Osho – Real creativity comes only out of silence
[A sannyasin, leaving for Italy, is not sure whether to come back forever because she is expresses her creativity in writing. When she’s here she cannot write because she is…
Osho – All artistic activity is on the way towards becoming religious
Question – When i am writing a book, i am full of flowing energy and delight. But, when i have finished, i am so empty and dead that i can…
Osho on Creativity – To be possessed by God is creativity
Question – Beloved Master, What is Creativity? Osho – Deva Mohan, action is not creativity, inaction also is not creativity. Creativity is a very paradoxical state of consciousness and being:…
Osho – When the poetry is born, then the poet is born
Question – For ten years i have identified myself as a poet. but since i took sannyas ten days ago it has become unimportant to me whether or not i…
Osho on Music – Music is certainly next to silence
Question – Beloved Osho, Would you please explain your statement from the other morning of how music can be next to silence? Osho – Milarepa, I don’t know what I…
Osho – People have more leisure — that is another thing. But what do they do with their leisure?
Question – As a child, sundays have been something very special to me. Now, since a few days, i wake up every morning and go out, see the sun shining…
Osho on difference in chaotic music and the shake or rock music of the west
Question – In reference to the meditation techniques based on sounds, please explain the difference between the chaotic music played in your dynamic meditation and the shake or rock music…
Osho – Real music is born out of a silent mind. Real music is meditation manifested
Question – Beloved Osho, What is the difference between music and the gymnastics of music? in the last couple of years my experience has been of frantic non-harmonious music. instead…
Osho on Poetry and Poet – Mohammed’s words are poetry, pure poetry
Question – Is poetry the voice of wonder, or an avoidance of moving closer to the source, a sensuous lingering? Osho – Samarpan, it all depends on the poet. Poetry…
Osho on Creativity – Creativity is simply the presence of God
QUESTION – WHAT IS CREATIVITY? DOES IT CORRESPOND MORE TO THE PATH OF AWARENESS OR TO THE PATH OF LOVE? OR IS IT A CHILD OF BOTH? OSHO – Anand…
Osho on Pythagoras vision – Pythagoras has contributed much to human thought
OSHO – PYTHAGORAS ALSO INTRODUCED THE WORD ‘COSMOS’. ‘Cosmos’ means order, rhythm, harmony. Existence is not a chaos but a cosmos. Pythagoras has contributed much to human thought, to human…
Osho – All creative people are crazy people — they live in a frenzy
Question – [A sannyasin says: Whenever I do any kind of creative work, like writing or preparing a class, a tremendous tension builds up and I get all this nervous…
Osho – The urge to create is the first stirring of the divine within you
Question – What is this urge to Create? Osho – The urge to create is the first stirring of the divine within you. The urge to create is the presence…
Osho on Spiritual Painting – A painting can be sexual, erotic. A painting can be spiritual.
[A sannyasin who is an artist, was leaving for a few months to organise some exhibitions for his work. Osho said that his meditation was going well, but into his…
Osho on music – The seven notes of music are concerned with the seven chakras
[A sannyasin said that he had decided some time ago to dedicate his life to music. He went on to say that he played drums and had been part of…
Osho on Vincent Van Gogh Paintings – Power is a way to repress your inferiority complex
Osho – Bliss makes one victorious. Money cannot make one victorious; at the most It covers up your property It does not make you rich, remember. It simply helps you…
Osho on Shastri Sangeet – Indian classical music is the mathematics of sound
[A visitor says he has been learning Shastri Sangeet from a guru in Bombay but he is not satisfied with it; the technique is becoming strong but not the emotional…
Osho – Man’s creativity is fulfilled only when paradise is created inside
Osho – Prem Lili. Prem means love, lili has many meanings; it is a very pregnant word. The most ancient meaning, the original meaning, is paradise. The lily represents paradise;…
Osho on Poetry and Silence – I am in immense love with Poetry
Osho – Words are inadequate. When you really have something to say they are always inadequate. When you have nothing to say they are very adequate…. Knowing this, one can…
Osho on Painting as Meditation – How to make Painting a Meditation
[A sannyasin asks how to make his hobby of painting a meditation.] Osho – Art is meditation. Any activity becomes meditation if you are lost in it. So don’t just…
Osho – A sannyasin has to remember not to take anything for granted
Osho – Existence loves us all. We are here, that is enough proof, otherwise we would not have been here at all; we have been chosen to be by existence.…
Osho on Eroticism, Erotic art of Khajuraho Konarak Puri Ajanta Ellora and West
Question – Beloved Osho, in the west, the portrayal of woman’s body is used in films, books and magazines. This art form is known as ‘eroticism’. Through the sculptures of…