This is a question addressed to Osho. And here is how he responds: “Why should you ask to do anything? When there is fear, be afraid! Why create a duality? When moments of fear come be fearful, tremble with fear, allow fear to take possession. Why this constant inquiry: What to do? Can’t you allow […]
This is a continuation of the theme of the two truths from the previous article, “Depression and the Truth of the Body.” It begins with an excerpt from Nikos Kazantzakis’s Zorba the Greek, which Petya sent me and which beautifully illustrates what the union of these two truths looks like. “*I stretched out in my […]
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. […]
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 […]
“If you think you have nothing to lose, you win. And if you think you have to win something, you lose. It all comes down to motivation. Why are you doing what you are doing now? To avoid a loss? Or to achieve a gain? A wrong reason in both cases. Life is not about […]
“If you don’t love yourself, you will never be able to love anybody else. If you are not kind to yourself, you cannot be kind to anyone else. Your so-called saints who are so hard on themselves are only pretending that they are kind to others. It is not possible. Psychologically it is impossible. If […]
“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 […]
“Fears are nothing more than states of mind. Napoleon Hill said that, and he was right. The moment you feel that you are afraid of something, ask yourself, ‘Why am I making this real? What is it inside of me that is making me do this?’ There is a huge difference between fear and caution. […]
“Pain purifies; suffering gives understanding.”— Osho “There is no coming to consciousness without pain.”— C. G. Jung In the world of the Spirit, pain is sacred because it has meaning – it brings understanding and purifies the heart. A spiritual teacher – Osho – and a psychiatrist – Jung – are saying the same thing: […]
A primary characteristic of a mentally healthy person is the successful integration of the “shadow” side of their psyche and the achievement of inner wholeness. The defining trait of an enlightened person is exactly the same—they are whole. And the glue that binds our fragmented parts together is called love. Thaddeus Golas: “There is no […]
“*Remember: you are constantly in the process of self-creation. In every moment you decide who you are and what you are. You decide this primarily through the choices you make about what you feel passion for… To be ‘in the spiritual game’ means to devote your entire consciousness, your entire body, and your entire soul […]
“For it is only when they can accept responsibility for all of it that they can achieve the power to change part of it. So long as you entertain the notion that there is something or someone else out there ‘doing it’ to you, you disempower yourself to do anything about it. Only when you […]
