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@Klaus who cited:
“In any organisation led by some figurehead sooner or later the organisation takes on the personality of the leader.”

That’s an interesting statement when applied to the commune, isn’t it? The […]

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Wunderbahr…I like to actually know what people are talking about, so the definition of terms is useful. Luckily in Buddhism there are quite a few scholars who tend to be obsessed with what the rest of us […]

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It`s an odd translation.
I imagine ‘Hammer on the Rock’ as being a riff on Freddie Neitzsche`s ‘Philosophising with a Hammer’ ie breaking up preconceptions/fixed ideas etc.

Maybe the German translators […]

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Is it really possible or desirable to stop the flow of the unconscious mind?
That is putting the `conscious` mind in a very preferential position.
What or who is this `conscious` mind that is so divorced […]

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It’s funny you should talk about the things we “push into the subconscious”, I have been thinking about this as well. I was wondering if these things end up being like karmic imprints.

And thanks for […]

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That is much appreciated, thank you for the thought, Namasté???? I vaguely remember seeing the site one time in passing when I was looking for an Osho quote but I had no idea it was so extensive! There is […]

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Thanks for the Neil Postman link and quote, I very much agree with him. I once had a physics teacher who taught in that style, with experiments and lives of scientists from centuries past, it was […]

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After all the things Osho had to say about politics and politicians, we still have to realise that it has very little benefit for the world or ourselves to get involved. Why not spend your time in a more […]

@klaus who said: “Sometimes, although a teacher – or even THE teacher – is available, which nowadays is quite often the case via internet and even physically, and even though one considers oneself a person on a […]

@Klaus, who wrote: “There may be a need for more tranquility, walks in nature, watching the clouds in the sky, sleeping under the moon with just a sleeping bag…in order not to feel excited all the […]

@Klaus, who wrote “What can happen in the practice?
What do others experience?
Is that similar to my path/inner state?
What are helpful conditions?
Sitting/walking/moving – what is skillful and fitting my […]

@Klaus wrote: “For those in the end game. For beginners it might be different. Those are the people I feel for. Knowing about obstacles etc.”

It was written in a completely different context but it made me think. […]

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I had a look at the forum, it seemed like a nice place to hang out for a while if you have diverse interests. But from having been around fora for a while, you need a decent-sized crowd of regular […]

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Is it not a representation of the Sangha? It seems to me that it’s one of only a few places where sannyasins talk to each other on the internet. There are lots of sannyasins who want to push their own […]

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Something was happening you didn’t understand during your childhood. Turning you into an adventurer and explorer. Ψ(≧ω≦)Ψ

@Klaus quipped, “In my case, I came from Hatha Yoga (Rishikesh, Sivananda) to Theravada Buddhism to Bhagwan/Sannyas to Tibetan Buddhism to various therapies (rebirthing, reincarnation, psychoanalysis as per CG […]

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I started with hatha yoga, having absolutely no idea that was a form of meditation; and don’t want to go into details in this post, but I came to realise, as I developed more understanding about meditation […]

@Klaus:

Nice quote. Seeing the world as a dream is something you also come across with Nisargadatta, Papaji etc but I don’t think I’ve heard it explained so clearly. It obviously insulates you from a lot of […]

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I have read “Hammer on the Rock’ so many times. If I had to choose one of Osho’s books to take to a desert island it would be that.

Interesting comment about learning from others.

I went to art school. A […]

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‘Philosophy Football’
Doesn’t date Great stuff.