An Inquiry in Being
Ordinarily we exist in what we might call the outer body. Our identification is through the senses which include the mind. We think of ourselves as others see us. We picture a body and face that we...
View ArticleUnderlying Great Doubt there is Great Satori – Osho
Zen is the only revolutionary religion in the world. All the other religions are traditional, orthodox, superstitious, fundamentally based on belief. Any religion that is based on belief is a fiction,...
View ArticleLike a Great Surprise – Osho
It all seems so simple – I just can’t understand it. I keep grasping at it and it eludes me, a music that can almost be smelt, a taste that can almost be felt. Sometimes I am on the very threshold;...
View ArticleNo Time Left for Any Device – Osho
In the last few weeks you have been talking a lot about the world running fast towards a dead end, without showing any more hope that things will ever change. On the other hand, up to one month ago,...
View ArticleEnlightenment is Not Superhuman – Osho
In discourse I followed past words, disregarding feelings, into air and the pattern of my being. Is it really this simple? Now moving into mysterious depths, no universal visions – just me, here...
View ArticleYour Identification Breaks in the Fifth Body, Now You will be the Master – Osho
On which plane does the meditator reach the no-thought state? Are thoughts possible without identifying the consciousness with objects or is identity essential for thought? The perfect no-thought state...
View ArticleThe One in Which Everything Appears
In order to dis-identify ourselves from the body/form we make the body an object and watch our activities. We watch the body in the world without judging it and by doing so we become aware of the One...
View ArticleDo Not be a Beggar – Osho
In one of your talks you said that the effect of shaktipat diminishes gradually; thus the seeker must maintain a regular contact with the medium. Does this not mean dependency upon some person in the...
View ArticleCancer Provided the Poke I Needed – Devageet
Devageet left his body on January 26, 2020. A beautiful tribute page can be found on OSHONEWS. I have a cancer. It has stripped away my tomorrows. My tree of life has been stripped down to...
View ArticleDeath, a Blessing in Disguise – Osho
My friend, Chintan, is just starting six months of heavy chemotherapy. You have already sent him such beautiful messages for his meditation while passing through this. Now, Osho, do you have some jokes...
View ArticleDeath, the Gap and Jumping Out of the Wheel – Osho
In discourse the other night you said that at one’s death there is but a two or three second gap between which the soul travels from one body to the next. Master, you have said that your last life was...
View ArticleBoth are Half Right, Half Wrong – Osho
I have just arrived from the West—Paris—where I had heard about you and read some of your books. They touched me very deeply and one question arose in me: How is your spiritual dimension and the work...
View ArticleWith Utmost Devotion – Osho
With utmost devotion, center on the two junctions of breath and know the knower. There is a slight difference in the techniques – slight modifications. But though the differences are slight in the...
View ArticleAt the Start of Sneezing be Uninterruptedly Aware – Osho
At the start of sneezing, during fright, in anxiety, above a chasm, flying in battle, in extreme curiosity, at the beginning of hunger, at the end of hunger, be uninterruptedly aware. It looks so...
View ArticleWhen In Worldly Activity – Osho
When in worldly activity, keep attentive between the two breaths, and so practicing, in a few days, be born anew. When in worldly activity, keep attentive between the two breaths… Forget breaths – keep...
View ArticleAttention Between Eyebrows – Osho
Attention between eyebrows, let mind be before thought. Let form fill with breath essence to the top of the head and there shower as light. This was the technique given to Pythagoras. Pythagoras went...
View ArticleThe Awakening of Meditation
We have all gathered to hear a talk on the awakening of meditation. But before we begin talking about the awakening let us first consider what we are awakening from. Most of us live our life with very...
View ArticleTwo Difficulties on the Path of Meditation – Osho
What are the difficulties on the path of meditation and how can we overcome them? There are only two difficulties on the path of meditation: one is the ego. You are continuously prepared by the...
View ArticleGrace and Effort – Osho
Does one attain to meditation through God’s grace? It will be useful to understand this thing, because it has led to lots of misunderstandings and mistakes. A good number of people have thought that if...
View ArticleAn Experiment in Awarefulness
Ultimately, we are told, meditation is samadhi, total relaxation in total awareness. And we have heard, “The kingdom of God is within,” “Be a light unto yourself.” But for most of us this is not our...
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