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Frank
26 May, 11.00 am

That to me seems to cover it not only quite well, but very well.

NP @28 May, 8.10h

If I have caught the details correctly Osho was invited to the commune. And he accepted the invitation under the precondition of being able to do things 100% in his way, to have free reign of […]

Just doing something without thinking left and right and expecting something out of it can imo also be quite an egoless action:

Making spaghetti for the 9 year-old to come home from school.
Taking out the pots, […]

As far as I understand – after reading comments regarding sexual acts with children and what should have been done about it – the role Bhagwan/Osho wanted to play was not one of a manager of commune affairs.

But […]

SD,

Emptiness also suggests that ‘nothing is happening in the consciousness’ anymore.

Imo this is not the case: thinking, feeling etc. are still there – each having one aspect of clarity and one of emptiness. […]

Satchit,

I believe or dream that it is possible.

But then, one will still be in the world and there will be actions and exchanges. With whatever happenings and consequences.

Is there suffering? Question: Who is […]

When I started here on the blog I got shocked, too.

Then I realised that actually I had to look at my own reactions, feelings and attitudes: I saw that in the beginning here I was a simplistic person, simple […]

In the afternoon, I have read through some facebook posts dated end of April to 8th May 2022 regarding the “grooming of and having sex with minors in Poona and Oregon”….

Therefore, I want to add to my above […]

I had a similar reaction regarding the books, words and teachings:

“Is it really that intelligent? Is it practicable? Does it really fit me?”

As you wrote to me in a previous comment, it is quite easy and […]

Garima,

Lovely characterisation, to me.

Everyone being a bit ‘overboard’ in his or her own way brings in the fire required (?). Question mark as this might not be real English….

That’s the problem with words: […]

Skin in the game. True.
When we attach our goodselves to a spiritual teacher/guru, we attach ourselves to non-attachment. Finally.

Now, I feel that everybody should be in a position to have as much sex as they […]

10 Paramis = Theravada Buddhism / Burma, Thailand, Laos, Sri Lanka etc.

6 Paramitas = Mahayana Buddhism / Tibetan etc.

That’s why 16. points.

Sorry confusion.

Addition:

Out of my experience on this path I can say that if these factors are not cultivated by one’s own effort even with the help of the teacher one will fall back to the level ‘work for oneself’.

With […]

Mod:

Sorry, I was typing from my mind…and not checking vocabulary:
harking = raking

paramis: buddhist term for virtues (or more commonly, good karma) to be cultivated/accumulated which will take the meditation […]

Oh:

…and even without anyone else being around.

No guru, no method, no teacher.
Thats what Van Morrison claimed.

Well, that sounds…at the least promising.

It also could happen the other way around.

In the ZEN approach ‘it’ – satori, kundalini, awakening, slipping into nothingness/the void – could also happen while […]

Yes, Garima, that is were I find acceptance, too:
What are my reactions? To already known plus new info.
Then I feel it settles, but may change again….

No need to worry about me. That’s my job.

No need to go low, it is only views and opinions. No rewards there, imo.

The incriminated person cannot protect himself now. He also cannot make any (criminal) claims against these statements, afaik.

With Americans, I very, very, very often give them “the benefit of the doubt” as I […]

Satchit,

Interesting stance on other people’s views making them “idiots”.

Man, I never called you this.

I have a faint feeling that he might have had a ‘hangover’ from unfulfilled Kajuraho fantasies. […]