Author Archives: satyadeva

According to Wikipedia, Jung said that events are “meaningful coincidences” if they occur with no causal relationship yet seem to be meaningfully related. During his career, Jung furnished several different definitions of it, defining synchronicity as an “acausal connecting (togetherness) principle,” “meaningful coincidence”, … Continue reading →

Frank reflects on this controversial topic. There has been some talk about past lives on SN of late. I believe this was triggered by some other online stories about Osho recognising his “past-life mother” back in the day. That particular … Continue reading →

The media has often painted a luridly sensationalist, negative picture of ‘the world of Osho’, terming Sannyas “a cult”, the master “the sex guru”, and highlighting the psychotic excesses of Sheela & co. during the Ranch period. But here’s an … Continue reading →

Lokesh reflects on his personal experience, on Osho’s teaching and on  living in a violent world on the brink of self-destruction..  Anger has never been a particularly big issue in my life, which does not mean I have not had … Continue reading →

Frank recently found this critique online. Is the writer correct to declare that many teachers are phoneys, essentially actors just playing a part? Frank writes: Someone said this: “Giving satsangs and enlightenment-speak is something that can be learned, a social … Continue reading →