The Hidden Price of Mindfulness

From the New York Times, we thought our SN bloggers might have something to say about this. by David Gelles (March, 2016) THE other morning, I woke up and brewed a cup of Mindful Lotus tea ($6 for 20 bags). … Continue reading

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Osho’s Cows

The Cow Convoy I remember my friend Swami Veet Arthen, getting up, in 1978/9,  at 4.30am in the morning to go and milk Osho’s cows. He had learned about milking in Ireland where he had a small holding/ commune with … Continue reading

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Beyond Enlightenment

Tomorrow is  “Enlightenment Day” the day that when Osho was alive, March 21st, a state that  he claimed to have achieved in the branches of a Maulsree tree in Jabulpur in 1953, was celebrated.   However it is wise to … Continue reading

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Laxmi and the ealy days in Poona

THE EARLY RAJNEESH ASRAM IN PUNE   Reflections by Laxmi. “The creative person is one who brings… something from God into the world…who becomes a hollow bamboo and allows god to flow through him…. And creativity is from the creator. Creativity … Continue reading

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The Old Place in Jabalpur

This rare picture of Osho from 1969, (before he went to live in Bombay)  has a certain quality.  What can be seen in it? Osho the bookman?,  Osho offering a certain penetration to his interviewer? The modest circumstances in which … Continue reading

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