Osho - Meditation The Art of Ecstasy

Total Desire: The Path to Desirelessness

Whatever we say and mean by life is just a journey toward death. If you can understand that your whole life is just a journey and nothing else, then you are less interested in life and more interested in death. And once someone becomes more interested in death, he can go deep into the very depths of life; otherwise, he is just going to remain on the surface.

Osho - Meditation The Art of Ecstasy

 Sannyas: Dying to the Past

That is why I can initiate anyone into sannyas. To me, initiation itself is a play. And I will not ask for any qualifications - whether you are qualified or not - because qualifications are asked when something serious is done. Just by existing everyone is qualified enough to play, and even if he is unqualified to be a sannyasin it makes no difference, because the whole thing is just a play.

Osho - Meditation The Art of Ecstasy

 Initiation to a Master: The Ultimate Technique

When I say that man is asleep, this has to be understood. We are dreaming continually, twenty-four hours a day. In the night we are closed to the outward world, dreaming inside. In the day our senses are opened toward the outside world, but the dream continues inside. Close your eyes for a moment, and you can again be in a dream; it is a continuity inside. You are aware of the outside world,

Osho - Meditation The Art of Ecstasy

Enlightenment: An Endless Beginning

There are no degrees of enlightenment. Once it is, it is there. It is just like jumping into an ocean of feeling. You jump, you become one with it, like a drop dropping into the ocean becomes one with it.

But that doesn't mean that you have known the whole ocean.

Osho - Meditation The Art of Ecstasy

Kundlini: The Awakening of the Life Force

One reason is that any knowledge about kundalini or about esoteric paths of bioenergy - the inner paths of elan vital - is generalized. It differs from individual to individual; the root is not going to be the same. With A it will be different, with B it will be different, with C it will be different. Your inner life has an individuality, so when you acquire something