Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Truth: beyond mind, beyond language

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHAT IS YOUR CONCEPT ABOUT GOD?

Rahul, before I answer your question, I would like to say something about you. Unless something is said about you, the question will not have a proper context. You belong to the

Krishnamurti Foundation of India.

In the first place, his whole life Krishnamurti tried to say that nobody should be his follower, that there should be no doctrine in his name, that there should be no organization around him, that he is not teaching you some belief system, but only sharing his experience. Now, unfortunately, he is dead. Even if you want to share his

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Nobody is missing anything

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

A FEW MONTHS AGO I HAD WHAT SEEMED TO BE A GREAT REALIZATION - THAT ALL YOU
HAVE EVER BEEN TEACHING IS WITNESSING. AT THE TIME I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT
IT BUT THIS HAS FADED, LEAVING ME AFTER TWELVE YEARS OF SANNYAS STILL WITH
THE QUESTION: WHAT AM I

DOING WITH MY TIME HERE? AND THE FEELING THAT THERE
IS SOME DIMENSION THAT I AM NOT YET EXPERIENCING OR THAT SOMEHOW I AM STILL
MISSING YOU. WOULD YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, AND MAYBE A PRAYER FOR ME?

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Vipassana comes in the end

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS I'VE SPENT MANY WEEKS IN ISOLATION AT DHARMAGIRI,
PRACTICING VIPASSANA MEDITATION AS TAUGHT BY S.N. GOENKA. I'VE NEVER
EXPERIENCED SUCH PAIN, SUFFERING AND DOUBT EVER BEFORE. PRESENTLY I FEEL
VERY EXHAUSTED, TIRED, YEARNING DEEPLY TO CONNECT WITH MY HEART. MY
INTEREST IN THE MEDITATION PRACTICE IS PASSING AWAY.

BELOVED MASTER, IS THIS TYPE OF MEDITATION PRACTICE NECESSARY? IS IT HELPFUL?

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

The vertical line opens a door to eternity

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

YOU ONCE SAID, "THE MOMENT IS RARE WHEN ETERNITY PENETRATES TIME." CAN YOU
SPEAK MORE ON THIS?

Vadan, the question seems to be simple but the answer is very complex. And the complexity becomes multidimensional, because the answer can come only from

your own experience, not from outside. Just as the question is arising in you, the answer has to also be part of your interiority. But I will go into a little detail, to explain what I mean when I say that the moment is rare when eternity penetrates time.

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

The first religious people in this world

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHAT IS THE "DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL"? AND IS IT OUT OF DATE? LOOKING
INSIDE ME AND ALL AROUND ME, I ONLY SEE MORE JOY, CONTENTMENT, LOVINGNESS,
APPRECIATION OF LIFE AND OF WHAT IS. LOOKING BACK, I SEE A LOT OF MISERY,

HEAVINESS, PAIN - BUT THEY SEEM TO BE RELATED TO WRONG UPBRINGING AND
UNNECESSARY SELF-TORTURE, NOT TO ANY DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL.

YET, I SEEM TO REMEMBER YOU ALSO TALKING ABOUT HAVING, YOURSELF, GONE
THROUGH DEEP DESPAIR,

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Zen: a contagious blissfulness

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

YEARS AGO VIMALKIRTI AND I MET COUNT DURKHEIM, WHO AT THAT TIME WAS EIGHTY
AND ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SO-CALLED SPIRITUAL LEADERS OF EUROPE. HE
CALLED US FOR A VISIT TO WARN US AGAINST YOU. HE SAID THAT YOUR PICTURE ON

THE MALA REMINDED HIM OF MR. GURDJIEFF WHOM HE MET IN PARIS. HE TOLD US HOW
DANGEROUS MEN LIKE GURDJIEFF AND YOU ARE. THEN HE SAID, "I HAVE BROUGHT ZEN
TO EUROPE. HAVE YOU GOT MY BOOKS?"

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

A complete holiday for your whole life

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

SOME SCIENTISTS ARE CONCERNED THAT MAN WILL SOME DAY RELINQUISH HIS
INTELLECTUAL SUPREMACY TO COMPUTERS - MONSTER ARTIFICIAL SUPER-BRAINS
WITH AN INTELLECTUAL POWER FAR BEYOND ANYTHING WE CAN NOW COMPREHEND.

ANOTHER FEAR IS THAT THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING, MAN WILL BE CAPABLE OF
GROWING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO ORDER. OR THERE COULD BE A COMBINATION
OF BOTH, WHERE SUPER-GROWN ORGANIC BRAINS CAN "PLUG IN" TO A SUPER-COMPUTER;

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

A woman is more poetic

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

THEORETICALLY SPEAKING, ENLIGHTENMENT AND WOMEN ARE JUST GREAT. BUT WHAT
ABOUT PRACTICALLY SPEAKING?

Milarepa, without women there would not have been any enlightenment. That's the reason why women themselves don't

become enlightened; they are continuously engaged in making men enlightened. They don't have time enough for themselves. Their sacrifice is great.

There is an incident in Gautam Buddha's life. When he was born, he was born as an old man's son. The father was praying to the gods; otherwise, who was going to inherit the kingdom? Finally, Gautam

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Here everyone is the best

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

A LOT CAME UP FOR ME IN DISCOURSE WHEN YOU SAID ANUBUDDHA WAS SO LOVING,
SO CARING, SO SUCCESSFUL. THE LINE THAT GOT ME THE MOST WAS, "OUR BEST
BODYWORKER." MY NEED FOR PRAISE AND FEAR OF REJECTION WAS HIT BY A STRONG

PUNCH IN THE STOMACH. I FEEL LIKE I'M DROWNING; YOU LOOK LIKE THE LIFEGUARD, SO
I SCREAM OUT FOR HELP, BUT YOU JUST SMILE AND TELL A JOKE.

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Logic is not the way to life

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

THE OTHER NIGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE AS IRRELEVANT AS EXISTENCE.

HOWEVER, AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, YOU ARE TOTALLY RELEVANT AND ESSENTIAL.

ARE WE IN CONTRADICTION WITH EACH OTHER?

Milarepa, I am in absolute agreement with you. Do you see the contradiction? Logic has interpreted that which is

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Religion can only be aesthetic

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

A FRIEND TOLD US THAT SHE ONCE HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU WANT US TO BECOME
ENLIGHTENED IN THE MOST AESTHETIC WAY POSSIBLE. WILL YOU SPEAK ON THE
AESTHETICS OF CONSCIOUSNESS? HAVE YOU EVER SPOKEN OF ANYTHING ELSE?

Vadan and Iti, you have raised a very significant question. All the religions that have existed on the earth have been very

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Truth is nobody's monopoly

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

THE OTHER DAY YOU SAID IT WAS EASIER FOR ONE TO MEDITATE WHEN ONE WAS
ELEVATED FROM THE EARTH, SUCH AS ON A TREE. IN AIKIDO, ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES IS TO FEEL THE BODY CONNECTED WITH THE GRAVITY OF THE EARTH. IS
THERE ANY CONTRADICTION IN IT?

AIKIDO ALSO TEACHES ONE TO BE ALWAYS AWARE OF THE POINT A FEW CENTIMETERS
BELOW THE NAVEL. WHAT IS THE RELATION BETWEEN THIS POINT AND OUR BEING?

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

A gathering of friends

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

IN THE OLD DAYS IN BOMBAY, EVEN THOUGH I FELT PHYSICALLY SO CLOSE TO YOU,
YOU WERE SO FAR AWAY. NOW SITTING HERE WITH YOU IN BUDDHA HALL, WHERE
THOUSANDS OF US MOVE AROUND YOU - COMPARED TO THE ROOM IN BOMBAY - I FEEL
YOU SO INTIMATELY AND PERSONALLY, LIKE I NEVER DID BEFORE.

BELOVED MASTER, HAVE YOU DROPPED SERIOUS POLITICAL TALKS AND BECOME MORE

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Buddhas are trying to be buddhas

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

THE OTHER DAY, WHEN YOU SAID WE LOOK LIKE GAUTAM BUDDHAS WHEN WE LAUGH, A
BIG LET-GO HAPPENED DEEP INSIDE ME AND I CRIED FOR A LONG TIME. TODAY I FEEL
VERY FRAGILE AND THE CRYING OFTEN COMES BACK. I CANNOT EVEN MEDITATE. ALSO
THERE IS SOME FEAR. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS HAPPENING?

ALSO, IS THERE AN AUSTRALIAN JOKE?

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

No master can betray love

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

TO THE WESTERN WORLD THE TERMS "FREEDOM" AND "THE MASTER" ARE VIRTUALLY
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE; FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MET YOU THIS IS WILDLY INACCURATE.

HOW DO YOU REDEFINE "FREEDOM" AND "THE MASTER" FOR THE WESTERN
UNDERSTANDING?

Vadan and Iti, the Western world has not come in contact with the tremendous reality that happens in the meeting of a

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Everybody is unique, not equal

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

I FEEL A NEW KIND OF AUTHORITY AND LOVE GROWING IN ME, A CLARITY ABOUT MYSELF
AND LOVE FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS. IT FEELS LIKE EVERYBODY IS EQUAL FOR ME AND
I DON'T HAVE A SPECIAL AFFECTION TOWARDS ANYBODY. I FEEL FREE AND BEAUTIFUL.

AND ALL THESE GIFTS ARE JUST GIVEN TO ME. I DON'T DO ANYTHING TO GET THEM.

EVERYTHING JUST HAPPENS.

CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Was god thinking of a circus

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME IN DISCOURSE - WHETHER OR NOT YOU ACTUALLY SEE ME - I
FEEL YOUR LOVE POURING OUT OF YOU AND PENETRATING TO MY HEART. AT FIRST IT
FEELS A LITTLE SCARY BECAUSE I FEEL VERY EXPOSED, AND THEN I LOVE THE FEELING
INSIDE MY HEART. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT EXPOSING ONESELF?

Gayano, you have raised one of the most fundamental questions. Each human being has to face it. The majority face it in a

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Ride on the wave of joy

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHY IS IT THAT, APART FROM SITTING WITH YOU TWICE A DAY, I ONLY FIND MYSELF
MEDITATING WHEN I AM DOWN OR CONFUSED?

WHY IS THAT I RARELY MEDITATE OUT OF MY JOYOUSNESS?

Deva Anupo, your question touches very deeply the human heart and its workings. In the old way people used to pray only when they were in misery,

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Every joke has a great reason

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

ARE ALL JOKES IRRATIONAL?

Devageet, it is not that all jokes are irrational. You cannot even find one joke that is irrational. But the joke has its own psychology and rationality. The psychology of the joke has to be understood and then the rationality of it will be clear.

Man is so repressed that he cannot even speak certain words; he is utterly inhibited. The joke starts with ordinary

Osho - Hari Om Tat Sat

Go dancing in

Question 1:

BELOVED MASTER,

WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A CERTAIN SELECTION BEFORE
THEY REACH YOU? IF SO, THEN THESE ARE THE WRONG PERSONS AT THE RIGHT PLACE,
BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE THE STUPID ONES INSTEAD OF MINE, WHICH HAVE SOME
QUALITY. IT'S NOT ONLY AN EGO-SATISFACTION-COMPARISON STATE.

Amrita Jayesh, it is a miracle that your question has been answered. The people who select the questions are certainly