Have you ever heard anything like that, “Don’t be consistent”? When you hear it for the first time or read it for the first time, you will think there has been some mistake, maybe a proof mistake or something. Because your so-called saints have been telling you just the opposite. “Don’t be inconsistent,” they say. […]
It happens to many people: the moment they become interested in some sort of religion, meditation, prayer, immediately the mind tells them, “What are you doing sitting here silently? The world needs you; there are so many poor people. There is much conflict, violence, aggression. What are you doing praying in the temple? Go and
HOW MUSIC CAN BE NEXT TO SILENCE? Real music is born out of a silent mind. Real music is meditation manifested. Your music is madness manifested. Music is certainly next to silence. There is a certain thing to be understood: Music does not consist, in the first place, of words, language. It consists of pure
I NOTICE THAT DEEP DOWN I WANT TO BE LOVED, ACCEPTED, LIKE THE GREATEST MAN ON EARTH, THAT I WANT TO BE THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON. AND I FEEL HURT WHEN SOMEONE REJECTS ME. WHAT TO DO WITH THESE DREAMS? If you understand that they are dreams then wash your face and have a cup
This is my 100th blog. I am grateful to you for your love, encouragement and tolerance in allowing me to spam your WhatsApp inbox every fortnight. When I started writing the blog in June 2017, I had no idea I would see this day. As I have mentioned before, I love listening to and telling
OshoNever BornNever DiedOnly Visited This Planet Earth Between11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990. I missed Osho when he was here. I was young, stupid and immature to understand him and I must admit, I was also adversely influenced and swayed by the controversies surrounding him. Over three decades have passed since Osho left his
I FEEL REALLY CONFUSED ABOUT THIS WHOLE ENLIGHTENMENT BUSINESS. ON THE ONE HAND, YOU SAY, “BE THOROUGHGOING IN YOUR SEARCH FOR ENLIGHTENMENT.” BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THE VERY DESIRE TO BECOME ENLIGHTENED PREVENTS IT. HOW TO SOLVE THIS DILEMMA? “Life is not a rational thing; it is very irrational, because it is mysterious. The
It was a beautiful morning. The sun was beaming through the clouds spreading its golden rays. Misty fragrance of dancing flowers made the slow flowing breeze more enchanting, dewdrops were still glittering on the lotus leaves …the dawn was slowly yawning and stretching into a lovely morning. People of that town had woken up to
A fable of the Arab mystic Sa`di: A man walking through the forest saw a fox that had lost its legs and wondered how it lived. Then he saw a tiger come with game in its mouth. The tiger had his fill and left the rest for the fox. The next day God fed the
A beautiful message by Arthur Ashe, a legendary Wimbledon player who was dying of AIDS, which he got due to infected blood he received during a Heart Surgery in 1983! During his illness, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed; “Why did God has to select you for such a bad disease?”
