January 2010

Osho – If even death cannot wake you up, then what is going to wake you up

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Osho – You have lost the night; you could not wake up in the night. But it can be forgiven: it was night and you slept. But you cannot be forgiven when death is coming closer — now it is time to wake up! And if even death cannot wake you up, then what is [...]

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Osho – Truth is God. There is no other God except the truth

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Osho – I was in a big city. Some young men came there to meet me. They started asking: “Do you believe in God?” I said: “No. What relation is there between belief and God? I know God.” Then I told them a story: There was a revolution in some country. The revolutionaries of that [...]

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Osho – Do not search for religion; search for yourself

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Osho – Do not search for religion; search for yourself. Religion will then automatically come to you. Does religion exist in scriptures? No. Religion does not exist in scriptures. Scriptures are dead and religion is a living entity. Now can that be found in the scriptures? Does religion exist in sects? No. Religion does not [...]

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Osho – Is it Possible for a Politician to be Enlightened

Question – Is it Possible for a Politician to be Enlightened? Osho – Never heard of it. It has never happened. There are intrinsic problems. The very dimension the politician moves in is against enlightenment. A few things have to be understood. Politics is a diametrically opposite phenomenon to religion. A scientist can easily become [...]

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Osho – In suffering look for the causes of suffering

Question – Beloved Osho, One line from Dostoevsky’s work has impressed me much in my childhood. He says, “in suffering look for happiness.” I used to think that nothing of value could be attained without sacrifice and hard work. After meeting you and drinking your message of love, life, enjoyment and celebration, i realize that [...]

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Osho – It is a question of awakening here and now

Osho on awakening

Question – When does the boat reach the other Shore? Osho – Deva Vigyan, there is no other shore, this is the only shore there is. And it is not a question of reaching somewhere else, it is a question of awakening here and now. It is never there, it is always here; it is [...]

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Osho – Slip out of the mind, and you will know what it is: the beginningless, the endless

Osho on Beginninglessness

Question – My mind has difficulty understanding the Existence of Beginninglessness. Would you please talk about it? Osho – Prem Viraj, reality is indefinable. Reality simply is; there is no way to say what it is. It is not a “what,” it is not even a “that,” it is this. It is this-ness: you can [...]

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Osho – Life is mysterious, unexplainable — life is absurd

Question – Osho, Is life not sometimes far more surprising than fictions themselves? Osho – Praghosh, NOT ONLY SOMETIMES BUT ALWAYS. Fictions are only reflections of life — how can they be more surprising? No fiction is so fictitious as life itself; life is made of the stuff called dreams. Hence the mystic says life [...]

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Osho – A Master is not a message but a medium

Question – What is your Message, Osho? I Don’t understand you. Osho – My message is that there is no message. I am not here to give you a message, because a message will become knowledge. I am here to impart something of my being. It is not a message, it is a gift. It [...]

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Osho – Is it possible for a playful mind to be a Plastic surgeon or a Scientist

Question – Osho, You emphasize Playfulness, Leela. But is it possible for a playful mind to be a Plastic surgeon or a Scientist? Osho – The question is from Prem Leeladhar. He is a plastic surgeon, hence the question. REMEMBER that all that has ever been invented in the world has been invented out of [...]

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Osho on Buddha Sutra – Life is easy for the Man who is without Shame

Buddha Sutra – Life is easy for the Man who is without Shame. Osho – This Buddhist idea of shame has to be understood in contrast with the Christian idea of guilt. In the dictionaries they seem to be synonymous; they are not. Shame is a totally different phenomenon. Guilt is imposed by others on [...]

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Beloved Osho, Why does everyone want to pretend to be what they are not

Question – Beloved Osho, Why does everyone want to pretend to be what they are not? What is the psychology behind it? Osho – Narendra, everybody is condemned from his very childhood. Whatever he does on his own accord, out of his own liking, is not acceptable. The people, the crowd in which a child [...]

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Osho on Suicide – Sannyas and suicide are two aspects of the same coin

Osho – Whenever you think of suicide, remember, why are you thinking of suicide? Some hope has turned sour, some expectation has turned into a frustration, some desire has proved futile. You have become aware; even in your unawareness a little ray of awareness has penetrated you. You have seen, maybe only for a moment, [...]

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Osho – The deep problem is: how to become aware, how not to be unconscious

Patanjali Yog Sutra – Desires arise from these three-fold karmas when circumstances are favorable for their . Osho on above Sutra – If you do a pure karma, a good act, a saintly act, then desires will arise, of course, to do more good. If you do an impure act, desires will arise to do [...]

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Beloved Osho, Can one Meditate too much

Question – Beloved Osho, Can one Meditate too much? Osho – Shanti Animisha, there are things which you can never do too much. For example, you cannot love too much; more is always possible, and there is no limitation anywhere. I am taking the example of love because that will be easily understood. The same [...]

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Beloved Osho, Please talk about the Misuse of Power

Question – Beloved Osho, Please talk about the Misuse of Power. Osho – Shantam Divyama, there is the famous statement of an English philosopher: “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.” I do not agree with him. My analysis is totally different. Everybody is full of violence, greed, anger, passion — but has no power; so [...]

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Osho – The phenomenon of Weeping is mysterious

Question – Beloved Osho, Why do I always Weep when I can’t laugh? Isn’t weeping opposed to dancing, singing and celebrating? Osho – The phenomenon of weeping is mysterious. It does not mean that you are sad, not necessarily. It is not necessarily against celebrating, against cheerfulness, against laughing; no. The tears have a very [...]

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