show presented by Raghav Malhotra at New India News Live – discussing Osho’s intellectual property rights, the role of OIF, and the importance of Osho’s Samadhi in Pune.
Rosalie’s start as a Twinkie on Rancho Rajneesh, with visitors and media streaming in.
Punya’s time as a Twinkie – with excerpts from her book, On the Edge.
Punya writes of her time working in the Twinkie’s office in Rajneeshpuram – from her book, On the Edge.
In part 2 of her recollections, Bhagawati returns to Rajneeshpuram where intense times and historical events take place.
In part 1 of her recollections, Bhagawati writes about her adventures in Rajneeshpuram and Europe.
Veena, Sheela and the Twinkies
– a letter from Subhuti.
Veena recalls events and perceptions from the first two years in Rajneeshpuram, working as a Twinkie.
Divakar reflects on finding our own inner wisdom. A way to navigate a path to truth, through an ocean of opinions, beliefs, and information overload.
An amusing interaction shown in a short episode about sannyasins in Cologne during the 80s.
In this video, seasoned Dutch journalist Charles Groenhuijsen rejects the general media attitude of “Good news is no news.”
Nirbija sent details about this new project and will be one of the many readers of the Corriere della Sera to buy the weekly compilation.
Subhuti reflects on current – and past – affairs.
Keerti refers to the media coverage about Osho and his sannyasins and addresses how to go about negative statements in particular now on the occasion of Sheela’s visit to India.
Julian Assange’s recent arrest in London, UK, is being widely reported in the media, writes Bhagawati. (The article includes a video-interview by journalist, author and documentary filmmaker, John Pilger.)
Kul Bhushan writes about the time when sannyasins took over the London Hotel Café Royal on Regent Street for a weekend of song and dance, meditations and exhibitions.
While in Kulu Manali, Osho answers a question by M. Achana of Nawabanath, India: “Have you a message for the press?”
An excerpt from Punya’s book On the Edge recounting the time she was filing press clippings: “Most of my friends had no idea of what was going on in the media and would not have been particularly interested in knowing it either.”
Towards the end of his life, Carl Sagan expressed deep concern about the ‘dumbing down of America’. Buck Rogers writes in the Waking Times and SOTT.
The effect, that an echo chamber has, reinforces a person’s own present world view, making it seem more correct and more universally accepted than it really is, says Marc in his evaluation of yet another modern phenomenon.
Excerpt from Arjuna’s (John Hogue’s) recently released book, ‘Trump Strikes Syria: and North Korea?’
Iam Saums on the overwhelming power of the media – and a reminder to claim our own power and distinguish ourselves from societal fear, prejudice, propaganda and vanity.
Beloved Osho,
What is healthy journalism? Can journalism survive on positive news? Please explain your vision on the responsibility of the media.
Super Bowl 50 is an American football game to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL).
Naina interviewed Delhi-based friends working in the mainstream media, asking them how they manage to maintain a sane and healthy lifestyle.
A courageous talk by Monica Lewinsky at TED in March 2015.
Jon Rappoport, investigative reporter and author, writes about the hypnotic use of color in television news on ZenGardner.com
10 Shocking Facts About Society That We Absurdly Accept As Normal – published by Joe Martino on August 25, 2014 in
Collective Evolution and in SOTT.
Zen Gardner writes on August 4, 2014:
A famous quote by Meher Baba and used in a song by musician Bobby McFerrin used by mainstream media in the US.
Punya remembers the impact of Osho and his communes in the press.
That is part of the human mind: anything written and people believe it.
The definitive proof that the mainstream media is scripted…
Sarjano writes about the duty of an intellectual to write the truth and to shake up people by writing the blatant truth.
Shantam Prem from India is fed up with the yellow Hindi press writing nonsense about Osho
I have been observing that whenever press people come to the ashram they are always looking for something negative – sex, money, etcetera, etcetera. Can’t they see what is happening here?
More than fifty years ago, on April 27, 1961, John F. Kennedy gave a speech before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, in which he warned the press about the secret societies that are the real power in global affairs.
Part 5 of Bhagawati’s interview about her years in the commune given last year in New Delhi.
Punya remembers filing hundreds of press clippings with the photos of Osho’s Rolls Royces
Osho speaks about getting his Oregon driving license and being stopped by the police while driving on the county road in Oregon.
Visitors and press photographers at a summer festival in Rajeeshpuram, Oregon