Category: Osho on Consciousness

Question : Beloved Osho, What is the source of consciousness? Osho : Prem Komal, consciousness is the source of all. Consciousness is the stuff existence is made of. But there…

Osho – Man is awake and yet not Awake. His wakefulness is very thin, his wakefulness is almost of no use. He is not asleep, that is true, but he…

Osho – We all think we are aware; that is one of our unawarenesses. We are only functionally aware. We have learned to do things, to go to bed, to…

Question – Beloved Master, Can the watcher, the consciousness, ever be judgmental about what he sees, or is it still the ego judging the ego, the mind condemning itself? Osho…

Question – Beloved Osho, Can a person who has cosmic consciousness really enjoy pleasures or does he just act as though doing so? Osho – Only a person who has…

Osho – The basic problem before a spiritual seeker is not how to know, but how to be. Knowing is not the problem, it is easy. The real problem is…

Osho – Don’t be in a hurry to find any answer, otherwise some rubbish will kill the answer. Don’t allow your mind to kill the question. And the way of…

Osho – The basic thing to be understood about these centers is this: whenever you are centered within, the moment you are centered, whatsoever may be the center, you fall…

Osho – Deva means divine, unmana means no-mind. The state of no-mind is the state of the divine. God is not a thought but the experience of thoughtlessness. It is…

Osho – The Unconscious can be transformed only through awareness. It is difficult, but there is no other way. There are many methods for being aware, but awareness is necessary.…

[The new sannyasin says: I had an accident and I was unconscious for about eight hours. I felt very different afterwards… but I don’t know where I was.] Osho –…

Osho – If you can live this moment, if you can be here this moment, then everything takes care of itself. Then you need not be anxious. Then there is…

Question – Beloved Osho, On one occasion, Joshu said to his monks: I have single-heartedly practiced zazen in the southern province for thirty years. Osho – He is referring to…

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 – Man is unconscious, Although he believes he is conscious. That very belief protects his unconsciousness. Man is ignorant, although he believes he knows. That very belief keeps the…

Osho – Mind is just a disturbance. Mind is just a disturbance in consciousness. It is not your nature; it is just a disturbance. The moment there is no disturbance,…

Osho – Buddha has used the word, ”mindfulness” – samyak smriti, right mindfulness. He says whatsoever you are doing, do it mindfully; don’t do it in sleep, do it mindfully…

Osho – The first thing to remember is how to drop thoughts and become thoughtless — thoughtless but alert, because in deep sleep also you become thoughtless, and that won’t…

Osho – We cling to the circumference, so much so that we have completely forgotten about the centre. Unless the circumference disappears completely we are not going to be reminded…

Osho – Misery is human, bliss is divine. Animals are unaware of both; they are neither miserable nor blissful, they are living in a kind of deep sleep. Man has…

Question – Beloved Osho, When you said that if we don’t achieve total consciousness in this life, we will have to start from the very beginning again, and go through…

Osho – The very word ‘Christ’ comes from the Sanskrit work ‘Krishna’. From Krishna it has moved into many languages and ultimately it has become Christ. In its long journey…