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Interesting points, NP, although another perspective would be that he was moved to do or to be whatever was according to the ever-evolving realisations of his enlightened state, and which best suited the […]

I’m reminded of an anecdote from Barry Long about a man who was extremely distressed due to having lost his memory, depressed and barely able to function, but who would suddenly become animated with joy whenever […]

Laxmi was particularly impressive, I thought, intense devotion and enormous energy, a special individual.

NP, I suspect the people of our times are carrying a considerably heavier psycho-spiritual burden that those of Buddha’s era. Hence the therapies, the various meditation methods Osho created, which weren’t […]

Where do you stand then, Shanti: desciple or devotee? Or perhaps neither?

“The author of this article clearly has very little understanding of Osho and has gathered a very overly simplistic idea of Osho from collecting views of someone who is well out of his depth on the subject […]

Thanks for clarifying your point re internet porn, Shanti.

What I said re Free John and his videos remains to be illuminated, however.

So the Beatles/Maharishi story illustrates nothing much more than a misunderstanding or an exaggerated report. Ok.

Re internet porn, what’s so wonderful about these sites having the most hits? Do you truly regard […]

Well, given that his advances were unwanted by the woman in question (Mia Farrow, I believe) and that he’d apparently mentioned absolutely nothing about sex previously, having been marketed as a ‘celibate holy […]

We’ve all read and heard such teachings, SS, but they can be misused by people who simply aren’t ready for them, not experienced or mature enough, deficient in loving one person, let alone two (lol), although well […]

Shanti, as I’ve said, to say SN writers helped to “corrupt” Shantam’s “innocence” is just utter nonsense. You confuse foolishness with “innocence” and straight talking with ‘corruption’ – we’re talking about a […]

SN needs ideas for new articles. Do you, Shanti, or anyone else, have anything to offer?

Not necessarily a written piece, just ideas to work with would be fine.

Yes, Shanti, SP’s attitude deteriorated all right but it was clearly due to the increasing realisation that his situation was hope-less, his external life mediocre at best and his dream of a new beginning as some […]

Shanti, you write:
“Yes, Anand Yogi was sometimes very funny and I appreciate humour. But I think that that kind of level of intense mistrust of Osho may not be quite as amusing or resonate much to people who are […]

Thanks, Shanti, you’re a veritable mine of Osho info!

No, Shanti, you remember incorrectly. I came across him 3 and a half years later in Golders Hill Park, not in a cafe, and he had nothing much to say to me, beyond a rather nervous “Oh, so it was the group to end […]

That was another time, Satchit, during my ‘Saturn Return’ when I was under the illusion that 3 months with Somendra would ‘rescue’ me from the depression that had run my life for the previous year or more, despite […]

Well, that sounds good, SS.

Although ‘tantra’ is a term very often misused by would-be practitioners and exponents these days, either to make money or to enhance their chances of having sex – or both!