Comments on: Son of Osho’s Philosophy Mentor Speaks

By: sannyasnews

sannyasnews — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:51:49 +0000

Thanks, that is very helpful, Arpana.

By: sw. veet (francesco)

sw. veet (francesco) — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:12:31 +0000

When you talk about “many stopped by cowardice”, to stay in the topic to me is not to talk about my heroism.

Even to me as Faceless that “cowardice” has sounded a bit moralistic. But unlike him I was not so heroic to swim up to Greece.

So while I exposed my working-class cowardice he could show off his heroism by defending the middle-class through Saxena and implicitly accusing you of bourgeois paternalism.

Of course, he did it with the grace that distinguishes him, as usual without even suspecting a thread of ego on….

By: Kavita

Kavita — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:55:52 +0000

Is there a way to see an alternative to facebook reference, if possible? Not all your readers have facebook as facebook is not yet compulsory for surfing the net!

By: Arpana

Arpana — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:35:29 +0000

Oh, ok! My bad, Frank.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:17:17 +0000

Of course, the “coward” Saxena should have allowed himself to be stripped by the mob so as he could have “exposed” himself to Osho and then had his ego buggered senseless or whatever and thus achieved surrender/enlightenment.

But no.
Another middle-class coward ‘missed’.
Tut tut!

Meanwhile, the working-on-themselves-class heroes of SN exposed themselves, and with ganglions gangling, swung into nirvana with not even a thread of ego on….

By: Arpana

Arpana — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 09:41:38 +0000

You are jealous, Shantam, because Osho recognised and acknowledged Dr. Saksena and didn’t know you existed.

Your spitefulness is thoroughly shameful.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 09:38:55 +0000

Arpana,
I was referring to Saxena’s account of meeting Osho in a satsang in Kathmandu that was published on SN in January:

“Much to everyone’s surprise, he headed straight for me and caught hold of my hands and looked lovingly into my eyes. Minutes passed and no word was exchanged between us. We just looked at each other and in silence spoke so much. His hands were so soft and I did manage to notice his diamond-studded watch. After what appeared like eternity, he folded his hands in Namaste and walked on. Bhagwan had disappeared into silence again.

But that was not the end of the evening. Hell broke loose. His disciples crowded around me. Each wanted to hug me and had tears in their eyes, exclaiming, “Oh, Bhagwan knows you!” “Oh, Bhagwan touched you!” It was getting more than I could handle. The melee felt like a riot of Elvis Presley fans. I would have lost my shirt and it would have been torn to shreds by souvenir seekers. My wife and I made a quick exit.”

By: Arpana

Arpana — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 08:30:42 +0000

Interesting that what Sannyas is about hangs on an already outdated technology, recording tape. Would not be without that technology.

By: Arpana

Arpana — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:19:51 +0000

Frank said:

“And Saxena`s observation of the embarrassing cultish Elvis/Beatles mob-mind fan type behaviour of sannyasins towards him in Kathmandu was a home truth that even the master couldn`t deliver.”

Bit of projecting going on there, Frank.

You ran off to Greece to be near him, as I recall.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:00:06 +0000

Was Mr Saxena a “coward” who bottled throwing his lot in with an enlightened master or did he just have another life to live?

As you point out, “exposing” yourself to a master didn`t work out too well for a lot of people anyway. Maybe for Saxena, living in fear of being nagged by his mother-in-law was a better life choice than ending up in the nick!

Who knows?

Osho didn`t seem to berate him, quite the opposite.

And Saxena`s observation of the embarrassing cultish Elvis /Beatles mob-mind fan type behaviour of sannyasins towards him in Kathmandu was a home truth that even the master couldn`t deliver.