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Sammasati

2008-06-27T04:11:03Z

Gautama Buddha emphasized one single work continually for forty two years, morning and evening; the word is sammasati....it means "right remembering." You remember many things...you can become an Encyclopedia Britannica; your mind is capable of remembering all the libraries of the world...but that is not the right remembering. There is onlyone right remembering....the moment you remember yourself.

Excerpt from OSHO ~ Love, Freedom, Aloneness The Koan of Relationships

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The Book of Understanding

2008-06-27T04:04:06Z

After two thousand years of continuous sex repression, the West became fed up with it. It was too much and the whole wheel turned. Then, instead of repression, indulgence became the new obsession. From one pole the mid moved to the other pole. The disease remained the same. Once it was repression, now it is to indulge more and more in it. Both are sick attitudes.

Sex has to be transformed, neither repressed nor indulged. And the only possible way to transform sex is to be sexual with deep meditative awareness.

Move into sex, but with an alert, conscious, mindful being. Don't allow it to become an unconscious force. Don't be pulled and pushed by it. Move knowingly, understandingly, lovingly. But make sexual experience a meditative experience. Meditate in it. That is what the East has done through Tantra.

And once you are meditative in sexual experience, the quality of it starts changing. The same energy which is moving into sexual experience starts moving towards consciousness.

You can become so alert in a peak sexual orgasm as you can otherwise never become, because no other experience is so deep, no other experience is so obsorbing, no other experience is so total. In sexual orgasm, you are totally obsorbed, root and all - your whole being vibrating, your whole being in it. Body, mind - both are in it. And thinking stops completely. Even for a single second, when the orgasm reaches its peak, thinking stops completely, because you are so total you cannot think.

In a sexual orgasm you are. Being is there without any thinking. In this moment, if you can become alert, consciou, then sex can become the door to the divine. And if in this moment you can become alert, the alertness can be carried in other moments also, in other experiences also. It can become part of you. Then eating, walking, doing some work, you can carry that alertness. Through sex, the alertness has touched your deepest core. It has penetrated you. Now you can carry it.

And, if you become meditative, you will come to realize a new fact. That fact it is not sex that gives you bliss, it is not sex that gives you ecstacy. Rather , it is a thoughtless state of the mind and totally involvement in the act that gives you a blissful feeling.

Taken from "The Book of Understanding" Osho

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osho books free Download

2008-06-08T14:48:25Z

Friends...
one can Download osho free books at:
http://messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Osho_Books.htm

direct links are;
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http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Osho_Darshan_Diaries.htm
http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Osho_Discourse_Series.htm
http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Osho_Early_Discourses.htm
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http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Osho_Books_on_Meditation.htm
http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Osho_Books_on_Personal_notes.htm
http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Osho_Books_on_Sufi_Masters.htm
http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Osho_Books_on_Upanishads.htm
http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Osho_Books_on_Tantra_&_Mantra.htm
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http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Osho_books_on_Zen_and_Zen_Masters.htm

for downloading osho rajneesh mysterious banned book 'TEARS of THE MYSTIC RoSE' is
http://www.oshorajneesh.net/
http://www.oshorajneesh.net/thebook.htm

love
shiva

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MYSTIC ROSE NL 2008

2008-05-24T22:07:51Z

MYSTIC ROSE NL 2008
MYSTERY events

rajneesh in
HOLLAND
EUROPE
netherlands

25 juli - 6 augustus 2008
www.oshorajneesh.net/

dutch information
swamirajneesh.punt.nl/

OSHO sannyasins from 81 countries visit OSHO RAJNEESH
Tears of the Mystic Rose bringing sannyasins together again
OSHO RAJNEESH book free for all sannyasins

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Fatwa from Vatayana ???

2008-05-24T18:59:16Z

Fatwa from Vatayana ???

In case you didn't know....
VATAYANA LETTER TO RUSSIAN OSHO CENTERS AND EUROPEAN OSHO CENTERS

Dear Sannyasin,

Since I have sent you the letter below (www.oshorajneesh.net/events.htm) we haven't heard back from you.I am now back in the Meditation Resort, Pune and again heard that in your OSHO Center you will accommodate eventsrun by the person Rajneesh www.oshorajneesh.net/ in the next weeks.

I want to be very open and let you know that people have sent us a list of places where this person which calls himself "Rajneesh" is traveling too.One of the places is also Yekaterinburg.

As mentioned below,please understand that these kind of eventsare not part of the understanding how Osho wanted his centers to operate.

He say's" ...a center should be a taste of this place ( Meditation Resort ,Pune )"and this person is at this point not welcome in the OSHO International Meditation Resortand has not and will not be invited to facilitate events or meditations in the Meditation Resort.

read more: http://people.tribe.net/prayoga/blog/f5c3c9d6-f354-478a-8ea6-67f554094237

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Tears of the Mystic Rose For and Against Swami Rajneesh

2008-05-24T18:39:09Z

For and Against Swami Rajneesh

Introduction
There is a Indian teacher who also gives satsang and leads groups in Russia who IS a disciple of Osho's, and calls himself Swami Rajneesh (lover of Osho like we all are). Recently he published a book in India called "Tears of the Mystic Rose" which allegedly makes challenging reading. Sannyasnews hope to review when a copy becomes available in the West. The book seems to have upset the 21 popes of the "Inner Circle" the people who run Osho's temporal affairs in Pune and elsewhere (???). They published the following letter about the book. Swami Rajneesh's reply is also included below.

link for downloading the book free is
http://www.oshorajneesh.net/osho_rajneesh_tears_of_the_mystic_rose.pdf

WORLDWIDE CIRCULAR SENT BY THE INNER CIRCLE

Pune, sent on January 15, 2008

Beloved Friends of the OSHO Centers and "Places to meditate", Some of you have reported that they got some promotional literature about " TEARS OF THE MYSTIC ROSE " from someone who calls himself " Swami Rajneesh " Just so you know this is just a local guruji play here in India. As Oshos says " In India there is one on every corner.... " This person is not granted entrance to the OSHO International Meditation Resort

Love, Vatayana. OSHO Global Connections

Swami Rajneesh replies to the Circular. 21 January 2008

To all my most beloved friends and fellow travellers as 19 January was my Beloved Master Osho's Mahaparinirvan day I choose to remain silent. : The inner circle message was sent on 15 January.

My book which is a mysterious love story between a master and a disciple was released on 19 January. This circle of dictators have not even read a single word of my book, Tears of the Mystic Rose. I challenge them to read it first and then send out an informed and intelligent message about me and the contents of the book

I have been a devotee and disciple of Osho for 26 years since 1981. After Osho left his body I remained silent and alone living in the Himalayas in Manali for 17 years without speaking or teaching or becoming a therapist or running any centre - simply alone and moving on my inner path silently. I have come back to Poona after 17 years existence and my love for Osho has made me come out into the world.

The Inner Circle letter: regarding : from someone who calls himself " Swami Rajneesh ". It who was Osho himself who changed my name from Swami Rajnish to Swami Rajneesh, just a few days before leaving his body Osho mysteriously pointed me out in the Buddha Hall in front of 5000 sannyasins, a secret and mystery which I have finally decided to reveal to the whole world. My story of love reveals all the mysteries I have mentioned in my website below. Read and challenge me, I am now available to all. Just so you know this is just a local guruji play here in India, As Osho says " In India there is one on every corner.... that I am playing guruji…even if I were to wrongly accept this label….ok !! Osho also says beware of dictators like Sheela and Hitlers and fascism.

What role is the inner circle playing ?? dictators ?? or facists ?? Osho dreamt of each and every street dancing with his sannyasins singing songs of love for their beloved master. Each of us are his dream and I am honored to dance on every street corner of India if I had to sing his song of love

That swami Rajneesh is banned from the ‘ resort ‘: ….great news… am I banned for one month or six months or 2 years or 10 years or 25 years or forever or one lifetime or the next two rebirths. Anyway I live with the best company of rebels - the outer circle of the banned misfits.

Remembrances of 19 January when Osho died is banned from the resort. Celebration of Osho birthday is banned from the resort. Celebration of Osho enlightment day is banned from the resort. Celebration of masters days is banned from the resort. Thousands of loving disciples are banned from the resort. 15 of the original of the inner circle themselves are banned from the resort. If they are the infallible popes of our enforcement resort then why are they all divided the original 21 are now 6.

Osho mala is banned from the resort. Osho pictures are banned from the resort. Osho songs of love are banned from the resort. The display of reverence and gratitude for our beloved master is banned from the resort bowing to the sacred Buddha hall is banned from the resort. The term samadhi is banned from the resort. The term ashram is banned from the resort. The term swami is banned from the resort. Namaste is banned from the resort. The buddha hall podium where our beloved master was brought for the last time for his last rites has been brutally destroyed and smashed where people today walk on this sacred holy podium with shoes and boots. The Samadhi marble memorial has been removed, his memorial photo loved all over the world has been replaced with a bronze head. Alcohol is flowing freely in the multiplaza where one pays thousands of dollars in therapies to grow towards consciousness, drunken sannyasins fall on the floor at Saturday nights plaza parties

Alcohol stinks 50 meters from the sacred Samadhi, 25 meters from Buddha hall, foul cigarette smell floats hundreds of meters around. This is the dream of our great master Osho being taken care of by the inner circle. They should be personally standing at the gate receiving each and every loving seeker of truth with a welcome and a song receiving each and every sannyasin with warmth and compassion. The higher the person in authority the greater is his responsibility to be conscious of his actions. The inner circle has been given the mandate to take care of mundane matters only. They do not possess even an iota of power to interfere into spiritual considerations

The barbaric destruction of the Buddha hall is not a mundane matter. The removal of the marble memorial is not a mundane matter.The aggressive snatching and banning of wearing of the mala is not a mundane matter. Removing his photos is not a mundane matter. Barring expressions of gratitude is not a mundane matter. Not allowing his song to be sung is not a mundane matter

A member of the inner circle Yogendra ( Darcey O' Brien ) dared to state in the New York Times: “someone comes in and there are, like, 1,000 pictures of this dead guy and they're like - Whoa, get me out of here “ Osho is that dead guy - enough of this bullshit

Now who are these 21 retarded monkeys. We are millions of sannyasins silent to the misuse of power and domination by the retarded. The food voucher states “just a meeting place for friends “ - is this a barrista coffee shop. This is a sacred space….not a place but a temple for fellow travelers seeking the truth. All rebels in our sannyasin world should ban the term resort. Osho only said make the ashram with resort like facilities. It is not an ashram, it is not a commune, it is not a resort, it is a Temple. Oshos Temple of Love. Each and every sannyasin has the right to protect and to question spiritual considerations. A huge fire and rebellious debate is needed to determine the actual powers vested in these retarded, ungrateful and loveless inner circle. They have the power to ban. They should learn real power - the power to love.

Yes, we Indians are stupid devotional types and gratefully remember and dedicate our lives to his flame of love: we are free to express our religiousness
our gratitude in any way we wish, we will protect our freedom of expression of religiousness.

Sannyasins are not sheep, that you create the fear of banning, this is the lowest form of blackmail. Osho says do not make a religion out of me where did he say expression of religiousness was barred.

So wake up, you have been given time with compassion. The inner circle beware of your actions grow up and act consciously, behave humanly, you are merely caretakers of mundane matters, not masters.

Swami Rajneesh

www.oshorajneesh.net
link for downloading the book free is
http://www.oshorajneesh.net/osho_rajneesh_tears_of_the_mystic_rose.pdf

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Rajneesh Tears of the Mystic Rose Osho Gold-copy 88 came today

2008-05-15T16:25:58Z

Rajneesh Tears of the Mystic Rose Osho Gold-copy 88 came today
http://www.oshorajneesh.net/

And here it is, My book with HIS blessings... signed copy 88 Gold! Having an Ego is such a blessing!

Osho’s image

Rajneesh Agrawal, 46, energetically raises his arms and quotes Gautam Buddha before lapsing into verse by Kahlil Gibran. Clad in maroon robes with a flowing beard and dark bulbous eyes, the resemblance to his master, the original Rajneesh/Osho is startling, and almost eerie. But then Rajneesh who dropped Agrawal from his name 30 years ago, has spent almost three decades devoted to his guru and has just written a book, Tears of the Mystic Rose, an autobiography that also talks about his experiences with Osho in the Pune commune.
“My father named me Rajnish, Bhagwan changed my name to Rajneesh,” he says, quietly proud of this connection to Osho. The son of a prominent industrialist, Shiv Agrawal, Rajneesh counts Lord Swraj Paul and the Paul family that runs the Apeejay Group among his first cousins. However, it’s his mother, the actress Vimmi who was serenaded by Sunil Dutt in Na sir jhuka ke jeeo, na munh chhupa ke jeeo, whom Rajneesh recalls fondly. “When my mother died, I left home and stayed with an aunt in Delhi where I started reading Bhagwan’s discourses,” he says. “I knew instinctively that’s where I belonged and I left for Pune immediately.” The year was 1981. Eventually, Rajneesh followed Osho to Oregon in the US and Manali, where he continued to live after Osho died, or as Rajneesh puts it, left his body. Now he divides his time between Pune and Delhi.

“I decided to write this book, because lots happened between Osho and me that no one knows about,” he claims mysteriously. A beautifully designed production, Tears of the Mystic Rose is far from typical; it has no punctuation or capital letters, and it opens vertically, like a scroll, deliberately, says Rajneesh, to open the readers’ “third eye”, and because all spiritual growth is vertical. In one chapter he talks of his divine experience of achieving Samadhi or enlightenment, and in another, he has drawn fantastic comparisons between Osho and himself. “My birthday is the day Osho left his body,” he explains and says it’s no coincidence that right after his Samadhi, Osho was released from prison. While he avoids spelling it out, it is clear Rajneesh believes he’s the reincarnation of Osho. The only dampener being that he’s banned from the Commune in Pune, nor has he managed to convince anyone of his deep connect with the Master.

In his Tears of the Mystic Rose, he has drawn on teachings by Mahavir and J Krishnamurti and emphasised the need for meditation for inner peace. “Once you experience the joy sanyas brings, everything else becomes irrelevant,” he says.

After being estranged from the Paul family, of late Rajnish is back in touch with them. They look at him with bemused tolerance, if not slight embarrassment. Rajneesh is unperturbed. “There’s more to life than money,” he says. His spiritual journey continues, and Rajneesh hopes to have an Ashram in Kerala soon. More than money, there’s fame to look out for.

Tears of the Mystic Rose is available at Osho World in Ansal Plaza for Rs 800

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Silence

2008-05-12T00:25:01Z

I thought most sannyasins would be happy with a revival of the Buddhafield. But I find it quite stil, when a swami rajeesh wants to ignite us again. Why is that? What is wrong with us, have we given up hope? Are we afraid for stones in the pont? I like stones, I like silemce, I like rebels.... I LOVE Rajneesh!!!!

link for downloading the book free is
http://www.oshorajneesh.net/osho_rajneesh_tears_of_the_mystic_rose.pdf

to know more about swami rajneesh website is www.oshorajneesh.nl
with love

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Sannyas Anyone?

2008-05-09T04:09:31Z

I have never met Osho in the flesh but have certainly met him in spirit and in my dreams...many times. I visited the ashram in Pune, India but didn't feel ready to take sannyas. Now after years of self exploration, study, and self discovery, I feel ready. Is it possible to still take sannyas? Does one have to be in Pune at the ashram? How does one go about doing this?

Anyone?

Lesley

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Praise for the Rising Sun !

2008-05-07T19:22:36Z

Osho, in the Orange Book

(The Meditation Techniques of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)

*** Waiting for the Sunrise ***

Just fifteen minutes before the sun rises, when the sky is becoming
a little lighter, just wait and watch as one waits for a beloved:
so tense and exited - yet silent. And just let the sun rise and
go on watching. No need to stare, you can blink your eyes. Have the
feeling that simultaneously something is rising.

When the sun comes on the horizon, start feeling that it is just near
the navel. It comes up over there; and here, inside the navel, it
comes up, comes up slowly. The sun is rising there, and here another
point of light is rising. Just ten minutes will do. Then close your
eyes. When you first see the sun with open eyes it creates a negative,
so when you close your eyes, you can see the sun dazzling inside.

And this is going to change you tremendously.

*** Praise for the Rising Sun ***

Get up at five o'clock before the sunrise and for half an hour just sing,
hum, moan, groan. These sounds need not be meaningful. You should enjoy
them, that's all - that is the meaning. You should sway. Let it be a
praise for the rising sun and stop only when the sun has risen.

That will keep a certain rhythm in you the whole day. You will be attuned
from the very morning and you will see that the day has a different quality;
you are more loving, more caring, more compassionate, more friendly -
less violent, less angry, less ambitious, less egoistic.

and,

by Omraam Mikhaêl Aîvanhov

(my translation:)

'The sun sends his light and warmth throughout the universe and he does
not worry about knowing who profits, who is exposed to his rays, nor who
has slept in the caves!... He does not want to know, it does not interest
him he is not vexed nor furious when people aren't exposed to his rays.
And like the sun, there exists Initiates that send their light and love
into the cosmos, and they neither, do not préoccupy themselves in knowing
if creatures are benefiting or not. They feel happy, fulfilled, all their
pleasure is in the distribution of their riches into the whole universe.
There is no greaet pleasure than that of the sun that is feeling and living.'

"Le soleil envoie sa lumière et sa chaleur à travers l'univers mais il ne
s'inquiète pas de savoir qui en profite, qui s'est exposé à ses rayons,
ou qui a dormi dans les caves!... Il ne veut pas le savoir, ça ne
l'intéresse pas, il n'est ni vexé ni furieux que les gens ne soient pas
exposés à ses rayons. Et comme le soleil, il existe des Initiés qui
envoient leur lumière et leur amour à travers le cosmos, et eux non plus
ne se préoccupent pas de savoir si les créatures en bénéficient ou non.
Il se sentent heureux, comblés, tout leur plaisir est de distribuer leurs
richesses dans l'univers entier. Il n'y a pas de bonheur plus grand que
celui que le soleil est en train de sentir et de vivre."

'The sun is the most intelligent being. And is your are astounded by what I
tell you about him, it's that you have considered him as an inert body.
Whereas I, who consideres him a living being, he instructs me. That is the
truth and one day the whole world shall come to know him.'

"Le soleil est l'être le plus intelligent. Et si vous êtes étonnés de ce que
je vous dis à son sujet, c'est que vous l'avez considéré comme un corps mort.
Tandis que moi, qui le considère comme un être vivant, il m'instruit. Voilà
la vérité et un jour le monde entier arrivera à le connaître."

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Controversial banned book.....'TEARS of THE MYSTIC RoSE'

2008-05-05T23:02:57Z

Controversial banned book of Swami Rajneesh is igniting the osho sannyasins again to come together again and form a buddha field... this looks like a new phase in the osho sannyas world which always talks about buddhahood.

swami rajneesh talks about many mysteries in his much liked book 'TEARS of THE MYSTIC RoSE'....
like Black magic on osho, why osho left this body suddenly, how jiddu krishnamurti was involved in osho making this decision of leaving body suddenly, transmission of lamp done by osho, how osho went beyond enlightenment, what is the role of therapies in seeker's path and when therapies can act as a hindarance, where is buddha's body (maitreya) today... where is osho's real inner circle... why ashram(commune) was painted black....

many osho disciples have got enlightened but were not coming in open but now they may join together to make a buddhafield to help seeker on any path.

energy created by osho sannyasins to meditate is always open for seekers from any path.
infact buddhahood is our real nature.... osho or buddha or ramana or ramakrishna or nisargaddata or gurdjieff or jesus are just devices to take us towards meditation and realize our true nature.

link for downloading the book free is
http://www.oshorajneesh.net/osho_rajneesh_tears_of_the_mystic_rose.pdf

to know more about swami rajneesh website is http://www.oshorajneesh.net

with love
shiva

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KUNDALINI SHAKTI

2008-04-21T15:03:09Z

What is kundalini?

``Kundalini'' literally means coiling, like a snake. In the classical literature of hatha yoga kundalini is described as a coiled serpent at the base of the spine. The image of coiling, like a spring, conveys the sense of untapped potential energy. Perhaps more meaningfully kundalini can be described as a great reservoir of creative energy at the base of the spine.
It's not useful to sit with our consciousness fixed in our head and think of kundalini as a foreign force running up and down our spine. Unfortunately the serpent image may serve to accentuate this alien nature of the image. It's more useful to think of kundalini energy as the very foundation of our consciousness so that when kundalini moves through our bodies our consciousness necessarily changes with it.

The concept of kundalini can also be examined from a strictly psychological perspective. From this perspective kundalini can be thought of as a rich source of psychic or libidinous energy in our unconscious.

In the classical literature of Kashmir Shaivism kundalini is described in three different manifestions. The first of these is as the universal energy or para-kundalini. The second of these is as the energizing function of the body-mind complex or prana-kundalini. The third of these is as consciousness or shakti-kundalini which simultaneously subsumes and intermediates between these two. Ultimately these three forms are the same but understanding these three different forms will help to understand the differerent manifestations of kundalini.

What is the difference between prana and kundalini? What is the difference between qi (or chi) and kundalini?

First let us try to relate to concepts from the same tradition - prana and kundalini. Prana has been translated as the ``vital breath'' and ``bio-energetic motility''; it is associated with maintaining the functioning of the mind and body. Kundalini, in its form as prana-kundalini, is identical to prana ; however, Kundalini also has a manifestations as consciousness and a as a unifying cosmic energy. One could ascribe these same aspects to prana as well so past a certain point these become distinctions without differences.

From the subjective standpoint of an individual actually experiencing the awakening of kundalini I have found three completely different opinions:

The first opinion is that a pranic awakening is only a prelude to a full kundalini awakening. Tibetan yogins that I have encountered consider the activation of prana (Tibetan: rlung) as merely a prerequisite for the activation of kundalini (Tibetan: gTummo). What's attractive about this viewpoint is that it explains the difference between the experience of simply having pleasant sensations in the spine and the much more powerful experience of having a ``freight-train''-like full kundalini experience.

The second opinion, espoused by Swami Shivom Tirth for example, is that prana and kundalini are absolutely equivalent and that it is not meaningful in any way to describe a difference between kundalini rising and prana rising. When posed with question as to how to distinguish between pleasant sensations that show some pranic-activity in the spine and the much more powerful experience Swami Shivom Tirth said that the difference is not in the nature of the activity but in the consciousness that observes it. If the consciousness that experiences the pranic activity is seated within the spine (or more correctly, the central channel, known as the sushumna), then the experience is felt much more powerfully.

The third opinion, espoused by the modern hatha yogin, Desikaran, is that pranic awakening is the true experience to be aimed for and kundalini is actually an obstruction. Desikaran sees the kundalini as a block in the central channel and thus the kundalini must be ``killed'' to make way for the prana. This is the most unusual view of the three.

The Chinese concept of qi (or chi) can be safely identified with the Indian concept of prana.

If all this seems confusing - don't worry, you're in good company. My conclusion is that these are all different terminologies for dealing with a common set of experiences. Any one of these viewpoints is adequate for describing the full range of experiences. What is probably more relevant is to distinguish two different experiences which are often confused. In one an individual experiences some pleasant energizing electric energy running along the spine. This experience itself brings about a wide range of experiences and results in vitality and sensitivity.

Another very distinct experience is the experience of kundalini entering the sushumna and rising up the spine. As soon as kundalini enters the sushumna this experience will completely overwhelm ordinary waking consciousness. From the moment that kundalini enters the sushumna there will no longer be a distrinction between the subjective consciousness which experiences and the object of experience. This experience much more profoundly transfigures consciousness.

If kundalini is universal, why do some kundalini yogins seem to have more kundalini-energy than others?

It's an intriguing question. If an individual's kundalini is viewed as simply a personal reservoir of a cosmic energy then why would one person appear to have more of a reservoir of kundalini energy than another? Nevertheless, this does appear to be the case. This is probably another advantage of the viewpoint that prana (or qi) is the same as kundalini.
Some Chinese texts distinguish between ``innate qi'' or ``pre-natal qi'' that one is born with and ``cultivated qi'' that can be developed. Clearly some people simply have more ``innate qi.'' This manifests as a stronger more resilient body and greater general vitality.

Through training those that have relatively weak ``innate qi'' may surpass those who have strong ``innate qi'' but do not train. There are many stories in the Chinese literature of Qi Gong about people who took up Qi Gong in order to improve their poor health became powerful martial artists or great qi gong masters. Of course those that have strong ``innate qi'' and also train their qi may develop the strongest qi of all.

What does kundalini have to do with spiritual enlightenment? What is the goal of kundalini yoga?

First we need a few concepts: In yogic anatomy the sushumna is the central channel and conduit for the kundalini energy that runs along our spine and up to the crown of our head. Along this channel are placed additional channel networks called cakras. These cakras are associated with major aspects of our anatomy - for example our throat, heart, solar plexus, and in turn these aspects of our anatomy are related to aspects of our human nature.
According to the literature of kundalini yoga our experience of these centers is limited due to knots which restrict the flow of energy into these centers. Three knots are particuarly important. The knot of Brahma which restricts the center at the base of the spine. The knot of Vishnu which restricts the heart center and the knot of Rudra which restricts the center between the eyebrows. These knots form an important framework in yogic thinking and the stages toward enlightenment are articulated in terms of breaking through these knots in the yogic classic the Hatha Yoga Pradipika as well as in some of the yoga upanishads. Specifically, four stages of progress are described:

arambha

ghata

parichaya

nishpatti

Arambha is associated with breaking the knot of Brahma and the awakening of kundalini.

Ghata is associated with breaking the knot of Vishnu and and with internal absorption.

Parichaya the absorption deepens and in

nishpatti the knot of Rudra is pierced and the kundalini may ascend to the center at the crown of the head. In this state transcendence is integrated and, according to the yogic liteature, the yogi has nothing more to attain.

Putting these elaborate physiological decriptions aside, the goal of kundalini yoga is the same as the goal of any legimitate spiritual practice: To be liberated from the limited bounds of the self-centered and alienated ego. In kundalini yoga this is associated with internal manifestations of the kundalini but the external manifestations should be similar to any other legitiimate spiritual practice.

So does everyone agree that kundalini awakening is necessary for enlightenment?

The view that kundalini awakening is necessary for enlightenment is held in the diverse literature of Kashmir Shaivism and in other Hindu Tantric literature. It is found in the literature of the Hatha Yogis and the Nath Sampradaya. You will find similar views in many Buddhist Tantric works. In addition this view is held by recent spiritual figures such as Shri Ramakrishna, Swami Sivananda, Paramahamsa Yogananda and Swami Vivekananda and of course by contemporary kundalini yogins themselves.

Nevertheless there are some dissenters from this view. These include Sri Chinmoy, Da Free John and Gurdjieff. Dissent can take a number of different forms. For Gurjieff kundalini is associated only with a binding force that leads us to be more attached to the world. Such a view of kundalini is not entirely inaccurate but only reflects the functioning of kundalini in the lower energy centers. For Sri Chinmoy kundalini is an amplifying function that may make an individual more powerful but not more enlightened. From my perspective this also only addresses the impact of kundalini while it operates in the lower energy centers.

Da Free John (born Franklin Jones, a. k. a. Da Love Ananda) has a much more fundamental criticism of kundalini. As far as I understand his position, for him enlightenment cannot be the result of an experience; it is a cognitive transformation. Kundalini may evoke a wide variety of experiences but these are not in and of themselves enlightening. This is an interesting perspective but it seems to assume that the raising of kundalini is an experience in which an ego-consciousness experiences a separate object known as kundalini. Again, this view is consistent with the experience of kundalini in the lower energy centers in which the ego is detached from the movement of kundalini and kundalini experiences are precieved as separate from oneself. However, I would argue that as kundalini rises the ego-consciousness becomes infused in a more fundamental consciousness of cit-shakti-kundalini and this experience does in fact produce a fundamental cognitive change.

Finally, there are many other spiritual practices, such as Zen, Vipassana meditation that consider kundalini irrelevant. Some practitioners or even teachers of these paths, such as Jiyu Kennet, may have kundalini experiences but generally kundalini is not a pivotal part of these paths.

Can I use kundalini yoga simply to improve my health?

Yoga exercises which were traditionally used to purify the body in preparation for awakening the kundalini can also be used simply to improve the health. To practice techniques aimed at actively awakening kundalini with the goal of simply improving your health seems to be a misuse of these powerful techniques.

There are those that teach kundalini yoga principally emphasizing its benefits on health without much discussion of the spiritual benefits. This is how hatha yoga has been taught in the west for some time. The affect of this approach depends on the attitude of the student. There is certainly nothing wrong with trying to improve your health but there is a tension between awakening an energy that will ultimately burn up the ego and trying to shape that energy to simply fulfill an ego-oriented motive.

Is there any scientific basis for kundalini and the cakras? Do I really have to believe that all these cakras physically exist?

Research on kundalini is especially spotty. There is no compelling work to show that the system represents insights into actual human anatomy. But it's important to understand that kundalini and its network of channels and cakras is simply how yogins have chosen to explain their experience and that yogins from many cultures have arrived at similar, though not identical, concepts. The true physical mechanisms underlying these experiences may be very different from those described. Izaak Benthov has proposed a model to explain kundalini in terms of micro- motion in the brain. In this model experiences are associated with parts of the body, such as the heart, because the part of the brain associated with that part of the body is stimulated by micro-vibrations. His model is treated in ``The Kundalini Experience'' by Sannella referenced below. From a practical perspective the key thing is our subjective experience and that the roadmap of these subjective experiences has been mapped out.

Is Chinese qi gong a kind of kundalini yoga?

If there is any contemporary teaching that is even more diverse in approach than kundalini yoga it must be qi gong. As a result it is hard to compare kundalini yoga to qi gong. From my limited exposure to qi gong it is clear there are many qi gong practices that are identical to kundalini yoga practices. What is also clear is that may qi gong practitioners have reported experiences that are identical to those of kundalini yogins. In so far as each of these practices aims at eliminating blocks to the qi/prana energy then they share a common ground.

What about Tibetan Buddhism - has kundalini been known in Tibet?

Kundalini yoga in the Natha Sampradaya and Vajrayana in Tibetan Buddhism both take their origin from the Mahasiddhas who were active in India from the 8th century to the 12th century. Kundalini yoga practices formed the core of the teachings of a number of these Mahasiddhas and are strongly represented in both Tibetan Buddhist practices and contemporary kundalini yoga practices. Kundalini yoga was spoken of as ``Candali yoga'' by these Mahasiddhas and became known as gTummo rnal 'byor in Tibet. Candali yoga was a key practice of the famous Tibetan yogin Milarepa. The role of kundalini yoga in Tibetan Buddhism is discussed in more detail in the Kundalini Yogas FAQ.

Are there any other traditions that show awareness of kundalini?

If you believe that kundalini is at the basis of spiritual progress then every valid spiritual tradition must have some awareness of kundalini. Christianity (especially Quakerism and Pentecostalism), Sufism, Qabalistic mysticism, alchemy and magick all have literature which demonstrates some awareness of the kundalini process but these traditions are not, to this author's awareness, so open in their exposition of the techniques and so it is hard to judge the depth of understanding latent in these traditions. Nevertheless, the imagery is so unmistakable in these traditions that each must have, at least at one time, been conversant with the movement of kundalini.

So how do I awaken kundalini?

Indirectly kundalini can be awakened by devotion, by selfless service, or by intellectual enquiry. In these paths the blocks to the awakening of kundalini are slowly removed. Occasionally, individuals on these paths will experience a sudden awakening of kundalini but generally because the blocks are slowly and gently removed kundalini-like experiences evolve slowly in these paths.

Broadly speaking there are two radically different direct approaches to awakening kundalini. One approach requires initiation by a guru and relies upon a technique called shaktipat, or ``descent of shakti.'' It is variously called: Siddha Mahayoga, Kundalini Mahayoga or Sahaja Yoga (Spontaneous Yoga). These approaches are treated in the Siddha Mahayoga FAQ. The other approach uses intentional yogic techniques . The styles using intentional techniques include Mantra Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Laya Yoga or Kriya Yoga. These approaches are treated in the Kundalini Yogas FAQ .

Fundamentally the approach of Siddha Mahayoga and the Kundalini Yogas are different. In Siddha Mahayoga the guru awakens the kundalini and after that the core of the practice is the inactive and non-willful surrender to kundalini. In Kundalini Yogas the will is used to awaken the kundalini and to guide its progress. Clearly these are different approaches.
Nevertheless, elements of the each approach occur in the practices of the other. Siddha Mahayogins may use asanas, pranayamas and other hatha yoga practices. On the other hand gurus in Kundalini Yoga may give infusions of shakti to their students to help them at particular points in their practice.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using effort, in kundalini yogas, as opposed to the grace of the guru, in siddha mahayoga, to awaken kundalini?

Since every practitioner brings his own unique inclinations and obstacles to the practice of yoga it is very hard to generalize on this point. In terms of actually awakening kundalini gurus of Siddha Mahayoga claim that the kundalini is more easily and reliably awakened by the grace of the guru than by individual effort. In my limited experience I would agree. with this assertion. While not every long-term student of either practice necessarily shows signs of kundalini awakening it is amazing how many people have had instant awakenings of kundalini through initiation from siddha gurus.

In terms of encountering difficulties along the path the siddha gurus would also claim that fewer problems due to kundalini awakening, such as mental imbalance, are encountered by students of Siddha Mahayoga. Here I think the results are mixed. It seems to me that the guidance of the teacher in either Siddha Mahayoga or Kundalini Yoga is more a determining factor than which style of kundalini practice is employed.

Generally speaking each style of practice has its strengths and weakness. The strength of Siddha Mahayoga is the ease with which it awakens the kundalini. The weakness is that because the kundalini is so easily awakened by the guru students of Siddha Mahayoga often have completely undisciplined personal meditation practices. Time is spent instead to trying to recreate some of their initial experiences by following the guru around hoping for his or her grace Some people spend 20 or more years in this manner without ever developing an inner core of practice or experience.

The strength of the family of Kundalini Yogas is that the progress is at least apparently more under the control of the student of the yoga. These students seem more likely to have disciplined personal practices and more of an understanding of how the practice relates to their own experience.
Unfortunately for some students this leads to a fairly egotistical approach to their practice and ultimately the kundalini energy is used to bolster the ego rather than to merge the ego in bliss.

What are the signs of an awakened kundalini?

Briefly, according to classical literature the signs of an awakened kundalini can be grouped into: mental signs, vocal signs and physical signs. Mental signs can include visions that range from ecstatically blissful to terrifyingly frightful. Vocal signs can include spontaneous vocal expressions that range from singing or reciting mantras to make various animals sounds such as growling or chirping. Physical signs include trembling, shaking and spontaneously performing hatha yoga postures and pranayamas.

From a more subjective perspective the more pleasant experiences associated with a kundalini awakening may include: waves of bliss, periods of elation, glimpses of transcendental consciousness. The less pleasant experiences associated with a kundalini awakening may include: trembling, sharp aches in areas associated with the cakras, periods of irrational anxiety, sudden flashes of heat.

Are these methods of awakening kundalini dangerous? What about Gopi Krishna's books?

If we take the psychological perspective and view kundalini as the power latent in our unconscious then it is easy to understand that awakening this force is going to bring a greater amount of unconscious material into our consciousness. Even in the best of circumstances this is likely to be uncomfortable and if an individual is barely coping with his unconscious even under normal circumstances then awakening kundalini may push the individual over into psychosis. This phenomenon has been documented many times.

Forceful methods of awakening kundalini pose additional dangers. Because quite forceful methods can be used to awaken kundalini these techniques themselves are potentially physically and mentally disruptive. An individual named Gopi Krishna awakened his kundalini by doing unguided meditation on his crown cakra. His life after awakening was both blessed by ecstatic bliss and tormented by physical and mental discomfort. Eventually his experience stabilized. He wrote down his experiences in a recently re-released autbiography entitled ``Living with Kundalini.'' Gopi Krishna's autobiography appears to be an honest representation of his experiences but it is only one extreme datapoint in the panorama of experience on kundalini yoga. It represents dangers in forceful unguided practice but it is not representative of a typical practicioner's experience.

But even if kundalini is dangerous, isn't it a faster way to enlighenment?

First of all it may be useful to observe that there is no technique currently known on earth that appears to be rapidly catapulting large number of individuals toward enlightenment. Because kundalini yogas deal so directly with a powerful enlightening force it seems natural that they would be ``faster'', but there appears to be alot of tortoise and hare phenomena at work with newbie kundalini yogins. Many people begin kundalini yogas, have strong initial experiences and then become frightened. Many who perservere through this initial phase become distracted by the energy and focus on temporal and phenomenal applications of the energy.

There have been many scandals among kundalini yoga teachers - particularly sexual scandals. Is there a correlation between sexual scandals and kundalini yoga practice?

There have been scandals regarding the teachers of many paths, both spiritual and non-spiritual ; however, it is probably fair to say that kundalini yogins have had more than their share. Since the first publication of these frequently-asked-questions in 1994 more than one well-known kundalini yoga teacher has been implicated in having clandestine affairs with students and has been asked to step down from his position as spiritual leader as a result.

An advanced kundalini yogin is typically a powerful charismatic individual who has the ability to directly influence the minds of others. Westerners often mistake this power as a sign of enlightenment and allow such teachers liberties as a result.

In addition it is quite common for kundalini yoga to temporarily accentuate the sex drive. This period requires extra discipline. Finally, kundalini yoga is closely associated with tantrism and sex is often used in conjunction with tantric practice. Where sex is used there is of course the opportunity for misuse or abuse.

If my kundalini is awakened will I need to change my lifestyle?

It's hard to have your cake and eat it too. If you awaken kundalini in order to change and enrich your life it's reasonable to expect you may need to change your lifestyle as a result. The recommendations of both classical literature and experience is that sleep and diet will need to be moderated otherwise severe discomfort may arise. Furthermore without moderating sexual activity and physical work it will be hard to experience much success with kundalini. The extent that these elements of your life need to change depends on the nature of the individual. While genuine mental imbalances arising from kundalini are rare nearly every kundalini yogin will find periods when one needs to be especially sensitive to needs for sleep, quiet and diet

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how to reach your Being?

2008-04-12T00:50:38Z

Osho talks alot about this, reaching your being , only then love can be an expression of your true self, not an eMOTION..
so meditaiton, stillness yes..
what else?

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Dance Meditation in NYC 4/13

2008-04-08T01:44:45Z

Do you have difficulty sitting quietly?

This 3 hours workshop is designed to experience deep relaxation at the end.
Actually, you might go through quite the opposite till the last part.

What we usually do in this workshop is;

1) simple exercise to feel our body, to pay attention to sensation.

2) breath of fire (rapid, strong breathing through nose). You must've done it if you practice Yoga, but this one is a bit more intense and this is the most important part of the meditation. It takes about a half an hour with movement, like shaking or jumping. This will activate your brain function with oxygen and you'll be ready to explore the area that you usually neglect.

3) to experience catharsis. Express anything comes to the surface. This is the time to let all the emotions out.

4) savasana. Lying on your back. You might experience altered state of consciousness at this point.

This meditation is led by Spiritual Healer, Mika Koyama, who got inspired by Holotropic Breathwork therapist, Yuho Shimizu, who lives in Japan.

Motoko, who is a Reiki Master/Teacher, will assist the evening as well. (http://www.salondereiki.com/index.html)

Jesse Yaseen will play powerful drums. (http://www.myspace.com/jesseyaseen)

***NOTE: This meditation is basically designed for healthy adult. Due to its strenuous nature, this workshop is inappropriate for pregnant women or anyone with heart disease, severe hypertension, epilepsy, glaucoma, or serious mental illness.

April 13th, Sunday 6pm to 9pm
The New York Core Center
115 East 23rd st. 12th Fl. (bet. Park & Lex)
FEE : $20 (cash only)
CONTACT & RESERVATION : Ryoko chantiksclaw@mac.com

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Osho's photo

2008-04-03T05:13:35Z

I have Osho's pictures in every room of my house. I can still feel him through them.

I've heard that the resort has taken his photos away.

Do they know what they are doing?

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Who is Right.

2008-03-14T23:51:30Z

The body is the wisdom-tree,
The mind is a bright mirror in a stand;
Take care to wipe it all the time,
And allow no dust to cling.

-----shen hsiu

VS

Fundamentally no wisdom-tree exists,
Nor the stand of a mirror bright.
Since all is empty from the beginning,
Where can the dust alight

---Hui neng

Lov
Maggi

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Anger

2008-02-23T01:29:08Z

Thank you Osho.
osho says- you cant achieve a deep orgasm without being angry first. really embracing your anger. accept your anger- but keep awareness. i guess this opens up energy channels that we have repressed.
then he says if you accept life you will never be angry.\
i realize feeling angry is uncomfortable- nervous shaking energy.. but
i want to be angry now! i am waiting for a chance to be angry. i dont want to get into a fight. he says that if we dont do things with the anger it stays poisonous in our blood. so smashing things is ok?
is there a way to get angry on your own?
when i read osho- its so many ideas i have had already, but osho knows it all. its amazing.
thanks

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Last words of DR.RANDY.Spare few min to watch it

2008-02-16T18:26:36Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tIyt8oSLVs

Lov
Maggi

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Do we really meet ?

2008-02-14T18:11:46Z

Recently we happened to meet a friend at Delhi. She was
saying.... “You know what ? Seems like no one talks to me
around here. Everyone; even my friends' attention is on
something or other when they talk to me. Some at my body,
some at my ear rings, some at my cloths, some at my hair...
God!! at least men are focused on a single part my body
but these girls seem to be even far away from me.”

She is beautiful being herself and statement came with such
an innocence.

No wonder...we go on meeting and talking to people without really
meeting. Rarely does someone touch our heart; touch our being.

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Story of two worms

2008-02-14T06:53:58Z

I heard this story in one of the discourses

Once there were two worms
One used to wake up really early everyday
and the other the lazy one.

Then one day....

The worm which woke up early was
eaten up by an early bird
Then came the fisherman
Who caught and killed the night carwler

Moral of the story

You die one day no matter who you are!!

Simple truth but does not sink in easily at all.
How we keep postponing life thinking we are here for ever !!

Love you all,

Vee

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Hi Guitar chords blog...

2008-02-09T14:35:58Z

Hi Friends,

I Started one blog for guitar chords....Here we can share guitar chords....make request for the other one....

plz check it at...

http://www.hindisongschords.blogspot.com/

Also find the related links at the same.....

Thanks and Regards
Bhupesh Pandey

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Renunciation

2008-02-04T09:12:56Z

Living at Osho Nisarga, on a sunny morning cherishing tasty breakfast and hearty laughters, I wonder what would have been
plight of my life if Osho had not invited me to become Sanyasin and join the celebration!! It is difficult to imagine unconscious
life of the past where even celebrations are turned into a high stress event. Worse still will be life of a great renouncer; long
sad face with their being rotting in the hospital colored Ashrams (Dharmachatras).

Indian curry to continental breakfast, Superclean bungalows and heater if it gets cold, then there are celebrations for birthdays,
arrivals, departures; songs and music sitting in front of the fire place; daily doses of mystic rose with laughters, tears of fulfillment
can hardly be understood as way of a seeker by any traditional religious practitioners. On top of it, daily dynamic and three hours
of silence sitting taking Zorbas to the very abyss of silence defying traditional wisdom that silence and growth requires serious self torturing life!!

I keep remembering saying “All the way to heaven is heaven itself” or for that matter Ikkyu's peach trees and plum blossoms
on the path seem very much the case.

Sannyas used to be viewed once as renunciation. Must have been self-defeating trick from priests who wanted respect from
the society. What a joke! Seen sadhus tying themselves in chain or thousand one self torture...? and all these people are
supposedly on the journey of self liberation!

Probably it is a bigger renunciation if one is able to quit this blissful sanyas life and go back to the life of unconsciousness.
The budda, the silence and the bliss is anyway renounced but seems like Zorba is also incomplete as people hardly find
stress free time to cherish what they have got.

I remember story of Ramakrishna and the following words from Osho........

A man came once to Ramakrishna, and he was praising Ramakrishna very highly, and he was
touching Ramakrishna's feet again and again, and he was saying, "You are simply great -- you
have renounced the world. You are such a great man! How much you have renounced!"

Ramakrishna listened, laughed and said, "Wait! You are going too far -- the truth is just the
opposite."The man said, "What do you mean?"

Ramakrishna said, "I have not renounced anything -- you have renounced. You are a great man!"
The man said, "Are you kidding? I have renounced? I am a WORLDLY man -- I indulge in things,
a thousand and one greeds are there. I am very ambitious, I am very money-oriented. How can I be
called great? No, no -- you must be joking."

And Ramakrishna said, "No. There were two possibilities before me, and two were the possibilities
before you. You have chosen the world and renounced God: I have chosen God, renounced the world.

Who is the real renouncer? You have renounced the greater, more valuable, and chosen the meaningless.
And I have renounced the meaningless and chosen the valuable. If there is a great
diamond and a stone, you have chosen the stone and renounced the diamond; I have chosen the
diamond and renounced the stone -- and you call me a great man? a great man of renunciation? Have
you gone mad?! I am indulging in God. I have chosen the Precious One."

Yes, I too agree with Ramakrishna. Mahavir, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, Saraha -- they have not
renounced. They have indulged, they have truly indulged. They have REALLY enjoyed -- they have
celebrated existence. We who are running after ordinary stones, we are the great renouncers

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Challenge is Life

2008-01-28T18:33:19Z

Go on trying and by and by one becomes more skillful. Just time is needed. And fear is natural, but don't be overpowered by it. It's natural, so accept it. Much will start surfacing in. Everybody carries so much potentiality that they don't even dream about. Their dreams are as their reality... just superficial. You don't know what you are carrying within you. If a little effort is made, more and more of your inner being will be made available to you.

Fear is natural because one is moving in darkness. The inner journey is very dark. Light comes but that is only at the end. First one has to pass through the tunnel, hence trust is needed. The world of light, of course artificial light, is no more there and the world of real light has not yet happened. Just in between the two there is a tunnel of darkness. The mind says 'Go back! At least there was some light. Maybe the light was outside you, but still it was. Maybe it was artificial, but at least it was. Go back! Cling to theories and words and philosophies'.

It is just like when you dive deep into water and an urge arises to go back to the surface. This is a greater depth than that. No ocean is so deep as the inner reality. So one trembles, feels afraid, lost, uprooted. One feels unskillful because the new is so new and you have never practised it. But by and by if you go on with courage and you take the challenge of the unknown, that very challenge will create the capacity to encounter it.

Once you accept a challenge, you start becoming capable of encountering it. Nothing else is needed because the capacity is lying there within you fast asleep because you have never used it.

So whenever there is a challenge, never reject it... welcome it. Challenge is life and life-giving. So whenever there is a challenge, immediately take the opportunity and thank God that again the unknown is before you. Again you are afraid, good. Again the security is no more there, good. Again you move in the insecure. Again the adventure starts and you don't know where you are going you don't know where you will reach, or whether you will ever reach.

You don't even know who you are because a man knows himself only by something that he is capable of doing. Somebody says, 'I am a doctor'. He knows himself because he can do certain things. somebody says, 'I am an advocate', because he knows that he can do something. Somebody says, 'I am a carpenter'. We know ourselves by our doing.

When you move into the unknown, you cannot do anything. You don't know where you are going, what is going to happen. Every moment is going to be a surprise, something just out of the blue. Sooner or later you start feeling that you are losing your identity. So the greatest fear is of losing one's identity, the image, the ego, the nameplate. You cannot carry it into the unknown.

Fear is there but don't pay much attention to it. It is there because of the challenge. Pay attention to the challenge. When you look at the challenge you will not feel bad about the fear; you will say that this is natural.

When one has to climb an Everest fear is natural. I don't see anything abnormal in it. In fact if a man is going to climb Everest and he doesn't feel any fear, he is abnormal; something is perverted about him. Maybe he is insensitive, an idiot, stupid, unaware. When a man starts moving, climbing the Himalayas, it is natural that fear will be felt.

But if when you move on the street of your town you are afraid, then it is abnormal. If in the known you fear, it is abnormal. If you feel fear with the unknown, it is indicative, symptomatic, that there is something that you don't know, with which you are unfamiliar, a strange country you are entering, the language of which is not known to you, and you have no map. There is every possibility that you may be lost forever and may not be able to come back. Fear is natural.

But take the challenge, focus on the challenge; then fear is just the shadow of the challenge. Never pay much attention to shadows because if you do, shadows tend to become realities. Always pay attention to the reality. When you are focused on reality you can see what is a shadow and what is real. The unreal has no more influence on you.

If you are really interested in mysticism, become a mystic. You have taken the first step, hence the fear. Accept the challenge, mm?

Osho, "Beloved of my Heart"

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Osho famous Quotes

2008-01-24T07:48:36Z

Hi Friends a few quotes from Osho...

“Nobody is here to fulfill your dream. Everybody is here to fulfill his own destiny, his own reality"

"dont meditate for long while chanting...that will make u concentrate on the mantra...not the silence "

"Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are "

"The mind can be used and can be put aside. It is an instrument, a very beautiful instrument; no need to be so obsessed with it. "

Belief !!
do not believe in beiieving, my approch is to know and knowing is totally different dimension , it starts from doubt, the moment u believe in something, u have stopped inquiring, belief is the most poisonous thing to destroy human inelligence!!

"Do not be pessimistic do not be optimistic BE REAISTIC "

"“The roses bloom so beautifully because they are not trying to become lotuses. And
the lotuses bloom so beautifully because they have not heard the legends about other flowers. Everything in nature goes so beautifully in accord, because nobody is trying to compete with anybody, nobody is trying to become anybody else. Everything is the way
it is. Just see the point! Just be yourself and remember you cannot be anything else, whatsoever you do. All effort is futile. You have to be just yourself……”

"Drop the fear. Fear was taken up by you in your childhood, unconsciously. Now consciously drop it and be mature. Then the life can be a light which goes on deepening as you go on growing."

"A man who is afraid of death will be afraid of life also, because life brings death. If you are afraid of the enemy and you close your door, the friend will also be prohibited "

Lov
Maggi

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Osho Video Library/set for sale FROM FALSHOOD TO TRUTH 30+ video tapes

2008-01-22T20:29:51Z

I have an a 30 + tape set of Osho delivering the "From Falsehood to Truth" series.
The video tapes are all original and have been stored by me with gentle care. The retail price of the tapes were about 35 bucks/tape, and each video tape runs about 90-120 minutes.
Due to some financial constrains that have come up recently I am putting this set up for sale. I paid about 1000 bucks for it when i got it, and I will sell it to the first decent offer ..

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osho library for sale

2008-01-21T17:10:35Z

Hello. I'm moving to Thailand and sadly must part with my collection of Osho books. If anyone is interested in the complete library, or individual books, please contact me.

Thanks,
Sw. Amrit Kanz

OSHO/RAJNEESH BOOKS FOR SALE

50th Birthday Edition
99 Names of Nothingness, The
Above All, Don’t Wobble
Ah This! (paperback)
Ancient Music in the Pines
And the Flower Showered (paperback, slight water damage)
A rose is a rose is a rose
Art of Dying, The
Believing in the impossible before breakfast
Beloved, The - Volume I
Beloved of my heart
Be Realistic, Plan for a Miracle
Beyond Psychology
Blessed are the ignorant
Bodhidharma, the greatest Zen master
Book of the Books, The
Book of the books, The - Volume II (paperback) (2 copies)
Book of the books, The - Volume III (paperback) 2 copies
Book of the books, The - Volume IV (paperback)
Book of the Secrets
Book of the Secrets Volume II (paperback)
Book of the Secrets Volume III (paperback)
Book of the Secrets Volume IV
Book of the Secrets Volume V (paperback)
Book of wisdom, The - Volume II (paperback)
Buddha Disease, The
Communism & Zen Fire, Zen Wind
Cup of Tea, A (paperback)
Dance Your Way To God
Dang Dang Doku Dang Talks on Zen
Death the Greatest Fiction (paperback)
Diamond Sutra
Dimensions beyond the known (paperback)
Don’t bite my finger, look where I’m pointing
Don’t let yourself be upset by the sutra (paperback)
Drunk on the Divine (paperback)
Empty Boat, The
Everyday Meditator, The (paperback)
Far beyond the Stars
First Principle, The
Fish in the sea is not thirsty, The
For mad men only
From Darkness to Light
From Sex to Super-consciousness
Further shore, The
Get out of your own way (2 copies)
Glimpses of the golden childhood (paperback)
God is dead
God is not for sale
Gold Nuggets
Goose is out, The (paperback)
Grass Grows By Itself, The
Great nothing, The
Great Zen Master Tahei, The
Hammer on the Rock (paperback)
Heart Sutra, The
Hidden Harmony , The
Hidden Splendor, The
Hsin Hsin, the book of nothing (paperback)
I am The Gate (paperback)
Inward Revolution, The (paperback)
I say onto You Volume I (paperback)
Journey Toward the Heart
Krishna, the man and his philosophy (paperback)
Let Go
Life Love Laughter (paperback)
Light on the path
Live Zen
Madman’s guide to enlightenment, A (paperback)
Meditation: The Art of Ecstasy
Meditation. The first and last freedom
Messiah - Volume I
My Way: The Way of White Clouds
Neither This Nor That
New Vision of Women’s Liberation, A
No-book - no Buddha, no teaching, no discipline
No mind – the flower of eternity
Notes of a Madman
Nothing to lose but your head
No water, no moon (paperback)
Only one sky (paperback)
Orange Book, The
Path of the mystic, The
Philosophia Perrenis Volume I
Philosophia Ultima (paperback)
Poisoned in Ronald Reagan’s America
Priests and Politicians, the mafia of the soul (paperback)
Psychology of the esoteric, The (paperback)
Rainbow Bridge, The
Rajneesh Bible Volume I (paperback)
Rajneesh Bible Volume III (paperback)
Rajneesh-ism (paperback)
Rebellious Spirit, The (paperback)
Returning to the Source
Revolution, The
Roots and Wings. Talks on Zen
Search, The
Secret of the Secrets, The – Volume I
Secret Yes, The
Sex (paperback)
Shadow of a Whip, The
Shadow of the bamboo, The (paperback)
Snap your fingers, slap your face and wake up! (paperback)
Sound of Running Water, The
Sufis, The - Volume I
Sun rises in the evening, The
Supreme Doctrine, The (paperback)
Tantra Vision, The - Volume I
Tantra Vision, The – Volume II
Tao the golden gate Volume I
Tao the pathless path Volume I
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Tao the Three Treasures Volume I (paperback)
Tao the Three Treasures Volume II
Tao the Three Treasures Volume III
Tao the Three Treasures Volume IV
That Art Thou
This is IT
This, this, thousand times – this!
This Very Place The Lotus Paradise
Transmission of the lamp, The
Until You Die
Vedanta 7 Steps to Samadhi
Vigian Bhyraf Tantra 1st Series
Vigian Bhyraf Tantra 2nd Series
Walk Without Feet, Fly Without Wings, Think Without Mind
Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen (paperback)
When the shoe fits (paperback)
White Lotus, The (paperback)
Wild Geese & The Water, The
Wisdom of the Sands (paperback)I
Words Like Fire
Yahoo, mystic rose!
Yoga the Alpha and the Omega Volume IV
Yoga the Alpha and the Omega Volume V
Yoga the Alpha and the Omega Volume VII
Yoga, the science of the soul Volume I (paperback)
Yoga, the science of the soul Volume III (paperback)
Zarathustra, The God can Dance
Zarathustra, The Laughing Prophet
Zen Manifesto: Freedom from One’s Self
Zen the Path of Paradox
Zen, the quantum leap from mind to no-mind
Zen, the special transmission (paperback)
Zorba the Buddha (paperback)

BOOKS ABOUT RAJNEESH

Socrates poisoned again, after 25 centuries
Bharti, Ma Satya – Death Comes Dancing
Forman, Juliette – Bhagwan:12 days that shook the world
Forman, Juliette - Bhagwan, One man against the ugly past of humanity
Gunther, Bernard - Dying for Enlightenment
Joshi, Vasant – The Awakened One
Meredith, George – The Choice Is ours (PB)
Mullan, Bob – Life As Laughter
Murphy, Dell – The Rajneesh Story
Prasad, Ram Chandra – Rajneesh: The Mystic of Feeling
Strelli, Kate – The Ultimate Game

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any Osho groups in Santa Rosa , Ca. ??!

2008-01-05T22:31:18Z

Greetings ~ ~
i recently moved to Santa Rosa and hope there may be an Osho group {or friends} here-
can any one help me find out or who might know ?

thank you and big hugs , caverly
cwhittemore@sbcglobal.net

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Gute Rutsch in 2008 !!!

2007-12-31T00:03:41Z

Gute Rutsch in 2008 !!!

It's all about you; GOLDFINGER
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=crn5ephc4UM

Boweevil
your Prayoga

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Xmas

2007-12-30T02:02:43Z

A celestial event of the days getting longer observed by early solar cults as the rebirth of the sun god and later usurped by the Christian cults as the birth of the son god. Christmas is a great example of brainwashing and manipulation.

Should a person on the path of awakening feel anything about it?

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book of secrets

2007-11-25T07:33:12Z

I have started reading "Book of secrets" and I almost can't stop, just only enough to try and play with the techniques that is given in it. If you have read it, what is your experiences of it? Did any of the techniques "click" for you?

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osho remix ready for download...enjoy

2007-11-25T03:31:56Z

here is the link to my mix, please cheer me up with your feed back

http://www.mediamax.com/parsopolis/FileManager/NoMind.mp3

love and light
c

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Speaking to Our Essence

2007-11-18T14:05:14Z

Hello friends, this may be of nourishment and interest to some of you.
Love Satrup

Review for ‘Speaking to Our Essence’ CD by Suchita Productions:

The production and release of this recording is very timely in regard to the rising need for clear and concise directives for the many beings who are seeking clarity, insights and answers to their growing need for soul nourishment. Beautifully presented, with exquisite, relaxing music surrounding the speakers, this CD can be used for personal use. I find each time I listen there is something more it offers; much like a book of poetry or a spiritual teaching that resonates differently upon each reading. I have also found this recording invaluable when working within meditation or therapy processes with both groups of people and individual clients. The obvious work and love Suchita has imparted to us in creating this recording is related directly to one’s heart with each moment of listening. It is aptly titled indeed, as it speaks directly to one’s essence, whether one is a new seeker, not a seeker at all or one who has walked the inner journey for many years. Truth resonates and awakens us all and nourishes that within us that is instinctively longing to understand the deeper aspects of ourselves and all around us. I would heartily recommend adding this gift to your CD collection, as one would add a fragrant flower to ones inner garden!

Available on CD and digital download
Go to http://www.fullcircleradio.com
Suchita’s page on Tribe.net : http://people.tribe.net/a071718d-fec8-4629-8eb6-8f75cfbb59eb

Satrup

Osho Rebalancer
Therapeutic Counselor
Meditation Teacher
http://www.geocities.com/masatrup/satrupspage.html

18 November 2007

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why did osho wear hats?

2007-11-13T22:27:10Z

as above

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living dream

2007-11-06T19:48:15Z

i can imagine the responses that i might get to what i am about to say, but i believe that Osho is my teacher in this lifetime, that I will meet him as his last student on this earth at his ashram in India, that he is still alive to me. it is my responsibility now to share this vision so that in the years to come the manifestation of it's happening will have that much more of an impact on the awakening of the planet.

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question on Osho

2007-10-29T03:11:44Z

Did he practice the meditations and exercises he taught?
Since were were born with the instinct to tell lies as a method of survival, do you also lie sometimes and not regret it? I guess people misunderstood him, they put him on a pedistal, which is not what he asked for. What do you say? Sex, alcohol are part of life and can be incorporated into any spiritual practice, including this one.

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How to distinguish Love and Sex

2007-10-28T22:38:20Z

Hello to everyone,

Since last few years I am in great Dilemma. I don't know what is Love?

2 - 3 girls came in my life? I never gathered courage to tell them that I love them. Then I got someone who loves me but initially I don't love her. As we understand each other more we becme very good friend and we don't know when we starrted loving each other.

We have spent lot of time together with each other just sitting besides her. Sometimes we spent my whole day in her lap just feeling her energy.

Mean while there is a large urge of sex inside me. I never expressed my desire for sex to her. As time passes she understood me and she is now even ready to have a sex with me.

Whenever Love her I always have a great urge for sex with her. But, whenever the moments of sex will come than I feel so uncomfotable with the sex and I stop myself from going into sex. In those moments i thought that I may not looking for these thing from her. So, I stop myself frm doing it immediately.

I feel that i am doing something very wrong by doing sex.

I don't know how to takle the situation?

Please somene guide me.

Kalpesh

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Interesting.... :- )

2007-10-26T03:30:34Z

http://www.otoons.de/osho/world-constitution/world_constitution.htm

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