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Frank, what do you mean by the word “meditation”?

This has a ring of truth, from an interview with Mominatu.

Question:
“Finally, what are the books, movies and music that have fed you, that have centered you during this time?”

Answer:
“Wow. That’s a […]

Putting this site on life support is not dignified. When Parmartha died I suggested letting SannyasNews die. Parmartha had dignity. He did not beg.

All things born will die (Alfred Lord Tennyson). It is time […]

Great title for Joan’s latest book: ‘Death: The End of Self-Improvement’.

I came across this recently:

“We’re obviously in a wonky period now and it might be awhile before things stabilize again. Whether or not […]

Why not live the present moment fully and simply enjoy life? Each breath is a gift. Why talk about “enlightenment”? Maybe because the ego makes you think enlightenment is somehow special?

Fuggedaboutit.

“Don’t […]

Lokesh says, “Phew, glad I am not a spiritual seeker. What a relief.”

I was once not interested in awakening. I didn’t even know I was asleep, so no need for spiritual seeking. Then I was interested in spiritual […]

Recent research indicates spiritual bypassing may be useful:

“The authors collected a sample (783 participants) from the general population and tested a parallel mediation model in which 2 factors of spiritual […]

Thank you, Klaus. This fellow, Osho, is brilliant, a Master of Masters.

Is Rumi guilty of spiritual bypassing?

“Spiritual bypassing…to avoid dealing with our painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs.” John Welwood, 1984).

It has become fashionable to condemn “spiritual bypassing”…almost dogmatically […]

Thanks for sharing this of Pune One. My experience of Pune Two was equally chainless. 38 years of neo-Sannyas…shedding chains with each breath. Ahhh, This!

Thank you, Madhu, for your beautiful nature-inspired messages! Sun is not shining here but drizzly overcast days have their own intimate beauty.

Many take nature (or Nature) as their satsang-giver. I have never […]

Well said, Lokesh!

”I do not believe that visualizing no shit happening in the course of one’s life is going to lead to a shit-free life, but of course the ‘create your own reality’ believers do.” (Lokesh)

I do not agree that shit […]

“There is a deep humility in seeing the world as it is and not as we want it to be. There is a profound relaxation when we accept ourselves as we are and cease to hankerfor what we are not. We are infused with an […]

Beloved Madhu, in my life experience I have not found healing by being in crowds. Just the opposite. I do not even understand the idea of collective healing. From an early age the collective seemed insane. Only by […]

How many maintain their levels of creativity and awareness during drug trips? Osho sat in a dental chair and enjoyed laughing gas while continuing his previous level of creativity. He provided critical commentary […]

If death is disappearing, then I die every night during dreamless sleep in which I have no awareness, no witnessing, in which there is no guarantee of waking the next morning. I’ve experienced this death in sleep […]

The Rehfeld study referenced conducted research utilizing “dance routines of different genres (Jazz, Square, Latin-American and Line Dance).” These require mental activity to remember routines and steps, as well […]

Does the dancer’s state of mind influence whether or not dancing has the fountain of youth effect? I am reminded of a passage in Subhuti’s new book: WILD WILD GURU, where he describes his experience after the […]