Below is the response Osho gave to someone who shared that they were suffering incredibly from loneliness and asked what they could do about it. Since it is relatively long, I have translated it with some abridgments. To read the full text in English, I have provided a link at the end of the post. […]
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01.11.2011
The Fourth Sin: Failing Our Potential
“At origin aggressiveness is almost synonymous with activity.” — D.W. Winnicott This quote opens the chapter “The Astrology of Aggression” by Howard Sasportas in the book The Dynamics of the Unconscious. In it, the author reveals through astrological examples how the aggressive impulse is naturally embedded within us (the energy of the planet Mars) and […]
This is a story from the Vedas, retold in the book “The Dynamics of the Unconscious” by Howard Sasportas and Liz Greene—leading authors in the psychological branch of astrology. “There was once a serpent that struck terror into a village. It bit and killed people. A sage arrived there, preaching his philosophy of love and […]
On the subject of death and how to use it—whether as a source of fear or as an advisor for a life fully lived—Osho speaks in a profoundly beautiful way. During one of his talks, a man asked him: “Sometimes, suddenly and strongly, there comes the fear of leaving all this beauty, these friendships, and […]
30.08.2011
The Gift of Despair
“The soul speaks to you in moments of silence. You hear its voice when you no longer know anything. Often, the soul begins to speak very clearly only when you surrender and throw in the towel. When you give up and despair, you open yourself to the new. It is then that you release all […]
02.08.2011
Osho on the roots of anger
“The psychology of anger is that you wanted something and someone prevented you from getting it. Someone came as a barrier, as a blockage. All your energy was directed to get something and someone blocked that energy. You could not get what you wanted. This frustration becomes anger… and this anger is against the person […]
01.06.2011
The Orphan: Beginning the Path to Self
The Orphan is the very first of the archetypes described in Carol Pearson’s book The Hero Within. It marks the beginning of the journey toward oneself, starting with the feeling that we are weak and small, in need of someone else to come and help us. The painful experiences of feeling alone and orphaned are […]
03.05.2011
The Path Through Tears
“Heaven is not reached with dry eyes.” Thomas Fuller For some of us, there exists a belief that crying is a manifestation of weakness. According to psychotherapy, however, exactly the opposite is true—sadness is a part of our psychic wholeness, and being able to show our pain is a manifestation of strength, not weakness. As […]
The goal of psychotherapy can be described in many ways. One of them is helping the client learn how to become their own therapist. In this sense, every successful psychotherapeutic process includes an element of learning. That’s why I would like to share an important concept that can help both clients and therapists: the distinction […]
It is often said that crying helps us feel better. However, this does not apply to crying born of a secondary feeling—the so-called self-pity. While the primary form of this emotion relates to a feeling of deep pain and grief caused by loss, its pseudo-version manifests differently. Instead of feeling the depth of the pain, […]
08.03.2011
Osho: Celebration of life is unconditional
I share another very insightful and beautiful text from Osho on the subject of sadness and what it means to celebrate the wholeness of life, including the sadness in it. “Even about misery you can take an attitude of celebration. For example: you are sad – don’t get identified with sadness. Become a witness and […]
05.03.2011
Osho on Sublimation of feeling as a knack
Below is a text by Osho that I like very much: “This is a beautiful method, it will be very useful for you. For example, if you are feeling very discontented, what to do? Patanjali [the most famous exponent of Yoga] says ponder on the opposite: if you are feeling discontented, contemplate on contentment: What […]
