Your comments reveal that you see things from the perspective of a ‘cultist’, notwithstanding your critical remarks about Osho’s “half-cooked theories” and the “followers” who, you say, wrecked everything.

You conveniently forget that one primary thing Osho stood for was the integrity, the psycho-spritual growth of the individual; all else that he set up was ultimately to serve that. He totally respected our freedom to choose, to go our own way if moved to, declaring “I bless all methods, all genuine seeking, all paths.*

*(Quoted from memory, so not necessarily his exact words).

I am an ordinary soldier.

Nice ego-trip.

At least you could live your father’s unfulfilled expectations in your dream!

I do believe that the commune had rather a large cache of weapons, including some heavy artillery, rocket- propelled grenades? That you could have enjoyed.

After all, it may have been necessary to kill people to stay in Oregon, there were a lot of death threats and xenophobia from angry locals and some Christians, anti-cult groups were stirring up the pot and other hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan had sent threatening letters that they wanted to invade and kill Bhagwan and all the animals on the Ranch.

Sannyasins had to show that they were capable of retaliating, otherwise there could have easily been a rather nasty scene, with lots of bloodshed.

Reading your projection, Satchit, I tend to agree with Siggy.

In my case, I can relate well with Christian priests and monasteries, when I enter churches, they feel like part of my DNA.

Osho also became milestone because of His vision of commune. Commune was an evolution of monastery, monastery where monks and nuns don´t live segregated but in harmony of love.

Was a good idea though to fuck love is the easiest possible contamination. Followers did it brutally by honey-trapping the founder.

I speak directly to the part itself, and let it talk to me. I find it very revealing and also easy to go to the core. In dreams, when I think, “what was that all about?” Weird characters or landscapes are part of me, and have a story to tell, The same for people I might not like. Anyhow, I find it highly recommendable. (Btw, this is your therapeutic counsellor speaking…).