Osho on Thinking Philosophy

Osho – You cannot stop the mind because you have not started it

Osho on Stopping Thinking

Question – HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE MIND CAN GO ON PRODUCING THOUGHTS CONSTANTLY, AND HOW CAN WE STOP THAT WHICH WE HAVE NOT STARTED? Osho – You cannot stop that which you have not started. Don’t try it, otherwise you will simply be wasting time, energy, life. You cannot stop the mind because [...]

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Osho – Why we don’t feel the divine which is here/ now, within/without

Osho on divine which is here now

Question – Please explain why we don’t feel the divine which is here/ now, within/without, which is you, me and all. Osho – This is from Swami Yoga Chinmaya. Because you are too much, and too heavy on yourself. Because you cannot laugh, the divine is hidden. Because you are too tense, you are closed. [...]

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Osho – Philosophy is a tranquilizer, Religion is a shock

Osho on religion and philosophy

Osho – One man came to me. He was worried; he is the father of a beautiful daughter. He was very much worried. He said, “Every morning she feels a little sick, and I have been to all the doctors and they say nothing is wrong. So what to do?” So I told him, “You [...]

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Osho – It is difficult to forget words. They cling to the mind

Osho on Words

Osho – It is difficult to forget words. They cling to the mind. It is difficult to throw away the net because not only are fish caught in it, the fisher is also caught. This is one of the greatest problems. Working with words is playing with fire, because words become so important that the [...]

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Osho on Buddhism Message – The message of Buddhism is freedom

Osho on Buddhism Message

Osho – THE THINKER IS CREATIVE WITH HIS THOUGHTS. This is one of the most fundamental truths to be understood. All that you experience is your creation. First you create it, then you experience it, and then you are caught in the experience – because you don’t know that the source of all exists in [...]

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Osho – Do positive thoughts bring happenings too? like wishing for enlightenment

Osho on positive thoughts

Question – Do positive thoughts bring happenings too? — like wishing for enlightenment. Osho – THAT IS TOO MUCH ASKING from positive thoughts because enlightenment is beyond duality: it is neither negative nor positive. When both the polarities are dropped, it happens. With positive thoughts many things are possible — not enlightenment. You can be [...]

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Osho, As a scientist, Do I ever stand a chance of experiencing mystery?

osho on scientist and mystery

Question – Osho, As a scientist, Do I ever stand a chance of experiencing mystery? Osho – Not as a scientist, there is no chance. I cannot give you false hope. As a scientist you have no chance to know the mysterious; but that does not mean that you have to stop being a scientist, [...]

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Osho – A knowledgeable person is almost hidden behind his knowledge

Osho on A knowledgeable person

Osho – Knowing always becomes knowledge — and you have to be alert not to allow it. One of the most delicate situations on the path of a seeker: knowing always becomes knowledge — because the moment you have known something, your mind collects it as knowledge, as experience. Knowing is a process. Knowledge is [...]

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Osho – Truth is felt by the heart, by your totality; by you, not by your head

Osho - Truth is felt by the heart

Osho – Truth IS. It simply is, Nothing can be said about it. And all that can be said about it will falsify it. There is no need for any explanation. Unexplained, utterly immediate, truth is. It surrounds you. It is within you, without you. There is no need to come to any conclusion about [...]

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Osho – Thinking cannot uncover truth because all thoughts are borrowed

Osho on thinking and truth

Question – I gather from your words that i am dead. What should i do to become alive? Osho – My friend, if you think so only because of my words it is of no value. Forget what I have said and what others have said and then look again. You have to see it [...]

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Osho on Thinking – Our minds always think in terms of dichotomies

Osho on Thinking and Dichotomies

Osho – Our minds always think in terms of dichotomies. They cannot think without dividing. Whenever we go to think about something, we dissect it, we divide it into two. That is the methodology of the mind. Mind cannot think in terms of Unity, in terms of synthesis. Mind thinks in terms of analysis so [...]

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Osho – The philosopher is in a turmoil, The mystic is absolutely silent

Osho on philosophy and meditation

Osho – There are two ways to seek the truth: one is mind, the other is meditation. If you choose the mind you land in the world of philosophy. Then there are thousands of questions but no answers. Many times you will feel you are coming closer to an answer, but when you arrive you [...]

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Osho on difference in Philosophy and Darshan

Osho on Philosophy Darshan

Osho : Philosophy is not darshan. Darshan is the eastern term. Darshan means perception, philosophy means thinking. Herman Hesse has coined a new word to translate darshan into western languages. He calls it ‘philosia’ – ‘sia’ from ‘to see’. Philosophy means to think, and darshan means to see. Both are basically different; not only different, [...]

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Osho on Philosophy – PHILOSOPHY means mind, philosophy means thinking

Osho on Philosophy

Question – Osho, Why are you so much against Philosophy? Osho – Sudheer. PHILOSOPHY means mind, philosophy means thinking, philosophy means going away from yourself Philosophy is the art of losing yourself in thoughts, becoming identified with dreams. Hence I am against philosophy, because I am all for religion. You cannot be philosophical if you [...]

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