A Cup of Tea (138)
“Our own imagination is our last barrier. Once we are without imagination then reality is there face to face,” says Osho.
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…”
“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.”
“You are living surrounded by death, and if this can be remembered, this can become the greatest stimulation for meditation, for awareness,” says 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 comments on the quote from the Desiderata: ‘Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter…’
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.’
Nan In said to the archbishop, “Whoever has written these sentences will become a buddha in some future life.”
Akhil and six-year-old daughter Premo are called up in darshan to come forward to sit in front of Osho.
The village where Osho was born has all but forgotten him. Sravani Sarkar visits Kuchwada. Published in The Week Magazine, December 13, 2020.
Osho speaks on the line from the Desiderata: ‘If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.’
Intuition that cannot be explained by knowledge or experience is actually the centre of consciousness, writes Pratiksha Apurv. Published in The Times of India and Speaking Tree, November 21, 2020.
“We are to destroy the whole past. It has been a horrible past, it has been a nightmare,” states Osho.
Osho states, “Each system is perfect and works. But don’t mix it with anything else; let it function on its own.”
“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence,” and “As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons,” are the next lines of the Desiderata.
“If your life is becoming insane just look deep down – you will find that all this deciding is driving you mad too,” says Osho.
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho: “Wherever human mind finds any barrier, any slavery, any limitation, it fights against it. The whole human history is a fight for freedom…”
A sannyasin, arriving, says he feels simultaneously very young and very old; and he feels to be alone.
Osho states: “He was a conqueror. He was pushing the river of life according to his desires… Please, flow with the river. You are a part, you cannot impose yourself on the whole; the whole is infinite.”
Osho says, “There is a way of being in contact with reality without words… Words don’t help, they hinder.”
“…your soul is intrinsically free. You don’t have to ask for it, and you don’t have to struggle for it. It is already there, this very moment,” says Osho.
Deva Dosa contemplates miraculous healings and insights from an abundance of zoom offerings facilitated by the Osho Atlanta team and others.
Osho speaks on the topic of ‘Nature’: “This planet has to be loved, this planet has to be rejoiced in. It is a gift.”
Excerpt from a sizeable article by Shyam Lal Soni, a childhood friend of Osho. Translated from Hindi.