Osho quotes Coleridge: “These poems are the poems of my freedom – existence becoming free through me. These poems will have to wait.”
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 is asked, “Why am I afraid of other people?”
Osho speaks on ‘Dancing’; “The dancer remains one with the dance. Even when he starts dancing, the unity is not broken, there is no duality. Utter oneness.”
Osho says, “You have to remember that wherever you are it is a holy land and whatever you are doing it is divine.”
A meditation that can be done spontaneously with friends, anywhere.
“Between these two, everybody exists. Being a prince or being a beggar are just identities given by others. It is not your reality.”
“As you listen to music, listen to me that way. Don’t listen to me as you listen to a philosopher; listen to me as you listen to the birds,” says Osho.
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho: “Who knows what is going to happen in the unknown?”
Osho states, “In Sufism there is no one compared with Rabiya al-Adabiya.”
In 1982 while Osho was in public silence, he answered several questions put to him by Ed Bradley of the 60 Minutes team, one of them about enlightenment.
Short verse by Madhuri.
Osho states, “… there is no need that the revolution should happen before our eyes. It is contentment enough that you were part of a movement that changed the world.”
“Enlightenment is not a goal but the quality of being herenow,” states Osho.
Osho: “That’s what I have been doing my whole life, telling people, ‘Just a little more. Soon you will be reaching.'”
Kul Bhushan reports about the upcoming Hindi movie, ‘Secrets of Love’, with star Ravi Kishan playing the role of Osho and other pending projects.
Osho states, “And without being awakened you miss life, its meaning, and you will miss your death and its meaning.”
Osho says, “A poet cannot be corrected by a grammarian, by a linguist or by a scholar.”
“And the real couple is one in which each has joined with the other in a positive way,” says Osho.
Osho says, “All other human beings are just like you. Just forms differ, names differ….”
“I am certainly in love with the American Constitution, because it is the only hope for humanity,” says Osho.
Osho concludes his commentaries on the last stanzas: ‘With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.’
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho: “A life without love is life without life itself. It is just lived at the minimum, somehow lived, in fact a drag.”
Osho says, “Your mind is just… a TV screen or a drama stage. You are not supposed to act. You are not supposed to do anything.”
“Desiderata says: Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. Don’t condemn yourself – you are a child of the universe,” states Osho.
“Acceptance becomes a beautiful experience if it is at the same time enjoyment,” states Osho.
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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.
A meditation given by Osho to a new sannyasin to do at night before sleep.
Osho says, “If surrender sits on the shoulders of your will, you have managed one of the greatest things in life.”
Kul Bhushan writes about Ma Prem Bhagwati’s journey to become a Kathak dance devotee.
“Staking everything, knowing that you are gambling with the unknown… you may be victorious, you may be a failure, but it does not matter,” states Osho.
Osho speaks on further lines from the Desiderata, starting with ‘Neither be cynical about love… Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.’
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“Our own imagination is our last barrier. Once we are without imagination then reality is there face to face,” says Osho.
Osho states, “…stupidity goes on perpetuating itself.”
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho: “We are trying to create a new kind of human being without ego, without ambition, without any desire to succeed in the world…”
Osho comments on the lines: ‘Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection,’ from the Desiderata.
“The best in art, the best in music, the best in literature, the best in philosophy, the best in religion – all are mysteries,” says Osho.
Osho talks on ‘Breath’; “In Tantra, love-making is allowed only when you have learnt how to make love and yet keep your breath cool, rhythmic.”
Osho’s reply to a question from Italian TV, just a few months before he left his body.
“You have been eternally here, and you will be eternally here,” states Osho.
Osho speaks on Desiderata’s line: ‘Be yourself.’
A short meditation by Osho.
Osho explains that the name ‘Chinmatra’ simply means: only consciousness is true.
“You are living surrounded by death, and if this can be remembered, this can become the greatest stimulation for meditation, for awareness,” says Osho.
… with commentaries by Osho.
“Because the world consists of miserable people, you can force them to do anything,” declares Osho.
A poem by Leopold Staff with a commentary by Osho.
“First I want you to be established as a buddha. Then the second step is very easy: any day I can tell you to jump into the cosmos,” says Osho.
Osho states that “all religions have been teaching that everything is a dream.”
Be thankful, you are alive! Kul Bhushan’s thoughts about last year and the present.
Osho comments on: ‘Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter…’
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Osho’s letter to Krishna Saraswati, written on 20 February 1971.
Osho speaks on ‘Aloneness’; “Aloneness and silence are two aspects of one experience… If one wants to experience silence one has to go into one’s total aloneness.”
Excerpt about Osho from an article discussing Indian godmen Paramahamsa Nithyananda alias Nithyanand and Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan. By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, published in Blitz Weekly on 25 December 2020.
Welcome the New Year with Phoebe’s horoscope. Osho: “If you desire growth you will have to be always ready to move through new visions, new territories, new planes…”
Osho continues with the line in Desiderata: ‘Without surrender, without making any compromise, remain yourself.’