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NP, the problem is that the flip side of belief, faith, is doubt. Such a faith from the mind, however beautiful it seems, can easily turn to doubt or mistrust.

If the relationship with Osho is really of the […]

Well, there were a lot of happy women around Osho, close to him, many of whom are still alive today and who have been transformed and only have gratitude for their Master. Indeed, some are enlightened in their own […]

The Brits who discovered the temples hidden within jungle also considered them pornographic.
Before that, Muslim marauders also found the sculptures unacceptable.
They vandalised most of the Konark Sun temple […]

The SS will be here until tonight when it will be time for another holiday….

The legal age of consent in India was 16 in the 1970s. But in reality, the majority of marriages were taking place well before that and child marriage was still very common. Even today, apparently over 47 per cent […]

I don’t know what Erin’s situation really is, whether she felt good at the time whilst being a sannyasin, and then, more recently, forty to forty-five years later, she feels as if she was abused. I can’t see […]

Yes, these undercover agents are everywhere.

Mi5 and other government agencies also uses propagandists, agents provocateurs, and embed uncovers. The English punk/folk rock band ‘The Levellers’ came to the […]

“All these people were fulfilling the desires of their followers. I don’t care a bit what you expect; that is your problem. I am going to shatter all your expectations of me. I am totally a free man. I don’t care […]

@Lokesh you put:
“Yes, many have their special spiritual experiences due to sitting in front of Osho, myself included. In retrospect I really can’t say for sure how valid any of those experiences are. It must be […]

I have now listened to the ‘A Little Bit Culty’ podcast from Erin, Sarah Edmondson and Anthony Ames.

They are Americans and their innocence about Osho I found most amusing and had quite a laugh about how the […]

@Nityaprem

Some time in 1985 at the Ranch when answering questions about his sex life.

Q: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CELIBATE?

A: Right now I am celibate, but if my health gets better I am not going to be celibate. I […]

@Frank, I meant that like Krishna, Osho wasn’t a total pacifist.
Krishna encouraged Arjuna to fight in the war.

Those lines you quoted may be there in those books now. But those parts about sin, disgrace, etc. […]

I visited Khajuraho several times. I found the sculptures and the temple structures impressive.

I also visited the temple at Konark which has some very impressive artwork in the form of erotic sculptures. I […]

@Lokesh

Osho was not Krishna – although there are certain similarities. He danced like Krishna and loved to play with women, multiple women, like Krishna.

Osho was also not a total pacifist, like Krishna.

Nothing to see here except…

@Nityaprem

Osho did announce that he had “never been celibate” in 1985 at the Ranch and said that he had slept with “hundreds of women”.

Well, I don’t agree, Lokesh. If applied, those ideas take us into a moral structure where the guru is expected to remain celibate.

You can have rules such as the guru is only allowed to have sex with his/her […]

Yes, @Garima, in some maps the third chakra is higher than the belly which (may) correspond with your experience.

Yet in others, it’s only a little above the navel, whereas the second chakra is a little below […]

@simond you put:
“How do you know shaktipat can be extremely powerful and beneficial for a disciple?
This sort of make-believe thinking is what makes sexual abuse such a common experience in the spiritual […]

@Lokesh, you put:
“After all, Osho was breaking one of the cardinal rules of gurudom….having sex with his female disciples…”

I have heard this kind of line put forth by moralists before and it simply isn’t […]