Prayer

What is Innocence?

WHAT IS INNOCENCE? WHAT IS BEAUTY? To live in the moment is innocence, to live without the past is innocence, to live without conclusions is innocence, to function out of the state of not knowing is innocence. And the moment you function out of such tremendous silence which is not burdened by any past, out […]

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I am Consistently Inconsistent.

OSHO, WHY ARE YOU NOT CONSISTENT IN YOUR STATEMENTS? I cannot be. The purpose of my statements is totally different from that of ordinary statements. I am not telling the truth, because truth cannot be told. Then what am I doing here? If you take my statements as true or untrue, you will miss the whole

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Jesus to Christ.

Jesus said: BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO HAS SUFFERED; HE HAS FOUND LIFE. From the most ancient days, man has asked again and again why there is suffering in life. If God is the father, then why is there so much suffering? If God is love and God is compassion, then why does existence suffer?

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GESTALT: WHEN SHIBLI IS ABSENT

SHIBLI WENT TO VISIT ANOTHER GREAT SAGE, JUNNAID. THE WIFE OF JUNNAID WAS ABOUT TO CONCEAL HERSELF MODESTLY BEHIND A SCREEN. JUNNAID SAID: STAY WHERE YOU ARE – SHIBLI IS ABSENT. AT THAT MOMENT SHIBLI BEGAN TO WEEP. JUNNAID SAID TO HIS WIFE: YOU MUST NOW BE ABSENT, FOR SHIBLI HAS RETURNED. You are filled

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A Man who does not know.

When the master recites the sutra, he already knows the truth, hence he finds the truth in the sutra. A man who does not know the truth will be simply wasting time. He will not find any truth in the sutra. He will become knowledgeable, but he will not become enlightened. It is strange …

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Pushing the River.

OSHO, HAVE I TO PUSH THE RIVER? First, even if you do, you will not be able to push it. For a moment you may feel powerful – that you are pushing the river – but finally you will be defeated by it. The river is huge, the energy is huge, it will take you.

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A Total Man.

I first heard this joke from my friend Navin Prabhakar, a Stand-up comedy artist who was known for his “Pahechan Koun?” act. “A Mushaira — a poetic symposium — was being held, and the event was overbooked. The hall buzzed with anticipation as the audience waited eagerly for the evening to begin. But there was

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What is Bliss?

You act always with impediment; the opposite is always there creating the impediment; you are not a flow. If you love, the hate is always there as an impediment. If you move, something is holding you back; you never move totally, something is always left, the movement is not total. You move with one leg

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Ears are meditative.

It was through my dear friend Paresh Degaonkar that I had the privilege of meeting Divyanshu Ganatra — a remarkable soul, adventurer, and founder of Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation (ABBF) https://divyanshuganatra.com. Blind since the age of 19, Divyanshu sees more clearly than most of us with sight. Our conversation left a deep imprint on me,

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Drop the fear.

THE OTHER DAY WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT COMING CLOSER TO YOU, I WAS AWARE THAT I STILL FEEL A THIN ARMOUR AROUND ME THAT KEEPS ME FROM COMING CLOSER. THIS ARMOR IS INCONGRUOUS WITH MY OPENNESS TO YOU. I DON’T KNOW WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. PLEASE HELP ME TO MELT IT AWAY. Everybody

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