Osho on Life – Consciousness is life; Sleep is a form of death
Osho : Consciousness is life; sleep is a form of death. Consciousness is the light of awareness that fills the heart; sleep is the darkness that is ridden with misery,…
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Osho : Consciousness is life; sleep is a form of death. Consciousness is the light of awareness that fills the heart; sleep is the darkness that is ridden with misery,…
Question : WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAZING AT AN OPEN CLEAR SKY, GAZING AT AN ENLIGHTENED MASTER’S PHOTO, AND GAZING AT THE DARKNESS? Osho : The technique of gazing…
Question : Can problems be solved through Thinking? Osho : Yes, certain problems can be solved through thinking – only those problems which are created by thinking can be solved…
Osho : Philosophy is not darshan. Darshan is the eastern term. Darshan means perception, philosophy means thinking. Herman Hesse has coined a new word to translate darshan into western languages.…
Question : ISN’T IT TRUE THAT ALL MEDITATION TECHNIQUES ARE REALLY DOINGS WHICH LEAD THE SEEKER TO HIS BEING? Osho : In a way, yes; and in a deeper way,…
Osho : Meditate on the sky; a summer sky with no clouds, endlessly empty and clear, nothing moving in it, in its total virginity. Contemplate on it, meditate on it,…
Osho : When I say that awareness cannot be attained by mind, I mean that you cannot attain it by thinking about it. You can go on thinking about and…
Osho : No, an enlightened person cannot dream. And if you like dreams very much, never become enlightened. Beware! Dreaming is part of sleep. The first thing is that for…
Osho : You must understand what desire means, and religions have confused you much about it. If you desire something of the world, they call it desire. If you desire…
Osho : It is better to be ignorant; at least the ignorance is yours. It is authentic, it is real, sincere and honest! Don’t go on with borrowed knowledge. Otherwise…
Question : OSHO, I LAUGH SO MUCH AT YOUR JOKES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ONE QUESTION: WHY DOES A JOKE CREATE SO MUCH LAUGHTER? Osho : ONE THING: you…
Osho : Sometimes through money he wants to become great – yes, money also gives you a feeling of expansion; it is a drug. When you have much money, you…
Osho : FIRST, IN TANTRA, spontaneity is the greatest value – to be just natural, to allow nature to happen. Not to obstruct it, not to hinder it; not to…
Question : Is n’t Tantra a way of Indulgence? Osho : IT IS NOT. It is the ONLY way to get out of indulgence. It is the only way to…
Osho : GAUTAM THE BUDDHA IS THE GREATEST MASTER who has ever walked on the earth. Christ is a great Master, so is Krishna, so is Mahavir, so is Mohammed,…
Osho : The root problem of all problems is mind itself. The first thing to be understood is what this mind is, of what stuff it is made; whether it…
Osho : Remember this – that beauty of truth, authenticity. Become more authentic and you will have a flowering. And the more authentic you become, by and by you will…
Osho : Even in ordinary life you feel the futility of words. And if you don’t feel the futility of words, that shows that you have not been alive at…
Osho : Mind asks, how can mind itself go beyond mind? How can any mental process help to achieve something which is not of the mind? It looks contradictory. How…
Osho : If you can create a center outside – anywhere: in the mind, in the heart, or even outside on a wall – and if you concentrate totally on…
Osho : When you are happy you always feel weightless; when you are sad you always feel more weight, as if something is pulling you down. The gravitation becomes much…
Osho : If you can become aware of dreams, you can do two things. You can create dreams – one. Ordinarily you cannot create dreams. How impotent man is! You…