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yes,it was certainly a way to deal with the “inferiority complex” instilled by religion… by replacing it with a feeling of superiority over all those religious idiots,retards etc… it worked for me….. i loved feeling part of the chosen few who were getting it right for the first time in history…. it was a blow [...]

another angle on the “i`m glad for the good old days”scenario is… …one of the great things about being part of neosannyas was that you knew who your enemies were… polack pope mother theresa pisspot desai ronald rayguns and his monkey the unconscious masses oregonians and a host of other “idiots” and “retarded” “pygmies” etc [...]

interestingly,sheela described that osho said to her in their meetings,when she asked him for advice about running the ranch: “you know what you have to do” a classic double-bind. and now,she appears strongly to be living in a delusional world… proclaiming her love yet denying huge chunks of the reality… she`s gone the schizo kid [...]

i wouldn`t say that osho just let it all happen,nor that any organisation would neccesarily have needed the same kind of quasi-feudal authoritarian nutters… he clearly instigated it,from gurdjieffian bitches in the kitchen to investing so much into a pyramid like power structure… it could have been that osho tried to use alan watts` idea [...]

is sitting on a podium having people bowing at your feet,(and if they dont bow,group pressure will put them right) an effective strategy for dealing with the “inferiority complexes” that religion has implanted in them ?

it seems unlikely,other than on the principle of
“if the fool would persist in his folly,he would become wise”…

maybe the whole idea of detroying all fictions is itself a fiction…..

and that`s the fiction that needs to be got over…?

teertha, another pillar to add to meditation therapy and drugs could be philosophy. i know its a bit of a dirty word in sannyas cicles,evoking pictures of unjuicy repressed guys totally stuck in the heads who obviously were`nt getting enough sex (call the gorilla)… but gurdjieff and especially ouspensky owed a lot to freddie. there [...]

all things considered…..going to india on a spiritual search because rumour had it that there was a guy there who was permanently tripping on self-generated acid was probably a better reason than going there because some famous cheese-head psychotherapist punched some german chicks` lights out…

isn`t the karoli baba acid story just another enlightened super-hero story? like all those “siddhis” a la autobiog of a yogi– tales like living for a few hundred years in himalaya,flying,not eating etc and gurdjieff`s conscious boozing? that reminds me of the story osho told about when g threw ouspensky`s suitcase out of a moving [...]

i agree with lokesh about the psychedelic influence. what percentage of all folks going to india and poona had taken it,i wonder? a high percentage for sure. most of the satoris people had in those days were probably flashbacks….. about ram das….. of course what an old geezer did or didn`t stick down his blanket [...]

teertha, what you say is interesting. yet,why do we assume that osho`s plan, scheme or rationale for installing therapy into his movement was any clearer and well worked out than his motives in installing a pathological liar,poisoner and criminal sheela in charge of his outfit? how much did he actually know about therapy? i heard [...]

quite right guys… me too.. i didn`t get where i am today without watching a gorilla shagging the arse off my wife… breathing deep and going through the green channel…. shakin me booty at a few pervs… i also did some “work”with that cutting edge rehab expert veeresh where everyone comes out heavier into gear [...]