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Osho’s Second Human Right

One time in his ministry Osho commented on the UN Declaration of Human Rights. A few days later, as SN remembers,  he enumerated his own list of improved suggestions for Human Rights.  This second Human Right might prove, in today’s … Continue reading

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Are Osho Meditation Camps still functional?

 We received this text below, which deserves discussion, even though we at SN may not agree with it! PRESENT DAY ‘OSHO MEDITATION CAMPS’ TAKING OSHO’S VISION IN THE WRONG DIRECTION? About thirty years back Osho’s vision had become a worldwide … Continue reading

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Lost World Tour Interview from Dec 10th, 1985

A Number of the interviews from Osho’s World Tour (circa 85/86)  have never seen the light of day. We are not sure where Osho was on Dec 10th, 1985 but an English Sunday Times reporter managed to interview him on … Continue reading

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What Enlightenment is NOT

There have been in the past definitional disputes about enlightenment on the SN blog.  Maybe quarreling about definitions is a mug’s game. Karl Popper used to say so, and argued that there are no essential meanings to words, they are … Continue reading

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Cartharsis: A Myth ?

It was common in early sannyas, and maybe still is, to accept the Reichian “wisdom” that if one did not let one’s anger out, then it built up and spilt over uncontrollably.  Osho often reiterated this, though he also spoke … Continue reading

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