thank you all very much

Maybe this is not what you wanted to say, but this is how I see things: I have known for a while that enlightenment does not mean absence of ego, or absence of an experiencing subject. Osho followed the Buddhist ideas in claiming to be a no-person, but Buddhism is plain wrong about this and so was Osho. I think Osho was quite aware of the truth. In philosophical terms: he must have known that subjectless subjects cannot possibly exist. A person who is not a person… Why did we ever accept that? I suppose because we were all eager for that stuff called enlightenment. We were ready to be manipulated and to accept unacceptable claims.

I know Osho has said a lot of beautiful and valuable things. But a lot of things he said were worthless and confusing. All in all, in my opinion it is not favorable to pay a lot of attention to what Osho said, especially because Osho was not an honest man. His words, true or false, were mostly used to exercise power. I have a simple advice for dealing with Osho: disregard his words, opinions and ideas. His value lies solely in his energy. In my opinion, he channeled this energy. It was not his.

As a person Osho was extremely seductive, but I am afraid, not really very nice or virtues. However, I do recognize him as an ‘entrance’ to (the conscious experience of) this magnificent space we all exist in. What I mean to say is this: Osho was mostly a medium. A medium of divine energy. An incredibly capable medium. But as a person he had a considerable shadow side. For instance his ego easily outclassed ours!

Have you ever heard of a sannyasin who has forgiven Osho? The idea seems absurd! And yet, this is what I did. I have forgiven him. Was there anything to forgive? Well, in retrospect I felt insulted by the way he presented himself as this absolute authority, this emperor of truth and knowledge, as this being who was so perfect, that he was not even there as a person! Compete with that! We were like worms, we unenlightened idiots.

Yes, I have forgiven Osho. That is why I can love him again. He was far from perfect, but who is? All in all, I think, he tried his best. These are some of the things he had to deal with:
The powers/energies he was channeling, his Indian background, the Jain/Buddhist tradition, the effects of his own lies about being egoless, the corrupting influence of power, the cunning people who surrounded him, the people who told him what he wanted to hear and who made him an addict. Given these and other circumstances he has come a long way in giving us beautiful gifts. For me Osho is still a great man.

Perhaps existence could only get so much divinity in our lives through Osho by the acceptance of a package deal. So much high energy down here… that energy just had to be accompanied by a certain amount of trouble, disturbance and wrongdoing. If Osho had been more of a true saint, we might never have heard of him.

The true value of sannyas is not Osho. It is the energy Osho made (more easily) accessible. And it is us: the sannyasins, this network of (mostly) beautiful people.

Love, Sadhyo
The Hague, Netherlands

this could be the answer for you, youngman..

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