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you must have seen this absolute classic piece…
by chris morris…

Ecstasy Rising (4of 5)

Vartan

The kind of Zen I am looking at is Archery and Swordsmanship as ways of teaching meditation. One good advantage is that they can be done both indoors and outdoors.

Osho on Zen Archery and Swordsmanship as […]

Babasvetlana, at my place of work there are some of us around the age 60 and quite a few young ones in their 20s.. My advice to the young ones is, look around at the old ones who have lived naughty lives, and at […]

Baba, I don’t suffer from headaches unless I’m doing a lot of crack, but that is easily remedied by a speedball. I suggest you try valium…it might help you relax. As for all those chips on your shoulder, I […]

Well, Vartan, back in the early seventies I tried laughing gas plenty of times. First time I took it I was impressed enough to do it again and again and again. It was fun, but too much gave me a terrible headache […]

I am nor sure when Our Friend started using N2O. What I tried to show above was, one, that he first used the term in 1967 (probably long before the N2O use) and, two, that the term was already being used as […]

was philosia something that came out of the nitrous sessions?

reminds me of the story,you must have heard it…
of william james,the guy who,according to osho coined the term “oceanic” to describe the […]

philosia reminds me of another greekish word that has never caught on…
psychopomp.
osho was definitely a psychopomp by definition
but the word just doesnt sound right.
it gives an image of a pompous psycho […]

vartan,
i think you`re right.

eg. sannyasnews is a genuinely philosian environment

and maybe as a noun.

we are all philosians here.

If anybody else but Osho was saying it, I wouldn’t have given it a second thought. I think it can work as an adjective.

Vartan

reminds me of a german guy i knew.
he found out i was interested in philosophy.east and west.
he thought about it deeply for a moment and he said,
”ya.if you dont have a porsche,i guess you need a philosophy”

i hear the word “euro” means “piss” in greek.

words count for a lot.

i dont really think “philosia” will catch on.

for me.”….osia” doesnt really cut it in english.

sounds too vague.
like a […]

In the way I heard it the cow was dyslexic and kept on repeating ”OOM”.

Vartan

you`re welcome.
i love shooting zen bull.

and those zen masters were masters of the one liner.

a disciple asked the zen master ho kin
”does a cow have buddha nature?”
he replied: ”mu”

Thanks for replying frank. I would love to disagree but I can’t. It’s hard to argue against hard truths. I may have to attack the messenger,

Vartan

according to the philosopher slavjob frankzec
trad zen was about a bunch of guys with shaved heads from one of the most militaristic societies ever,holed up in monasteries in the mountains eating too much […]