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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
Perhaps the key to this ‘memory’ issue is, if possible, to stay with the ‘internal energy’, the present living inner space of the past situation (to coin a phrase) rather than losing oneself in random – and […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
I appreciate where you’re coming from, Upnita, although Vartan didn’t make that clear enough (at least, for me).
At best, “I often drift into the time when Osho was alive and nothing can take that away from me” […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
And, as I said before, if people are, or imagine themselves to have been, ‘ripped-off’, then it’s a good lesson in both worldly and self-knowledge for them. Isn’t it?
Although I agree the sort of cases like my […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
I don’t really see that you make a valid point re donations, Fresch, as – IF TRUE – the situation simply reflects the rest of the general human situation.
What’s surprising or necessarily ‘wrong’ in that? […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
“I see nothing wrong in it” – then you’re choosing to live in illusion, in your mind’s filtered memories, out of the present, just like anyone who yearns for the so-called “good old days”.
And the older you get, […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
Actually, old boy, it’s spiritually incorrect “to live in memories” of anything (or anyone), good, bad or indifferent.
Wake up over there in Switzerland, please!
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
Fresch, I’ve already carefully read your recent posts, checked them all just now and can not find where you have written “being fake”. Please advise – or better, say exactly what you mean.
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
That’s along similar lines to the one I referred to, Arpana, although in that one (in ’74) he did describe introversion as particularly “pathological”, saying extroversion was healthier, but ideally, a balance of […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
What do you mean by “Donations are fake”? What’s “fake” about giving, freely and anonymously, after a meeting or course? It strikes me as the very opposite of “fake”, ie as thoroughly genuine.
Sure, small, […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
Well, Fresch, the ‘spiritual life’ / sannyas etc. certainly isn’t about thinking “a bit too much” of one’s self, is it?!!
That’s just a common misconception, born of a lack of understanding of what it’s all […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
Fresch, I don’t see what point you’re making re my friend’s mistake. It wasn’t a donation to ‘charity’ , but to a ‘religious’ organisation, comparable to sannyasins’ donations to Osho’s movement.
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
Fresch, if you were a destitute Indian woman with no means of support, or an orphan living on the streets, or unemployed with no skills or other support, or a person suffering from or vulnerable to a deadly […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
I don’t agree with exorbitant fees either, but I do see the point about paying for something, even if it’s purely by donation.
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
Too idealistic in the modern world though, surely, Parmartha?
Besides, it’s good to have masters / gurus / teachers who actually live and work ‘normally’, as examples to the rest of us, as well as masters who […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 1 month ago
“Amma is rich” – is she, or is it her organisation that’s rich? The same organisation that provides many charitable initiatives for various disadvantaged groups in India…
I’m well aware of such accusations, […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, Meditation now the Opium of the People, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 2 months ago
I have nothing against people charging, as even masters / gurus / teachers have to earn a living, not to mention the, I think, valid idea that we tend to place greater value on what we pay for.
But I’m afraid […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Tarot as a Tool for Transformation, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 2 months ago
Gauguin was a great artist, who apparently lived as he chose, following his passion (as the life coaches say these days!), but doesn’t your comparison of him with “a sannyasin” tend to over-romanticise both him […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, New Locks and Old Keys – Osho, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 2 months ago
Vartan, you misunderstand what I wrote, so much so that I wonder whether you’ve actually read it!
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satyadeva commented on the post, New Locks and Old Keys – Osho, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 2 months ago
Well, yes, but that statement begs quite a large number of questions, doesn’t it?!
I mean, we’re talking fundamental human ignorance here, including core beliefs and values gleaned from the religions, political […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, New Locks and Old Keys – Osho, on the site sannyasnews 10 years, 2 months ago
You’d have thought people might have cottoned on to something like this, given the prevalence of suffering-inducing factors inherent in being a human being on this planet…
Sure, life itself, ie the very feeling […]
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