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Osho – Meditation means a state of no-mind — where all the functioning of the mind has ceased. The moment the functioning of the mind ceases you have a profound…
Question – Beloved Osho, The more i am able to absorb you, the more thirsty i become. please talk about meditation and passion. Osho – There is no harm in…
Osho – Meditation means becoming absolutely silent, still, serene, as if nothing moves inside, everything stops — the mind, time. There comes a full stop to all movement. In that…
Osho – Without meditation one is bound to live in misery. One can cover it up, one can find a few consolations, one has to find a few consolations otherwise…
Osho – Meditation is not for the weaklings; It is not for the cowards It is not for those who are full of fear, Because it is the ultimate adventure.…
Osho – The greatest courage in life is needed when you go inwards, for many reasons… The first is: it is a flight from the alone to the alone, it…
Osho – Meditation is object-less. If you use any object, then it is not meditation; it becomes thinking. It becomes contemplation; it becomes reflection, but not meditation. This is the…
Osho – Meditation is rest, absolute rest, a full stop to all activity — physical, mental, emotional. When you are in such a deep rest that nothing stirs in you,…
Osho – Man can come to truth only through meditation. Truth is not something that mind can know. Mind can theorise about it, but ‘about’ means around — and mind…
Osho – Once you have come to a point in your being, it can never be lost unless it was simply a dream. Only a dream can be lost. Drugs…
Osho – Intellect may arrive at certain inferences, but intellect is an unconscious phenomenon. You are almost behaving sleepily. Intelligence is awakening, and unless you are fully awake, whatsoever you…
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;…
Question – Beloved Osho, What are the roots and what are the winds of a meditators? Osho – Meditation is a way of settling in oneself, at the innermost core…
Question – Beloved Osho, What is orgasm in reference to meditation and higher levels of consciousness? Isn’t feeling orgasmic in a deep state of meditation totally nonsexual? Osho – The…
Osho – If you are too much engaged with your intellect you will not find time to be engaged with your total being. If you are too much in your…
[A visitor says he has been meditating here but prefers passive meditations – like TM that he has been doing for some time. He wonders if he should keep using…
[A sannyasin says she is not doing the meditations because: It feels too much of an effort. I enjoy just sitting and walking, and being with friends.] Osho – Then…
[To a sannyasin returning to Germany, Osho suggested that it would be very helpful to make meditation a regular part of her routine. He said sometimes it was permissible to…
[To two resident sannyasins returning for a brief visit to the States to see their parents, Osho spoke about how one could introduce one’s parents to sannyas, meditation, and Osho,…
Osho – The moment one starts functioning as a pure mirror, god is revealed immediately. God is already here: we are just not a mirror to him. One need not…
[Another participant says: I feel more attracted to the deeper silent meditations, but I always have the uncertainty about whether there’s something I’m suppressing and should go into. There’s always…
Question – PLEASE EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WITNESSING AND TATHATA. Osho – In witnessing, the duality is present. The witness finds himself separate from that which he experiences. If a…