As to the present, all my posts are about the present. They are sometimes informed by and discuss historical things, but usually because the lessons of the past are so easily forgotten. This is not just by sannyasins, it is a human characteristic.

Your own preoccupation is Pune 2 and 3 as far as I can see. These two periods are normally regarded as historical periods.

Some of the people to whom you seem currently allied are much more stuck in the past than me, they want orange, malas, and names given usually by themselves, self-defining as venerable ‘leading’ disciples of Osho. A direct and replicate return to the Poona ashram of the late seventies!

My diagnosis is that you have a particularly virulent form of graphorrea!

As a professional, let me assure you that it could easily be cured by nothing more complicated than a cork, a butt-plug and extremely large, flat, heavy gloves!

Hari Om!
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Allah Akbar!

For me, Sannyasnews is the epitome of Sannyas voice, and surely it would not have been possible without your active involvement and feeling of Buddhafield oneness.

My observation is based on your writings. You never go beyond the first-hand experience regarding the organisational workings around Osho.

In your views expressed, one gets the impression, after Sheela everything became holy around Osho and it will remain so, even if master is no more around.

Why there is not a single post from you which addresses the present or the future?

Many here do make efforts with their comments. Can you also adopt this type of work?

Before that time, some centre leaders were really quite fundamentalist about this, and used to tick people off if they were not using their names in places of work, etc. Once I heard a probation officer being told off at a London centre for not using his name at work. When he demurred, the centre leader said, “Then change your job – get out of government employment”.

Changing the name was valuable to me, and I think, many others. Families, etc. suffered and never really accepted such things. However, to me, myself, it always acted as a reminder that there was a possibility of being twice-born when suddenly it was used, and I had forgotten.

After October, 1985, it became impractical in the outside world, given that the common consciousness had been informed the movement had collapsed and been involved in nefarious practices.

In the present day Resort I believe that for some time ‘new’ sannyasins are not given a Sanskrit name, but can choose one of their own if they like.

From 1985 to the present day I often gave myself unstintingly to Osho’s work, as ordinarily understood, including leading Osho meditations for many years in north London, and acting as a mainstream networker, and running a small magazine devoted to Osho.
For me, the Buddhafield has never died.