Osho – Is not life nothing but misery?
Question: Is not life nothing but misery? Osho – It depends on you. Life in itself is an empty canvas, it becomes whatsoever you paint on it. You can paint…
Osho – Your anguish goes on deepening as you grow older.
Saint Kabir Sutra – “I LAUGH WHEN I HEAR THAT THE FISH IN THE WATER IS THIRSTY”. Osho on Kabir Sutra – Life surrounds you with all its joys, with…
Osho – Only those who have suffered will be able to understand me
Question – The return is entirely a personal affair. even a very near one cannot understand. it is actually easily possible only for those who have suffered. but, lord, you…
Osho – Why does suffering exist in the world?
Question – Bhagwan, why does suffering exist in the world? Osho – The suffering exists in the world because of purposes, goals and things like that. The suffering simply means…
Osho – Don’t expect! Whatever you get, be grateful for it
Question – Beloved Osho, i feel so blessed to have this opportunity to float in your ocean of silence. Does my wanting more block my availability to receive it? Osho…
Osho – The miserable person is bound to be mean, he cannot be noble
Osho – The miserable person is bound to be mean, he cannot be noble. One should not expect nobleness out of misery. That is impossible; that is asking for something…
Osho on Misery – You are miserable because you have decided to be miserable
Question – Why can i not live without Misery? Osho – Very few people can. Very few people can afford to live without misery. Misery gives you a sense of…
Osho on worries about small things – Go deep into your worries, just really go madly into your worries
[Another sannyasin, leaving, says he worries about small things, like where I’m going later in the day or my parents and going home. He feels it cuts him off from…
Osho – A demanding mind always becomes miserable. Bliss is where demand is not
[A sannyasin couple and their baby are present. The man says he expected to come here and feel better, more loving. Instead, he says, in some ways he feels more…
Osho – If we can create misery, then why can’t we create joy?
Osho – Deva means divine, samoda means delight – divine delight. And let that be your climate – live in it, breathe in it. It is only a question of…
Osho – Why am i always living in a kind of hell?
Question – Osho, Why am i always living in a kind of hell? Osho – Sudhir, IT IS ALWAYS your own creation. Whether you live in heaven or hell, you…
Osho – People cannot accept bliss easily; misery is okay
Osho – Sannyas is not prayer with sadness, seriousness. It is not prayer as a ritual, as a formality. It is prayer as playfulness. It is prayer as cheerfulness. The…
Osho – One can be a servant to humanity out of misery
Osho – One can become a helper for two reasons: either out of misery or out of bliss. One can be a servant to humanity out of misery,. One can…
Osho – It is very human to forget that god loves you
Osho – David means beloved of god. It comes from a Hebrew word dodavehu. Dodavehu means beloved of Jehovah. It is one of the most important things to remember, and…
Osho – Every pain can become a satori… satori, a samadhi
[A sannyasin who came to Osho because he has cancer of the foot, has just discovered that it has now spread to the rest of his body. He says he…
Osho – Your ego leads to misery, nobody else leads you into misery
Osho – Whenever you listen to the voice of the ego, sooner or later there will be trouble. You will fall into the trap of misery. This you have to…
Osho – Mind is misery, Meditation is bliss
Osho – Mind is misery and cannot be otherwise, because mind lives in desires, ambitions, it is always hankering for the more — and that hankering cannot be satisfied. It…
Osho on Anger and Creativity, Shift from anger to creativity
[A sannyasin says he never knows what to do with his anger. He has done many groups, but it still comes up.] Osho – And do you think it is…
Osho – Before you can transform suffering you will have to become a witness
Osho – Jesus says, “Love your enemies.” The Jewish God cannot love his enemies, so why should man? If God is incapable of loving his enemies, how can you expect…
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…
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…
Osho – things that are causing you Misery must be giving you some Pleasure too
Question – BELOVED MASTER, WHY DO I FEEL SO MUCH PAIN IN LETTING GO OF THE THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING ME MISERY? Osho – Deva Akal, the things that are…