Satire: An Open Letter to God

Beloved God, Long time no news from you. I hope you are fine, healthy and happy. I love you like always, but not happy with your advisers. As I see, they always suggest you to send your top diplomats – … Continue reading

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An Adventure Across Borders

Asha and I got together when the rains broke. We moved into a room on the edge of the Park, an old hotel room with that high-ceilinged, almost sepulchral quality so prized by the English in India. There was a … Continue reading

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Twenty two years ago today

It’s 10.30pm where I am, in Oz – and it’s the 19th January. Twenty two years ago on this same evening, some five hours earlier, I was sitting in the ashram gardens surrounded by mosquitos. I had not wanted to … Continue reading

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Osho’s place in a New Spiritual Tradition?

Prem Paritosh compares Poonja and Veeresh, and finds them lacking for the leadership of a New Spiritual Tradition The wealth of satori amongst those around him  was both Poonja’s strength and his weakness. Osho, by comparison, always tended to downplay … Continue reading

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The Final Solution and an old Osho disciple

Samudaya was/is a very old Osho disciple. he survived the German Concentration Camp Auuschwitz as a teenager between 1943 and 1945. Subhuti saw him last in 1994, enjoying a trailer home life as a retired gentleman. He had lived in … Continue reading

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