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Thanks Lokesh. I suppose I would say in my defence that Osho himself spoke a fat book called “Beyond Enlightenment” in as I recall 1986 – just a year after the Ranch denoument, which must have given him some thought about the “enlightenment” tag, and to somehow undermine it. I see enlightenment as a Buddhist [...]

While on the general topic of ‘dodgy’ beliefs and practices etc., I’d like to put forward Channelling, Numerology and now – after many years of being a ‘believer’ – Homeopathy.

I await a veritable deluge of responses and will give a few of my own later….

Yes, you’re never alone with synchronicity…

Parmartha, you say, ‘assuming that concept has validity’. I don’t really think that enlightenment is a concept, an abstract idea. There is no doubt that it is an absolute reality. Afterall, the life of Buddha is well documented and he was without doubt enlightened, and said that we all carry the potential for enlightenment within [...]

What Osho himself actually thought of the Celebration days could be said to be revealed by this splendid anecdote I just read from Santosh Toby: “OK, here’s a little story y’all might enjoy. Near the end, the JG girls got their panties all atwist because during one talk the Infallible Master had mistakenly referred to [...]

I found an old diary note from 1984 – Mahaparinirvana day, Sept 8th – supposed to mean a celebration for all neo sannyasins who have left their body, enlightened or unenlightened. Not sure if that is the meaning still given? The Indian sannyasins still keep up these celebrations, maybe one of them could enlighten me [...]

I think that we often want to strengthen our beliefs in such things as synchronicity becasue it helps us believe that there is something going on behind the scenes.

On reflection, I’ll have to say that yes, in my experience and from what I’ve heard about others’ I guess I still tend to be open to accept synchronicity is valid – but not to the extent taken on board in ‘certain circles’.

Ah yes, the question of ‘coincidence’… I’ve heard of a few truly remarkable-sounding coincidences in my time, and I suppose I’ve also tended to accept the notion of synchronicity. But in recent years I’ve also realised that many apparently ‘amazing’ instances are not really so incredible as they first appear, given a bit of mathematical [...]

Ah yes, but the logical positivist in me says

“How would the world be different if there really was synchronicity.”

“How would the world be different if there was no synchronicity.”

One is tempted to say…..of that which we can say nothing, we should be silent.

Another parallel myth Satyadeva is about synchronicity. I dont know how many times I have heard things like someone will turn up just at the right moment, etc, for some new lesson to be learned, or some new lover to occur! – it will be somehow organised by the “Existence”. Also that the “Master” will [...]

It is so bad that it is good. If you’ve already read it try this. Absolutely brilliant and you can download for a quid.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mind-Bomb-Revised-third-ebook/dp/B004QZ9WTU/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=A3TVV12T0I6NSM

I’d say “probably not, old boy!”

Heard it’s not bad though….

I say, has anyone read ‘Autobiography of a Bogey’?

Ok, thanks for the info, which confirms my thoughts on the issue.

Oh dear, I see…well I was on an Air India jumbo called Emeror Ashok, or something like that, and a week later it crashed into the Arabian Sea after taking of from Bombay….could this have something to do with there having been no sannyasins on Board? A burning question that keeps me awake at night. [...]

Lokesh, I’m talking about flights TO India, the U.S.

Em…well…not exactly….a sannyasin friend of mine was killed on an Indian Airways flight flying from Poona back in the seventies.