Kul Bhushan has a look at the new buzz phrase ‘Mindful Living’.
Q: When you came to say farewell to Dadaji on the podium in Buddha Hall, suddenly the area where you and Dadaji’s body were became like a film. You both seemed to be without substance.
Walter ‘Walt’ Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist.
Article by Chaitanya Keerti published in The Asian Age on August 19, 2014
An update on the present court cases regarding the European TM case and the Swiss Ruling for OIF, Zurich.
Triggered by e-mail conversations with Bhagawati where the question arose ‘What is time?’, Bodhisagar felt inspired to write about his understanding.
Satya Vedant (Dr. Vasant Joshi) was recently interviewed by Osho News about his compilation of excerpts entitled ‘Being Osho – Rare Pearls from OSHO Darshan Diaries’.
Q: You said the other day that no one is interested any more in questions like “who created the universe?” but a recent edition of ‘Time Magazine’ devoted considerable space to an article entitled “In the Beginning: God and Science.”
Osho says:
“Animals should be loved, should be respected,
because somewhere at some time
they will also reach to the same consciousness as you.”
Psychologists say it is very difficult to find a man who has not thought at least four times in his life of committing suicide.
Called the Holy Ganges, Mother Ganges, Sacred Ganges, this river is the spiritual lifeline of eternal India.
Published in The Business Standard, India, July 21, 2014.
“If the world becomes a little more conscious, soldiers will throw away their arms and hug each other, sit down together under a tree and gossip.”
Chaitanya Keerti writes in Asian Age on July 21, 2014.
Published in The Jakarta Post, Indonesia, on July 21, 2014:
Let me tell you one story, one of the very daring and courageous stories. Such a courageous story is possible only in India. Not today’s India, because today’s India has become very cowardly.
11 characteristics of authentically happy people, by Drake Baer, published in The Business Insider, Indonesia, on July 2, 2014.
The first question:
“Happiness is not being smart enough to know what to worry about.”
Please comment.
Q: When I heard you say that you wanted a hundred of us enlightened as soon as possible, I wondered why a hundred?
Devageet speaks about his groundbreaking work with Oshodontics and its uniquely effective way for self-healing and self-transformation.
Q: You made me altogether confused and lethargic. I am like mad. At the moment I feel no trust even. Now tell me what should I do? Where should I go?
Bodhisagar visited a conference on ‘legged robotics’ at ETH, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
Q: Osho, why is it that one becomes so attached to the physical peculiarities of a master: his beauty, his gentleness, his language, his mispronunciation – so that alongside the awe and respect he inspires there grows such a feeling of tenderness and familiarity? If this is a device I want to be caught by it forever.
While an investigation into OIF is underway in Switzerland, there’s news about the European TM case and several letters have been distributed which you can read via the links given below. Ramateertha has responded to the letter by the Inner Circle on June 26, 2014 (PDF):
Nivedano… (Drumbeat) (Gibberish) Nivedano… (Drumbeat) Be silent, close your eyes. Feel your body to be frozen. Gather your consciousness inwards, deeper and deeper…. This silence, this peace, this blissfulness discovers the buddha within you. For these few moments you are a buddha and it is up to you, if you can remember – then you
“Artificial intelligence can do scientific work, mathematical work, calculation – great calculation and very quick and very efficiently, because it is a machine. But a machine cannot be aware of what it is doing.”
By Karnikowsky, published in Stuff.co.nz on May 31, 2014
Q: Osho, are you really crazy? How can I be crazy? I have no mind out of which to go. Osho, The First Principle, Ch 10, Q 4
Foreword by Khushwant Singh to this bestseller at Penguin that describes the life and legacy of Osho.
The concept of the successor is bureaucratic. The very idea of succession is not the right idea in the world of consciousness. That’s why I have said, I will not have successors. But you are right in saying that you will carry in your bones and in your blood my love, my insight. But don’t
Chaitanya Keerti writes in the Deccan Chronicle on May 16, 2014 on Zusia, a Hassidic mystic.