Ramatheertha’s Recent Letter

To Friends and Lovers of Osho

On August 10th another so called,  ‘Open Letter’,  from the Inner Circle (IC) was sent out to Osho Centres by Global Connections. It is simply a continuation of the effort to discredit, to defame and to mis-inform the Osho Centres by telling lies and misinterpreting facts.  Here is my response:

The IC refers to a trademark, Rajneesh’ for EDUCATIONAL SERVICES – NAMELY CONDUCTING COURSES IN SPIRITUAL THERAPY, MIND AND BODY TRAINING, MEDITATION, SELF-TRANSFORMATION, AND COUNSELING, which existed in the US saying that this was a valid trademark till 1993.

Fortunately the IC graciously attached the original registration of this Mark. And this one is really worth looking at: The application for this mark was filed on Sept. 9th, 1985. Only 6 days later on Sept. 14th Sheela and her gang left the Ranch only to get arrested a few days later in Germany for the criminal actions she had committed. The application for this mark was Sheela’s ‘parting gift’,  so to speak. In her desire and lust for control she wanted to set up a system that would give her all the power to dominate all Osho Centres!

In Europe she had set up a business called “Rajneesh Licensing LTD”  and I have the copies of the Franchise Contracts drafted for the Centres to sign!  (Up even until today Sheela insists on the fact, that she was acting according to Osho’s will,  and thereby does not take responsibility for her own actions.)

However Osho publicly denounced Sheela’s statement especially in an Interview with the German Osho Times in Dec 1985 in Kulu Manali where I was present:  Osho says: “That’s where I differed from Sheela. As I started speaking, I found out, that she has done absolutely the opposite of what I have been teaching for 30 years. I am for individuality, I am for freedom, I am for the freedom of chaos. … While I was in Poona, thousands of Centers around the world were working without any order, without any structure. … She dissolved all those small beautiful centers and created big communes so that more money can be created. My interest is not money. My interest is how more consciousness can be created. But her whole effort and her whole clique was concentratedly working on one goal: how to create more money…. Whatever she did was absolutely against me.”

It is interesting that with reference to the trademark in the US, that was filed by her 6 days before she left Oregon. The current Inner Circle now wants to prove that Osho wanted a trademark!  I simply insist on the fact, that in Europe no such trademark has ever existed before 1998. And it is throwing dust into the eyes of people trying to connect this trademark in the US with the situation in Europe. Suddenly it is supposedly to replace Sheela’s US trademark in Europe!  What nonsense!

Osho Global Connectons was originally designed as a meeting place of Osho friends and lovers so that they would be able to meet and support each other. In an article from Swami Amrito, also known as Dr. John Andrews, published in the Osho Times in 1990 he writes: “Point one is, that in the Sannyas-World organism replaces organisation. The form of the hirarchical structured organisation has given place to the concept of the organism, a concept in which each part of the organism is connected to any other part. The whole approach of a leader like in Rajneespuram (Oregon) we have left behind us and nobody is interested in repeating it once more.”Amrito goes on quoting Osho: “An organism is something similar to your body. It functions as a unity, but each organ of the body has its own individuality. There is nobody by which it is dominated.”

Looking at the situation of Global Connections today it seems to me, that it has deteriorated into an ‘Licensing — Company’ acting as an agent for OIF.  Ma Vatayana testified in the US trademark case, that she is “policing and monitoring the centres”. The names have changed but the spirit is the same. Insofar the sentence: “Osho Centres are Osho’s centres and have particular guidelines, which Global Connectons takes care of – exactly as Osho arranged it.” This is a complete lie.

At this point I want to say something about the issue around UG Krishnamurti,  that the IC is raving about.  UG Krishnamurti was a friend of mine and I was seeing him sometimes. I do not think that it is the IC’s business to play peeping Tom and bother about who is seeing who as a friend. To mention this story now,  and being holy about it is simply cheap and actually belongs to the category of religious fanaticism that cults and so called ‘sects’ display to ‘discipline’ their  ‘flock’.

What gives a delicate twist to the IC’s letter about me with the picture of me and UG Krishnamurti is the fact, that this picture is stolen from the my-space account of a private person and that this is an infringment on the copyright of the person that took the picture (I know that person)! That shows the ‘sincerity’ of these people if it comes down to intellectual property rights: if the morality serves their ambition for power and control they make a big fuss about it; If the morality stands in their way and does not serve their purpose, they simply do not care about it.

It is true that the last thing Osho wanted is a religion. But that is exactly what is created through the trademark. Saying that is is not a religion does not mean anything. What matters is the actions of the IC and OIF and the effect and the results they create! I call it a trademark — religion.

Hundreds of Sannyasins have been banned from the ,Resort’. The people that have testified in both the cases in the US and inEurope – simply stating facts in their testimonies(!) — have been heavily harrassed and bullied by OIF! Of course they are all banned from the ,Resort’! Their Facebook-pages have been removed without warning. Videos were removed from YouTube (and had to be put back on again after the intervention from a lawyer). They were threatened with legal actions, bombarded with so called Cease and Desist Letters (Unterlassungserklärungen) and were asked to agree to the trademark or else they would loose their Facebook pages.The latest action is the attempt of OIF to close down the website(!) of www.OshoNews.com<http://www.OshoNews.com/>!

What else than a ‘Religion’ or a ‘cult’ is this? What else than a revival of Sheela’s dream of power and control is this?

The IC’s letter from August 10th ends with another big lie, which is constantly repeated to mislead and antgonise people:  that the court case in Europe is about the legal protection of the trademark and(!) the copyright. This is absolutely false and defaming! This court case is only — let me repeat — only(!) about the trademark and has nothing to do with the copyright. It is not part of this litigation.

Cologne, August 21st,  2013
Ramateertha

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47 Responses to Ramatheertha’s Recent Letter

  1. Arpana says:

    This is how plaintiffs in divorces speak.

  2. shantam prem says:

    I think Turiya, one of the original inner circle member should lead Path of Love workshop with Osho elites. Love is missing like rain in the desert.
    What to say about higher wisdom, even common sense is lacking. Is it because of meditation or arrogance about meditation?

    • Arpana says:

      A close friend of mine is a Dr, and she is more tentative
      about coming up with a diagnoses, prescribing a treatment, for a patient who is sitting in front of her, than you you are about diagnosing and prescribing treatment for a man who is thousands of miles away, who you probably have not seen for twenty years, and probably never met.

  3. swami satyam dhyanraj says:

    amrito is certainly the hypocrite isnt he – what he is saying in 1990 he contradicts completely with his actions against sannyasins today
    he has created the no osho master forgive me and forget me religion – and yet profits from selling osho, attacking all those who he sees as a threat to his domination and bottom line

  4. shantam prem says:

    “In the name of religion, in the name of morality, in the name of nationality, people are torturing each other, killing each other. Beautiful names have been found for very pathological, insane things. Insanities are called ‘nationalities.’ Insanities are called ‘moralities.’ Beautiful labels on very ugly things.”

    These Osho words are today’s “No Thought” at official website from Pune.
    Most often i start my day by listening no thoughts in His voice. This is the only reason, i click osho.com

    Is there any other master; not the head master but Sadguru who has spoken for so many years against all the established norms?
    Not just spoken by tried to create a better world during his limited life span?
    Is this not an irony to see his own world getting all the dark shades prevalent every where?
    Is this too the work of Pope Francis to boost the energy of sannyas and fix the leaking?

    • Lokesh says:

      Shantypants enquires, ‘Is there any other master; not the head master but Sadguru who has spoken for so many years against all the established norms?’
      Definitely not. Perhaps sadguru did not see it as necessary. Talk is, afterall, cheap.
      I’m not even sure if Osho was trying to create a better world, viewing life as perfect as it is. What do you think he was suggesting by saying this very body the Buddha etc? More and more advances are being made in the scientific world that strongly suggest that the world is virtual not actual, which brings it down to as a man believes the world to be so it will appear.

  5. prem martyn says:

    Dysfunctional spiritual family legacies.. or the problem is not the problem but the attitude to the problem is the problem.? ..Tonight on GlobOsho Vision TV…We ask ‘,How Should I sit in my armchair and think ‘ ?
    ..
    Since when was life with El Maestro straightforward. Enjoy the show. Since when was it a self regulating paradise amongst equals with full transparency at head honcho headquarters ? If you want that , you have to create it, like me and Jyoti and Anugito and Antar and all the other collaborationist guys and gals did at KH when faced with an internal ruckass. When its ‘ trubble at mill’ you have ta get in there and muck out the yard, aye lad. Aye, I be right proud of sortin the men out from chickens there, put ‘t lead in ‘t pencil.
    Stop thinking (embedded hypnotic command ) of Pune as anything but an ongoing experiment in the making or you’ll end up with egg on yer face trying to be right instead of enjoying the ride, and seeing what happens. You know just like Bhagwosh did. But you’ve got to be able to face up to £50 million dollars worth of legal fees. Or its just jeering from the sidelines. Either way I neither know nor care of the outcome., because like Groucho Marx , I wouldn’t belong to any club that would have me.

  6. alokjohn says:

    Perhaps publish the ‘Open Letter’ as well?

  7. sannyasnews says:

    Okay Alok that sounds fair.
    Do you have a copy of the open letter.
    If so send it us and we will put it up.

  8. Prem Martyn says:

    Following recent events in the USA with a certain corporal who has been severely punished, by those who believe him telling civilians the facts from behind a computer, is more lethal than actuallly killing them from their helicopter, and who would now like to be known as Chelsea , ….then Sannyas News is happy to confirm that our very own wicked leaking media filer, would now like to be known as Ma Shamtaine Hoolahan Hot Lips.

    love ,
    All the crew at MASH

  9. shantam prem says:

    I thought may be i will find this Open letter from Global Connections in google search. it is not there but found this boring and dry page about the Global Connections.
    It is like President of Zimbabwe; Swami Mugabe issues a world appeal. Who will listen who will follow?

    OSHO® GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
    Osho Global Connections is the international office for all Osho meditation centers, Osho Institutes, and Osho Information Centers around the world.

    This office is available to answer any questions you may have about these centers. Information
    For
    OSHO CENTERS
    Orientation Information

    In particular, Osho Global Connections is responsible for granting permission to start an Osho Meditation Center, Osho Institute, or Osho Information Center, and to use the mark “OSHO” in this context. Global Connections provides all the relevant
    information related to the following:

    Details of the year-round, Osho Center Leader Trainings at the Osho Meditation Resort, India.
    Arranges Conferences and Seminars related to the functioning of Osho Centers.
    The Osho Meditation Center Orientation Handbook, which contains all the existing guidelines regarding the functioning of these entities.
    Other information that may be needed for specific situations at Osho centers related to specific local situations.
    Copyright, trademark, and licensing questions regarding Osho Centers
    In addition Global Connections:

    Stays in touch with the Osho Centers around the world with personal visits, a newsletter, and ongoing correspondence.

    Coordinates, liaises with, and lists venues around the globe where Osho Meditations are offered, or where information about Osho activities may be obtained.

    Coordinates with individuals who wish to help making the Osho proposal available worldwide.

    Answers questions from the general public related to questions about the Osho Meditations, in particular the Osho Active MeditationsTM and places to meditate.

    Supports activities to promote Osho Meditations which can be done simultaneously around the globe such as the Global 21-Day Osho Dynamic MeditationTM Project.

    For any question in this area, please contact us:

    Osho Global Connections
    17, Koregaon Park,
    Pune 411001 (MS), India,
    Tel: +91-20-6601-9999
    Fax. +91-20-6601-9990
    E-mail: Global@osho.net
    Online: http://www.osho.com/GlobalConnections

  10. shantam prem says:

    It will be interestting of Parmartha as editor of Sannyasnews, emails direcly to the global connections and ask for the above said open letter.
    Let us see, how promptly they forward the letter without much drama.
    Any institution which over steps the democratic norms cannot exist for a long.

  11. Lokesh says:

    Shantypants declares, ‘Any institution which over steps the democratic norms cannot exist for a long.’
    The Poona Ashram was never a democracy, so is that included?

  12. Arpana says:

    Interesting how calm and measured are the responses of those who have no interest in replacing, taking over from the central figures at the ashram, compared with the bile, negativity, hysterical ranting, and tendentious burbling of those who want to take over their role.

  13. frank says:

    well,well,well.
    the archbishop of cologne, who kept his exalted status by pledged his undying love for osho turns out was sneaking off (secretly from his flock,who would have defrocked him if they knew) on dirty weekends with ug.

    moral of the story:
    if you suck an archbishop,be prepared for a mouthful of cheese.

    dodgpots,slimeballs,alcoholics,deluded mental cases,silly outfits,bad haircuts,unwarranted facial hair,parroted pronouncements and all with their little band of emotionally stunted retards who support them.
    and they are all in the right.

    religion,eh?
    bloody `ell.

  14. shantam prem says:

    I think Arpana was in the same collage in London with Assad.
    “Look look how calm and measured he looks in his photos; not hysterical not war monger, not spitting poison.”

    This is the decline of Osho´s work because He was never selling His books as do it yourself kind of kit.
    Purpose of commune(ashram) was were seekers tighten the nuts and bolts of each other, and it functioned well, very scientifically.

    I will really request Arpana to find some seekers community where he can get backed. Most of his words smell like Dr. Oetker pizza in the super markets.

    • Arpana says:

      I think Shantam was in the same collage in London with Assad.
      “Look look how calm and measured he looks in his photos; not hysterical not war monger, not spitting poison.”

      This is the decline of Osho´s work because He was never selling His books as do it yourself kind of kit.
      Purpose of commune(ashram) was were seekers tighten the nuts and bolts of each other, and it functioned well, very scientifically.

      I will really request Shantam to find some seekers community where he can get backed. Most of his words smell like Dr. Oetker pizza in the super markets.

    • frank says:

      I am thinking the arpana was in some collage of my confused mind saddam assad sadass looking at the osho photos and saying “how calm and measured he looks”
      purpose of commune was to tighten the nuts and bolts in each other. my nuts were tightened in chuddies then released with western mas before I made bolt for it.
      it functioned very well,very scientifically.
      it was like dr oetkar pizzas,the more you eat the more you want,not like desi curry served cold with too much oil where mouth is burned out in first mouthful and having to run to hole in ground with water-pot!
      years ago I have written.anyone who has read a bit of porn can understand that enlightened masters are allowed to do anything they want because they are CEO of own brand and not subject to corporate legislation.
      when monarch dies another monarch is appointed
      god save the q

      • frank says:

        this is the decline of oshos work,because he was not selling his books as do it yourself kit.
        therefore I am unable to do it myself, so am standing in bathroom calling for CEO of assbook, spiritual chuddie-changing corporation to fasten nuts and bolts of the holy underwear.
        99% of indian disciples leave chuddie changing to close family relatives but oshos guidelines suggest rainbow-coloured chuddie change by democratically elected 21 legacy holders holding legs which must follow some basic norms of democracy corporate culture and nursing.
        is it too the work of pope francis to help the
        leaking?

        • Prem Martyn says:

          Whatsoever all Britisher of Queen hugging movement is saying , I will…by almighty god-given strength with all my fire and courage for truth keep up my stuck-record from early childhood trauma of uninvestigated parenting issues , bring to justice and continue in my democratic salty issues and empire tax campaign complete with white builders hat. Every time I see any form of event over which I have no effect whatsoever,mainly because I have no understanding of my own family issues let alone how to handle them whilst living with my amma who keeps my supply of curry and lard flavour samosas going…..
          then and only then will my introjections finally stop.

          Ps Many women avoid my chat up lines that include , ‘sorry I can’t come out tonight because I have some lardy chocolate and ham fritters to finish off. How about we meet at Lidl tomorrow ?’

  15. shantam prem says:

    The Poona Ashram was never a democracy, so is that included?
    Swami Ibiza Lokesh you are right.
    But don´t you think life changes when Monarch dies without appointing another monarch?
    Years ago I have written, Only the Enlightened masters and entrepreneurs has the right to be ruthless about their command, rest of all must follow some basic norms of democracy and corporate culture.

    And this too must be remembered, How daring Osho was in his dealings. Whereas 99% Indian gurus leave the chairmanship in the hands of family members if they are unable to find a spiritual sccessor among the blood relations or disciples; Osho chose 20% people who were with him for long time and they were really rainbow in their temperament and from their origin of countries.

    • Arpana says:

      Nagging, in interpersonal communication, is repetitious behavior in the form of pestering, hectoring or otherwise continuous urging an individual to complete previously discussed requests or act on advice.

      According to the Wall Street Journal, nagging is “the interaction in which one person repeatedly makes a request, the other person repeatedly ignores it.

  16. shantam prem says:

    Mama mia Missing Osho.
    As i try to imagine, He would have delivered a 120 minutes discourse on Asa Ram episode.
    Before I take the sutras of Maneesha, I have something urgent to say about the Hindu Chauvinistic mind, their religious preacher who was always calling me a sex guru is caught with his pants down or I should say Dhoti up……….

    PS- If someone is unaware about this gentle saint, please Google Asa Ram Bapu for news and bio of this most successful and rich Hindu preacher.

  17. Kalpa says:

    A beautiful interview of Ramateertha by Harideva for those who didn’t read yet; “Without Freedom Love is Not Possible”

    http://oshoviha.blogspot.nl/2010/09/without-love-freedom-is-not-possible.html

  18. Kavita says:

    To be fair to myself , I think & feel , Ramatheertha’s spiritual academics is evident , in ratio to Jayesh’s practical mediocrity .

    • Arpana says:

      Have you had direct dealings with Jayesh Kavita.
      Would be good to get a viewpoint from someone whose
      had dealings with him directly.

      • Kavita says:

        No Arpana , I haven’t had any direct dealings with either of them , Iam glad I have been fortunate / unfortunate for that .Yes I have quite a few friends who have / had direct dealings with Jayesh . I have nothing personal with Ramateertha / Jayesh .

        Iam gladder that the only connection I share with them is through Osho . As I can share my observation with least prejudice .

  19. Atmo says:

    Yackety, yacket, yackety yack……..Noise.
    With Love.

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