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	<title>Comments on: Reflections on Sannyas Living and Getting Older, by Nitya Prem</title>
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		<title>By: swamishanti</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I noticed that my comment in reply to Dominic above, 1 June, 2023 at 4:48 pm, had been deleted, but SD said it was not by him. 
Now it has been restored. 

Apparently,Sheela and her cronies were quite a gay/bi group, running the commune. And now I suspect  Minnie the Minx may have some support from a government or deep state behind a government. Perhaps. Perhaps not. 

MOD:
Who do you mean by &quot;Minnie the Minx&quot;, Shanti - Sheela, or someone &#039;playing around&#039; with your posts? 

SHANTI: 
Sheela. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I noticed that my comment in reply to Dominic above, 1 June, 2023 at 4:48 pm, had been deleted, but SD said it was not by him.<br />
Now it has been restored. </p>
<p>Apparently,Sheela and her cronies were quite a gay/bi group, running the commune. And now I suspect  Minnie the Minx may have some support from a government or deep state behind a government. Perhaps. Perhaps not. </p>
<p>MOD:<br />
Who do you mean by &#8220;Minnie the Minx&#8221;, Shanti &#8211; Sheela, or someone &#8216;playing around&#8217; with your posts? </p>
<p>SHANTI:<br />
Sheela. </p>
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		<title>By: swamishanti</title>
		<link>http://sannyasnews.org/now/archives/10390#comment-112923</link>
		<dc:creator>swamishanti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lady Saw would have told Sheela in no uncertain terms: &quot;Mi no suck  no pussy round here”.

And she wasn`t into oral sex.  

Lady Saw:  ‘No Sucker’ :  https://youtu.be/N5mBKUoq1hY
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lady Saw would have told Sheela in no uncertain terms: &#8220;Mi no suck  no pussy round here”.</p>
<p>And she wasn`t into oral sex.  </p>
<p>Lady Saw:  ‘No Sucker’ :  <a href="https://youtu.be/N5mBKUoq1hY" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/N5mBKUoq1hY</a></p>
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		<title>By: swamishanti</title>
		<link>http://sannyasnews.org/now/archives/10390#comment-112922</link>
		<dc:creator>swamishanti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don`t think there is any truth to what you read on Reddit, Dominic. 

I was never asked if I was gay when I arrived in Pune Two, and I never heard anything like this from anyone else. And you weren`t either. 

We are not gay but I remember a loveosho podcast from a gay sannyasin who said that he wrote to Osho in Pune Two, and asked him about the matter, and Osho told him it is ok to enjoy men. As that was his preference.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don`t think there is any truth to what you read on Reddit, Dominic. </p>
<p>I was never asked if I was gay when I arrived in Pune Two, and I never heard anything like this from anyone else. And you weren`t either. </p>
<p>We are not gay but I remember a loveosho podcast from a gay sannyasin who said that he wrote to Osho in Pune Two, and asked him about the matter, and Osho told him it is ok to enjoy men. As that was his preference.</p>
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		<title>By: satchit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you misunderstood me, SD.

I did not declare that this phrase is from  Osho, certainly it is from me.

What I wanted to say is that one can easily change the argument and say &quot;purposeless&quot; is more spiritual, for example as in the story of Lao Tsu,&#039;The Useless Tree&#039;.



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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe you misunderstood me, SD.</p>
<p>I did not declare that this phrase is from  Osho, certainly it is from me.</p>
<p>What I wanted to say is that one can easily change the argument and say &#8220;purposeless&#8221; is more spiritual, for example as in the story of Lao Tsu,&#8217;The Useless Tree&#8217;.</p>
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		<title>By: dominic</title>
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		<dc:creator>dominic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you go to the bottom of the link page, you will see other links for Osho quotes to follow on this topic, if you&#039;re interested.

On balance, I think he had a somewhat negative view, and his answers may have been partly contextual and historical.

A reddit post said that gays were banned from the Pune ashram but accepted in Oregon, but I can neither confirm nor deny.
Given that gay sex wasn&#039;t legalised in India until 2018, this could also have been a legal matter.

Sexuality, and the number of mind-boggling sexual identities and acronyms there are these days, is a hot topic, hotter than Satchit&#039;s underpants in July.
In fact being straight, seems a little queer.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you go to the bottom of the link page, you will see other links for Osho quotes to follow on this topic, if you&#8217;re interested.</p>
<p>On balance, I think he had a somewhat negative view, and his answers may have been partly contextual and historical.</p>
<p>A reddit post said that gays were banned from the Pune ashram but accepted in Oregon, but I can neither confirm nor deny.<br />
Given that gay sex wasn&#8217;t legalised in India until 2018, this could also have been a legal matter.</p>
<p>Sexuality, and the number of mind-boggling sexual identities and acronyms there are these days, is a hot topic, hotter than Satchit&#8217;s underpants in July.<br />
In fact being straight, seems a little queer.</p>
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		<title>By: satyadeva</title>
		<link>http://sannyasnews.org/now/archives/10390#comment-112919</link>
		<dc:creator>satyadeva</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 09:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Satchit, of course he continually contradicted himself, but in this case it&#039;s you who&#039;s doing that &quot;turnaround&quot;, not Osho. In praising the creative achievements etc. of homosexuals he did not state or imply that “Homosexuality is higher than heterosexuality because it serves no purpose.” Rather the opposite in fact.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Satchit, of course he continually contradicted himself, but in this case it&#8217;s you who&#8217;s doing that &#8220;turnaround&#8221;, not Osho. In praising the creative achievements etc. of homosexuals he did not state or imply that “Homosexuality is higher than heterosexuality because it serves no purpose.” Rather the opposite in fact.</p>
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		<title>By: satchit</title>
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		<dc:creator>satchit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Osho&#039;s view of homosexuality&quot;

Did you finally get it that he changed his view like other people their underwear, SD?

I suggest the new article by Dominic (from 6:37 pm).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Osho&#8217;s view of homosexuality&#8221;</p>
<p>Did you finally get it that he changed his view like other people their underwear, SD?</p>
<p>I suggest the new article by Dominic (from 6:37 pm).</p>
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		<title>By: dominic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheela was one badass motherfighter (insertion applied). Is there any crime she failed to commit?

True to form, Osho contained multitudes, which means to be ‘complex, paradoxical and inconsistent’, and in another quote speaks favourably about batting for the other team, or both teams (although I think that’s just greedy!).

https://www.messagefrommasters.com/Shiva-Shakti/osho_on_homosexuality_acceptance.htm]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sheela was one badass motherfighter (insertion applied). Is there any crime she failed to commit?</p>
<p>True to form, Osho contained multitudes, which means to be ‘complex, paradoxical and inconsistent’, and in another quote speaks favourably about batting for the other team, or both teams (although I think that’s just greedy!).</p>
<p><a href="https://www.messagefrommasters.com/Shiva-Shakti/osho_on_homosexuality_acceptance.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.messagefrommasters.com/Shiva-Shakti/osho_on_homosexuality_acceptance.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: swamishanti</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 15:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know he supported having a separate communal space at the Ranch for sannyasins diagnosed with HIV, which he wanted to be luxurious and have all the best facilities. 

In fact Sheela sent a couple of sannyasins there whom she disfavoured, and gave them false diagnoses of hiv antibodies positive certificates as a sort of punishment. Fortunately, both of these people later found out they were in fact clear and survived. 
 
That was in the early days of the Aids pandemic when there was no treatment and it was like a death sentence.

But at Rajneeshpuram itself, I have heard that Sheela liked to surround herself with mainly homosexuals and bi-sexuals, and was rumoured to be having a relationship with the Phillipino nurse, Puja. Before she finally left Osho and the Ranch behind, taking with her $50 million dollars of the Ranch money (`lootera!`) she also committed bigamy by marrying an openly gay man, Dipo (Urs Birnstiel), a Swiss citizen, to get her Swiss Citizenship, whilst she was still legally married to Jayananda.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know he supported having a separate communal space at the Ranch for sannyasins diagnosed with HIV, which he wanted to be luxurious and have all the best facilities. </p>
<p>In fact Sheela sent a couple of sannyasins there whom she disfavoured, and gave them false diagnoses of hiv antibodies positive certificates as a sort of punishment. Fortunately, both of these people later found out they were in fact clear and survived. </p>
<p>That was in the early days of the Aids pandemic when there was no treatment and it was like a death sentence.</p>
<p>But at Rajneeshpuram itself, I have heard that Sheela liked to surround herself with mainly homosexuals and bi-sexuals, and was rumoured to be having a relationship with the Phillipino nurse, Puja. Before she finally left Osho and the Ranch behind, taking with her $50 million dollars of the Ranch money (`lootera!`) she also committed bigamy by marrying an openly gay man, Dipo (Urs Birnstiel), a Swiss citizen, to get her Swiss Citizenship, whilst she was still legally married to Jayananda.</p>
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		<title>By: satyadeva</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 15:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;You are too serious for my taste, SD.&quot; 

You mean, like Osho in this case? Oh well, at least I&#039;m in good company...

But really, a 100% predictable type of response there, Satchit. Thanks for the lol!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;You are too serious for my taste, SD.&#8221; </p>
<p>You mean, like Osho in this case? Oh well, at least I&#8217;m in good company&#8230;</p>
<p>But really, a 100% predictable type of response there, Satchit. Thanks for the lol!</p>
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