Category Archives: Discussion

Naturalism and contrasting National Psyches

Shantam writes about FKK in Germany – for the Edification of  his Countrymen! (This article first appeared at Osho News, but at the request of the author  also appears here as it is meant ideally to provoke discussion,  which is … Continue reading

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The legitimate place of the “device” in spiritiual work?

It is common when anyone asserts that some event around Osho was a “device”,  a cackle of bloggers immediately assert that to make out these things were devices is but to cover up simply failings on Osho’s part. (For example … Continue reading

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Is there a valid Hallucinatory ingredient to Spirituality?

From the tales of the transfiguration, to the visions of the Shamans, what is the interface of spirituality and seeing things that are not there?   SannyasNews thought this blog from the Emphiphenom website is of interest. (Thanks for Vartan … Continue reading

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The Psychology of the Follower

On November 18th, 1978, a man calling himself Rev. Jim Jones (though in fact he was a communist – his community in Guyana was lauded by Soviet visitors and writers at the time),   led his intentional agricultural community called the … Continue reading

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Money and the Spiritual Life

Sannyas, as it has developed has had quite different attitudes to money.  At the end of the communes in 1986 there was much talk of “poverty consciousness” but no-one seemed to know what it meant!  Of course it is all … Continue reading

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