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“The meditator walks differently; he has a grace in every one of his actions. He also speaks differently. He does not bother about linguistics or grammar, his whole concern is to expose his heart, as far as is […]

You may be content to “pick over Osho’s legacy”, Lokesh, but for me Osho was not the end of a journey but the start of one. There is life still in meditation, in a real connection with spirit, the vibrations of […]

Well, Shantam, believing that is one way of protecting yourself from feeling you’ve missed something despite your many years in Sannyas – and of feeling superior to the millions who tend to feel differently, […]

Ok, in that the “softening up” inflicted upon Osho wasn’t necessarily meant to kill him, but the way he was treated still smacks of deep prejudice, a total lack of understanding or even a wish to understand the […]

Enlightement is as bogus as G spot.
Time to be real.

Iqbal’s letter carries a little contradiction. On the one hand he says, “still I love and appreciate the genius mystic who had a good intention”, and on the other hand he asks, ‘what about the thallium poisoning […]

Well, it was a symbolic crucifixion only.

Oh, oh, here we go again on SN. Picking over Osho’s legless legacy.

My time with Osho drew to a close in 1981, after six marvellous years in Poona One. It reminds me of a line from a Grateful Dead song: “It’s all […]

I doubt that from the enlightened perspective betrayal is possible.
Who betrays whom?

There is only one consciousness, oneness.

On my request, Toby has started sharing his thoughts at sannyasnews.
It seems his posts are doing quite well.
I have asked him to write a bit of introduction, so that friends know a bit about the background. […]

Yes..this i mean.
It is a baseline of my city´s university also, Truth will set you free.

I think ‘Truth liberates’ is part of stoicism, much deeper and more rooted than Rajneeshism or Oshoism.

In what ways (apart from aspects of his later sex life) did Osho exactly mimic the “sick institutions he criticised”, Toby?

But Osho was most definitely not in favour of “crucifixion”, either at one’s own or others’ hands. He was never going to take that path, and if you think that he ‘ought’ to have then you’ve misunderstood him and […]

What I find most disappointing is the betrayal of the love and trust of innocents, both by Osho and those populating his power structure. We thought he was an alternative to the sick institutions he criticized, […]

Hmm, you’d think the ‘enlightened’ thing to do would be to allow the authorities to arrest you and allow the crucifixion to happen, whatever form it might take.

After all, it has happened to many other enlightened masters….

“Truth liberates” does not mean to change one belief with another. It means drop the hearsay and the beliefs.

TM says, “Meme processors of memes passed down from Madison Avenue and Hollywood and what have you.”

Quite so. I was just watching an American TV series with my partner and I said to her, “You know, there are […]

Hi Toby, you are probably right about all that. Once the Ranch got going, my focus lay elsewhere, and I paid little heed to what was going on there.

You ask, “How are you sure that Osho was courageous and […]

How are you sure that Osho was courageous and accepting facing death, and why do you think that the people working with the FBI will not be?

In fact the FBI knew of Osho’s plan to surround his house with a chain […]

I’m not saying that Osho was not powerful and clear in many ways, but the fact that he was apparently not afraid of death is really nothing special. I’ve known many people who were cool with it.

In fact Osho was […]