According to therapist Brad Blanton, author of the book Radical Honesty, the main cause of stress is not something else, but living a lie. According to him, “We all lie like the world. It saps our life force. It’s the root cause of the stress people experience. In short: lying sees us through the bill.”
There is a story about a samurai that I like very much. I am retelling it here from memory. Once upon a time, there was a samurai whose master had been killed. He set out to find his master’s murderer, as his samurai duty commanded him to kill the man. When he finally found him, […]
Osho’s books are the product of what he spoke in conversations with his sannyasins—discourses on particular themes or responses to questions.In one of these encounters, a person addresses him, sharing that he often finds himself completely filled with a feeling he cannot explain: “There is a deep love there—but the very same feeling often comes […]
A factory owner’s main boiler broke down, and the entire factory came to a halt. One after another, he called in experts and consulting firms. They examined the boiler at length, discussed it, tried to fix it—but without success. Eventually, the owner fell into despair, already anticipating bankruptcy. At that point, a small man carrying […]
A friend once shared with me how he dealt with his constant irritability and outbursts over “drivers who drive like idiots.” The thought occurred to him that if he is a better driver than they are—because he can drive in a way they cannot—then getting angry at the fact that they can’t is simply foolish. […]
“Be quiet, you old witch! You have no right to ask questions of a hero. Bring something to eat and drink, or I’ll cut off your ears and chop off your head, and sand will pour out of your backside!” This is what Ivan—the hero of the Russian fairy tale “The Tsar Maiden”—says to Baba […]
Very often, women are crucified within themselves—torn between showing their feelings to the men who anger them or holding those feelings in. Unfortunately, there is no single right answer. Both are true. Both are rays of a “just sun” that is fair precisely because it shines in both directions. Today, I am sharing only one […]
This article is a continuation of the previous one called “The Two Rays of the “Just Sun”,” in which I introduced a particular species of “worms.” By this I mean those thoughts in the mind that gnaw away at our psychological well-being by telling us that we know what the truth is – the whole […]
“– My partner is very jealous and seems to make me more important than I really am.” This is a question addressed to Osho. Here is how he responds: “– Not jealous — I think he feels that he is inferior. You are using the wrong word. He thinks that you are a goddess and […]
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be constantly afraid of making a mistake.” Most of us are familiar with the blocking role of the fear of making mistakes. While for some people this fear poses only a minor challenge, for others it can become paralyzing. So-called perfectionists may end up wasting […]
Sometimes we give up on our dreams because we decide they are too big. Unrealistically big.But what if they are the very thing our heart longs for the most?The thing that makes us feel alive and inspired? Denise Linn’s answer to this question, in her book The Soul Loves the Truth, is no—definitely not. And […]
“A man was working in his garden when a stranger walked by and said: ‘I’ve decided to move to a new place. What are the people like in the nearby town?” The gardener wiped off his hands on his trousers and asked the stranger: “What were the people like in the town where you used […]
