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The Goose is Out! – Osho
Is the goose really out? Anand Bhavo, the goose has never been in, the goose has always been out. It is a Zen koan. First you have to understand the meaning of Zen and the meaning of a koan. Zen is not...
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The Body is a Great Organic Unity – Osho
Austerities destroy impurities, and with the ensuing perfection in the body and sense organs, physical and mental powers awaken. Union with the divine happens through self-study. Total illumination can...
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I Don’t have any Disciples Anymore – Osho
What is the difference between a disciple and a friend? Has the transformation amongst the sannyasins already happened? The distinction between a disciple and a friend has two sides to it. First, from...
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Death to the Limited – Osho
Posture should be steady and comfortable. Posture is mastered by relaxation of effort and meditation on the unlimited. When posture is mastered, there is a cessation of the disturbances caused by...
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Consciousness Cannot be Divided into Male or Female – Osho
Do we need special meditation for women? No. Meditation is concerned with your consciousness – and consciousness is neither man nor woman. This is one of the fundamentals I want the world to be aware...
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Returning to the Source – Osho
Then comes the dispersion of the cover that hides the light. And then the mind becomes fit for concentration. The fifth constituent of yoga, pratyahar — returning to the source — is the restoration of...
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Watchfulness is a Simple Step – Osho
I am a first grade student in the subject of witnessing. Whenever I am listening to you talking about watching, witnessing, something in me feels so thrilled, excited, joyful, and a big “Ah!” comes up....
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The Light of Higher Consciousness – Osho
Dharana, concentration, is confining the mind to the object being mediated upon. Dhyan, contemplation, is the uninterrupted flow of the mind to the object. Samadhi is when the mind becomes one with the...
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Meditation is Mind Relaxed – Osho
Meditation, understanding, awareness, love and enlightenment, and now transcendence of enlightenment, seem to be inalienable parts of your teaching. And they also seem to be organically interconnected....
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The Inside of the Inside – Osho
Samyama is to be employed in stages. These three — dharana, dhyan, and samadhi — are internal compared to the five that preceded them. But the three are external compared to seedless samadhi. Nirodh...
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Loneliness is a Misunderstanding – Osho
I have often heard you speak of aloneness and loneliness as being opposed; of aloneness being a state in which one is so full – fulfilled; of loneliness being a state in which one is missing the other,...
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This Silence, This Moment, So Precious – Osho
This silence . . . this moment . . . so precious . . . so beautiful. To keep avoiding it and missing it seems so absurd. Beloved Master, why? What is so difficult about dropping this whole game and...
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Be a Light unto Yourself
Recently Amido and I were in Playa del Carmen, Mexico on a 40-day working holiday. We spent our days working on editing and assembling the A Course in Witnessing, interspersed with walks on the beach...
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Piling Up the Zeros of Being – Osho
Samadhi parinam, the inner transformation, is the gradual settling of distractions and the simultaneous rising of one-pointedness. Ekagrata parinam, one-pointed transformation, is the condition of the...
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What does it Mean to Transcend Sex? – Osho
And the second part of the question is: What does it exactly mean to transcend sex? Sex is a subtle subject, delicate, because centuries of exploitation, corruption, centuries of perverted ideas,...
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Variations on a Theme
I offer the following story not to diminish, in any way, other’s experiences that may vary quite significantly from my own but simply to add mine to the mix. Ma Prem Sagara, now known as Sumati, and I...
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The Light of Higher Consciousness – Osho
Dharana, concentration, is confining the mind to the object being mediated upon. Dhyan, contemplation, is the uninterrupted flow of the mind to the object. Samadhi is when the mind becomes one with the...
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Meditation is Mind Relaxed – Osho
Meditation, understanding, awareness, love and enlightenment, and now transcendence of enlightenment, seem to be inalienable parts of your teaching. And they also seem to be organically interconnected....
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The Inside of the Inside – Osho
Samyama is to be employed in stages. These three — dharana, dhyan, and samadhi — are internal compared to the five that preceded them. But the three are external compared to seedless samadhi. Nirodh...
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Loneliness is a Misunderstanding – Osho
I have often heard you speak of aloneness and loneliness as being opposed; of aloneness being a state in which one is so full – fulfilled; of loneliness being a state in which one is missing the other,...
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