“But only a man of deep surrender knows that god is our protector,” says Osho.
“Surrender is only when even if you are right, you can give in,” explains Osho about work in the ashram.
Osho says, “If surrender sits on the shoulders of your will, you have managed one of the greatest things in life.”
“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: “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.”
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Pernilla Kannapinn wrote a few words for us to accompany her ‘Morning Prayer to the Universe’ recorded during her quarantine in Greece (music video and lyrics).
A little, but special note from Ayna.
Osho says, “When you surrender, the door opens. So don’t bother much where to surrender, simply think about more and more surrendering.”
Final part of ‘In the West’: Shivananda continues his storytelling while Punya asks the questions.
Man’s ego is such that it does not know how to surrender, writes Chaitanya Keerti in the Deccan Chronicle. Published on September 17, 2018.
Tonight Sagar came to darshan, telling Osho that Laxmi (the secretary of the organization) has asked him to leave the ashram. He asked Osho if he were really to leave or if this was a message to indicate that he should apply himself more to the work.
Second excerpt from Deva Abhiyana’s just released book, ‘The Long Reach of the Dharma’, Chapter 25.
Osho explains to a new disciple that the people who come to a master can be divided into four categories.
Pravasi’s vivid impressions of life in jail, going through the dark night of the soul, until he started a healthy routine of yoga, silent meditation, reading and writing. “Once you are free inside external freedom is extraneous and illusory…”
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Bhagawati recalls a particular day in her life as an ashramite in Pune.
Osho speaks on the topic: Surrender. “The buddha is a mirror: when you bow down you see your original face reflected in the buddha.”
Osho talks on the topic: Commune. “I would like to create a chain of communes all around the world…”
A personal reckoning of 13 years of commune life – by Priya Huffman
Leela relates how surrender can happen in many ways.
Surrender is a very paradoxical state: on one hand you disappear, on the other hand you appear for the first time in your infinite glory, in your multidimensional splendor.
Editorial by Pratiksha Apurv published in Speaking Tree, Times of India, August 28, 2015
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Kul Bhushan explains the ‘Mad Game’ of total surrender.
A scrapbook page by Sajjad.
Osho, a master surrendering to the birds! Thanks for the lesson.
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