Osho,
Revolutionaries have always claimed that it is society’s repressive instruments of control that deform humanity and produce the ugly behavior of man.
The reactionaries have claimed the opposite: that human nature is inherently ugly, and that it is only the instruments of control that limit this ugliness and allow what little civilization there is. They say that without such control, this ugly behavior would rapidly reduce us to barbarity.

Once upon a time, you were a newborn baby. You had just spent about 9 months in an amazing biological isolation tank — with 24/7 womb…Continue reading on Medium »

Osho,
What do you have to say about the law of karma?
“I have very little to say about it – but it will still take two and a half hours!
“The law of karma, in the first place, is not a law. That word gives it an aroma as if it is something scientific, like the law of gravitation. It is merely a hope, not a law at all.
“It has been hoped for centuries that if you do good you will attain to good results. It is a human hope in existence which is absolutely neutral.

We live in a world where a common rebuke is “Don’t just sit there, do something” — so it is no surprise to discover that doing nothing is…Continue reading on Medium »

Once upon a time, you were a newborn baby. You had just spent about 9 months in an amazing biological isolation tank – with 24/7 womb service. Although you were immersed inside your mother for those months, you were pretty much on your own.

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Sex is the very basic problem. And all the habits that man has created are basically sex-oriented. That’s why no society allows total sexual freedom.

“All the cultures that have existed – sophisticated, unsophisticated, Eastern, Western, primitive, civilized – all cultures have tried in some way to control the sexual energy of man. It seems to be the greatest power over man. It seems that if man is allowed total freedom about sex, he will simply destroy himself.

Osho,
After your three years of silence, has your work changed?

This article is part 2 of “The Art of Witnessing – Turn Your Suffering into Moments of Meditation“.
“This is the initial preparation. Once this preparation is complete, then it is easy to enter death with awareness. Not only easy, but it will happen most certainly.
“As such, we are not afraid of death really.

“The greatest preparation for entering death in a conscious state is to first enter pain consciously, because death does not occur often…Continue reading on Medium »