Yes.
Without Gratitude (as an ingredient of remembering of ´who we ALL are´, being invited to what you call a “vast unknown force” as our ´home´), remembrance might go into wrong (egotistical) directions: Claiming then this and that, before it´s matured (and manifested)…

Loved it, that you brought Gratitude in, Levina.

Madhu

Or perhaps both?

SS, exactly it was said for some of those!

Twenty-one years back, during our travel, my mother & I with a sannyasin family were with him in his Bageshwar commune & by chance it happened to be Guru Pornima day; he seemed quite normal/human to me.

He asked about my sannyas journey then we all had lunch with him. Later,as we all sat in the open space surrounded by trees, he shared chikoos with all of us from one those trees.

Osho said so much you can always find a relevant quote if you feel you need a bit of back-up for what you are trying to get across. It just means you do not have enough faith in your own words.

Osho’s words are just that: words! Osho also told whoppers. You have to be stupid to believe everything he said.

To be honest, when push comes to shove I will respect an intelligent person’s viewpoint. As long as nobody is hurting anyone else with their beliefs it is fine by me.

I have watched this ‘surrender your ego at the guru’s feet’ trip for a long time. I bowed down at Osho’s feet many times and was completely sincere in my intentions.

Thing is, of all the yogas, Bhakti is the most suspect. I never saw myself as a devotee, more student or disciple. I always enjoyed to see the Hare Krishnas in Picadily Circus. They were just so total.

The other day a Krishna devotee tried to give me some pamphlets outside the local supermercado. I liked her, she was very sweet. On the other hand, she looked completely undernourished and completely lost.

Whatever gets you through the night, I suppose.

MOD:
Yes, Kavita, a web-host upgrade took place yesterday (and, it seems, through the night until this morning, UK time) which closed down its clients. Although this was a surprise to us as they’d informed us that it would happen today and tomorrow until 8am.