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Osho Teachings Weblog in a new location

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:04:00 +0000

Dear Osho Sannyasins and Lovers

With the blessings of Osho, The original weblog which was stopped on copyright notice has been made active for Osho lovers again and the new site url is www.OshoTeachings.com

Happy Reading

love
Swami Amitabh

Osho searchable text database Library - Coming Soon

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:48:00 +0000

Osho International Foundation is close to the completion of the OSHO LIBRARY - a searchable text database of more than 3,000 English OSHO Talks.

The Library will be open to the public soon. Watch here and subscribe to our newsletter for further details. http://osho.com/newsletters/english

Osho meditation under the Pipali tree by Osho Lovers

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:54:00 +0000

Group of Osho lovers meet often early in the morning to do Dynamic meditation under Pipali tree in yard of medical shcool in Madurai, India.

Video clip is Nataraj dance meditation

Osho Free Discourses Links (Audio, Video, Ebooks Downoad)

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:16:00 +0000

One of the main website for downloading Osho discourses is Oshoworld.com. But the speed of download may be very low. So one has to be patient while downloading and one needs to have faster internet connection.

Apart from OshoWorld.com there are many websites which are offering Osho Discourses and Ebooks.

Osho Videos -

Many of Osho Videos are available at http://www.homeoflife.com/page1/maina.html
Many Osho Videos are available at www.youtube.com

Osho Ebooks

MessageFromMasters.com shares many English Ebooks of Osho
Oshoba.org also shares many English EBooks of Osho with little summary.
This Weblog shares many Osho Books
Complete Text of Osho Hindi discourses is available free at osho.com

Osho Audios

Internet Savvy People can use torrents www.thepiratebay.org

Osho Meditation camp in Canada with Swami Arun Summer 2009: Sannyas Celebration 1 of 4

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:03:00 +0000

Osho Meditation Camp with Sw Anand Arun in Toronto, Canada Summer 2009. Sannyas Celebration 2 of 4

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:02:00 +0000

Osho Meditation Camp with Sw Anand Arun in Toronto, Canada Summer 2009. Sannyas Celebration 3 of 4

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:01:00 +0000

Osho Meditation Camp with Swami Anand Arun in Toronto, Canada Summer 2009. Sannyas Celebration Part 4

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:59:00 +0000

Osho Meditation Camp with Sw Anand Arun in Toronto, Canada Summer 2009. The Joys of Sannyas Celebration and a glimpse of Kunalini meditation (Part 4)

Osho - "The Inner Circle" is not a club to discuss philosophy

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:36:00 +0000

Taken from a supplement to the Osho Times International, dated Feb 1 1990:

On April 6 1989,
Osho gave instructions
for the setting up of a committee
to be called "The Inner Circle."

The aim of the committee,
He said, was to reach unanimous decisions
about the continued functioning
and expansion of the commune and his work.

"I am tired," he said, "and I want to retire."
Over the next few months
Osho kept close watch on the workings of the committee members.
Eventually he finalized the committee at 21 members,
whom he said had been chosen to represent the commune departments and his work.

He stressed that the inner workings of the committee were to remain a secret

He also said that the committee
is not to be involved in spiritual considerations,
but should look to the mundane work, the practical problems of the commune:

"The Inner Circle" is not a club to discuss philosophy.
It is a pragmatic and practical way to decide things."

Osho Rajneesh Meditation Camp in Delhi

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:31:00 +0000

Note: Please click on the Photo to enlarge it

Energy event and Tantric transmission in Khajuraho (India)

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:46:00 +0000

5 Day Energy event and Tantric transmission in Khajuraho (India) with Swami Ganga, Anando Masta and Rahina (14-25 February 2010)

An energy event - During this five days event seekers will

• Contribute to the revival of Khajuraho and to the reopening of its vortex of energy
• Dance, chant and meet many friends on the path of love and meditation
• Receive initiation for the understanding and practice of the meditation of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
• Learn the Gorakh vision of the universe and of the body with practice of the points of concentration and of the main Nadis
• Understand and practice active meditations designed by Osho for the modern man and woman
• Listen to some lectures of Osho on Tantra and the transformation of sexual energy
• Meditate and enjoy rituals and initiations in some of the temples
• Discover the interplay of the feminine and of the masculine in us and in partnership. This play can be experienced as the dance of our male and female sides of the body in accordance to the left and the right brain. It is the integration of Ardhanarishwera, Shiva-Shakti the supreme reality. It can also be experienced as the return of Shakti to his lord Shiva through the turning back and the ascension of the Kundalini-Shakti from centre to centre to the Sahasrar, the one thousand petals lotus at the crown Chakra.

Who are the people initiating this event?

Swami Ganga, born in Khajuraho, has been a disciple of Osho from the very beginning of His adventure. Since then he has helped many people to understand the message of Khajuraho enlightened by the vision of Osho. He is managing a hotel in Khajuraho. He is currently preparing a book on the Tantric symbolism of this city and its temples.

Swami Anando Masta, Dominique Vincent, met Osho in December 79. From then he has been leading numerous workshops in Europe and in Canada, meditation, Tantra, Childhood issues, “Who is in?”… He wrote in French a book on Tantra and western psychology: Le couple sur la voie tantrique (The couple on the Tantric Path). This book has not been yet published in English but you can get the English version in ordering it directly from the author.

Rahina, Marie - Anne Gailledrat, the partner of Masta, has demonstrated a deep understanding of Tantra through what she is experiencing in her own body and, more than anything, through her love and compassion in her work with people as a psychotherapist and as a leader of Tantra seminars.

For practical informations please contact us

dominique.vincent@yahoo.fr, ++33 (0)6 89 36 45 01
marieanne.gailledrat@gmail.com, ++33 (0)6 18 07 02 34

Osho International Foundation (OIF) public letter on Banning Ma Neelam

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:39:00 +0000

I came across this Full page advertisement page published in the Indian Express all over India, and in the Times of India in Ahmadabad and Bangalore, on 28th June 2000.

This advertisement was published to explain the banning of Ma Neelam by OIF.

Why Do We Need This Full Page Advertisement?

There is a campaign in the media to convince people that something is wrong at Osho's thriving
Commune in Pune, something wrong with the people Osho chose to be responsible for his work, and something wrong with the direction of that work.

Behind these allegations is Ma Neelam, along with her consort, Sw. Tathagat. Till recently their strategy was simple. Ma Neelam pretends that she has been personally informed by Osho of his wishes for his work and is therefore someone whose opinion on this can be trusted. She remains silent in public, but below the surface makes sure that everyone knows she thinks Osho's wishes are not being respected.

Tathagat, who has no credibility in the sannyasin community, trades on Ma Neelam's deceptions to spread lies and distortions to the media and government bodies. Eventually, the Commune Management Team had no alternative but to inform the Osho Meditation Centers in India. Now that these centers know Ma Neelam's credibility is a lie, she has been forced to "break her year-long silence" and try her luck with the general public and the government.

The essential point is that Ma Neelam has gone to great trouble over many years to deceive people into thinking that she was a long time on-going confidant of Osho until he left his body – someone who was "specially close" to Osho, and who naturally must know the facts.

In reality, she was Osho’s secretary for India for just 3 ½ years, the last year of which Osho dropped her from the daily secretarial work with him. This meant that she was not present at all while he was making the plans and preparations for his work after he was gone. The reason Osho gave for dropping her was, "She thinks she knows better than everyone, including me. She is a stubborn type. She has forgotten who is the master and who is a secretary."

Despite being specifically excluded from any direct guidance from Osho about his wishes for the future direction of his work, Ma Neelam is insisting that she knows better than the people Osho actually worked on these plans with. As Osho explains it, rather than admit her anger towards Osho at being dropped from her function, she attacks those who were entrusted by her Master with his work. Her ignorance about Osho's work is clear when one compares her false allegations with the facts outlined below.

She has now convinced her close friend, Swami Chaitanya Keerti – in spite of Keerti's admission that he was not aware that Osho had dropped Ma Neelam. Ironically, media contacts which were originally made by Keerti on behalf of the Commune, are now being used by him to attack the Commune. As a result, misinformation is being published while the correct facts are not. Hence we have no alternative but to take this page to present these facts.

False Allegations and Actual Facts 1. False Allegation: Osho wanted his copyright returned to India after he left the USA.

Facts: What he wanted was his books returned to India – his personal library of more than 50,000 books which have been at the Osho Commune since that time. This had nothing to do with Osho's copyrights, which, at his direction have been protected by an international foundation for the last 19 years. As the owner of the copyrights to his own work, Osho assigned them to a foundation in the USA, and later asked that they be transferred to a Swiss-based foundation. He directed that they remain there. The legal records of assignment of copyright are well documented and carry Osho's signature. Further, Osho has given sworn testimony in a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States confirming his assignment.

Osho looked in detail at all his publications. From 1986 onwards, every English language book he saw included the title page with the copyright notice acknowledging the Swiss Foundation. He even made suggestions to change this copyright entry, asking that the date be removed to reflect the timelessness of his words. Books displaying that international Swiss copyright are in Osho's library today, signed by him.

2. False Allegation: Osho is against royalties.
Facts: In 1971, soon after Osho created the first trust, Jivan Jagruti Kendra, to support his work, including overseeing the publishing, he instructed his secretary of that time, Ma Yoga Laxmi, "You write a letter to these publishers explaining that now they should pay royalties." This is confirmed by the then managing trustee of this trust, Jayantibhai Thakkar.

The records confirm royalty payments at that time, including from the Aum Rajneesh meditation Center, in Bombay, managed by Ishwarbhai Shah, a sannyasin publisher. In 1987, when many publishers were reluctant to carry Osho titles, Osho suggested that, as an incentive, they could allocate the royalty amount towards additional publicity and promotion, so long as it was properly accounted for. This is reflected in the contracts of that period. By 1989, when the first major Indian publishers began to carry Osho, royalties were again paid. Osho was in the body at this time and agreed to this.

As more and more major publishers again began to take Osho, there was no need for this additional promotional expense – Osho's books now being part of the mainstream. And in recent years, all the publishers around the world have been informed that the money they had previously spent on this additional promotion should now be accounted for as royalty payments again, and they now pay standard royalties as they would with any other author. So from the early 1970's till Osho left the body, the only time when nobody paid royalties was during that brief period between 1987 and 1989.

3. False allegation: Osho wants all royalties to be paid to his Indian foundation.
Facts: At Osho's direction, all royalties from publishing in India remain with his foundation in India. Osho made India the only exception to this policy, reflecting the uniqueness of our country. To date this has amounted to some 20 lakhs over 12 years. And for information: International royalties cover only 10% of the total expenditure of making Osho available worldwide. The remainder is financed through individual private donations.

4. False allegation: Osho wants his headquarters in India.
Facts: His specific request was for an International publishing headquarters, to be situated wherever was best for making his vision available around the world. At present, New York is the world center for providing content to publishers – all the world's biggest media companies are there – and so it is the best location for Osho's publishing, and that is where it is.

The search for a suitable location started in 1986, at Osho's instruction, and was interrupted only to devote energy to rebuilding the Commune in Pune. The first publishing office was in London, seven years ago, before the current office opened in New York. This international publishing office is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swiss foundation. Otherwise, there are no "headquarters." Such notions exist only in institutionalized religions and organizations. This "Vatican mentality" has no place in Osho's vision.

5. False Allegation: The NY office is copyrighting Osho's work.
Facts: Osho's work is copyrighted from the moment it is created. The New York office manages that copyright in the U.S. where the laws provide the greatest protection. At Osho's instruction, his copyright has been registered in India since the early 1970's, and in the USA from the early 1980's.

6. False allegation: The New York office is trademarking Osho's name and meditations against his wishes.
Facts: The New York office is merely continuing a process that began in India in the 1970's, at Osho's direction. Applications to register the trademark "Rajneesh" were filed in India as early as the mid-70's, and in the USA in 1979; for "Bhagwan" in 1984, and for "Zorba the Buddha" in 1985. In addition, Osho’s meditations, photos, signatures and various logos were copyright and trademark protected as early as the 1970s and 1980s in India, Germany, USA, and other countries.

7. False Allegation: This trademarking is being done for monetary reasons.
Facts: No. Osho made it clear that people will try and use his name and work as an umbrella for their own vision, which has nothing to do with his. Accordingly, he asked that his work be protected by copyright and trademark law to make sure the purity of his vision would be protected from this kind of misuse. For example, there have been many attempts over the years to change his meditation techniques, which amply demonstrates the need for this protection. It has absolutely nothing to do with preventing people from doing these meditations, or charging people for doing them. The whole purpose of Osho’s work is to make these meditations available as widely as possible.

8. False Allegation: Three dictators are running the Commune.
Facts: Osho has left very clear guidelines for the management of his work. He has created an Inner Circle whose responsibility is for the continuation of his work worldwide. In addition, at his request, there is a Management Team of Inner Circle members from India, whose responsibility is for the Commune and affairs in India. This is exactly what is happening.

9. Allegation: The Inner Circle is not functioning as Osho specified.
Facts: There have been only two major problems to date. The first was when Tathagat was asked to resign from the Inner Circle for theft and abuse of power. And the second was the total failure of Ma Neelam to understand the meaning of secrecy and unanimity, key instructions from Osho. The suggestion that there is some kind of "membership for life" is absurd. Some ex-members are no longer even involved in Osho's work. The other ex-members either live in the Commune, visit regularly, or remain happily involved in Osho's work around the world. And there is no "split" in the Inner Circle. It is working smoothly and harmoniously as Osho directed.

10. False allegation: Osho Commune is being commercialized as a resort against Osho's wishes.
Facts: At a public meeting in 1989 in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium at the Commune – the videotape of which is publicly available – a message from Osho was read, presenting his vision for a "Spiritual Health Club." At this time, Osho himself created the wording to use in a promotional brochure: “A new kind of holiday, for the body, mind and the soul.”

It was announced at that meeting: "What Osho sees is that we create here the biggest and the most beautiful spiritual health club in the world. A kind of spiritual Club Med – as in 'meditation.' His message was: 'We are expanding. We are not just a religious center; religiousness will be our very atmosphere, but we are now going to make a greater expansion.'"

Since that meeting, the Commune has almost completed Osho's list for this expansion. It includes the Osho Teerth Zen Garden, now visited by some 200,000 people a year, the pyramid complex of buildings for his Osho Multiversity, a new model road in front of the Commune. The final items on the list – a Dharamsala and Osho Mandir, the new meditation hall – will be completed in about a year. At Osho's request, land has been acquired to provide for the continued expansion of the Commune in the future.

11 False allegation: The Commune has "thrown out" old timers.
Facts: Over the past 25 years, many people have come and gone. At a public meeting in 1989, Ma Neelam herself announced that it was Osho's wish that "his sannyasins come and go and not be economically dependent on the Commune because this takes away people's dignity and grace."

12 False allegation: Osho's art has been secretly removed from India.
Facts: This project was discussed in the Inner Circle, with Ma Neelam present, fifteen months before she left the Commune. Osho gave specific instructions that his art be protected and preserved so that one day people would be able to experience through his art what they now can only experience through his words. Accordingly, the art is being electronically digitized over time. It is a very expensive procedure. Many have been completed and are available. These originals are already back in India and were reviewed by the press when they were exhibited in January 2000. They will be on display again in Osho Commune during the Osho Full Moon meditation festival in July. The rest of the originals are specially wrapped and stored in an environmentally controlled, high-security location in UK awaiting digitization and return to India.

As for the rest of the Osho archive, 227 Osho titles are now available on the new multilingual osho.com website for anyone to read from anywhere on the planet. This site receives some 3 million visits a year. This archive of Osho's words provides the basis for the 1500 titles now carried by over 90 publishers worldwide in over 40 languages.

Every recorded word and video has been digitized in copy-master form. There are now 35 complete sets of his words on 5 continents, including India, to ensure their survival for future humanity. At one point Osho even discussed the possibility of placing the originals in a bombproof shelter in Switzerland for their permanent protection.

13 False allegation: Osho's Samadhi is being misused for No- Mind Meditation.
Facts: Osho No-Mind is a meditative therapy created by Osho himself during the last year h e was in the body. It is a gibberish technique that has nothing to do with the alleged "violence or abuse." Osho specifically asked for this technique, and his Mystic Rose meditative therapy, to take place in the Samadhi. Ma Neelam's suggestion that it is more appropriate to have Buddha's Vipassana there rather than Osho's own meditations is incomprehensible. Every day, seekers participate in a variety of different meditations in the Samadhi, from 7.30 am, often till
late at night.

14 False allegation: Ma Neelam was banned from the Commune.
Facts: Ma Neelam has been visiting the Commune on and off for the last year, creating the strange situation of using the Commune to meditate on the one hand, and trying to destroy it on the other. After it became clear that this situation had to be addressed, and the Meditation Centers had been informed, the Commune Management Team asked to meet with her. Instead, she called Sw Satya Vedant and refused to meet. He asked her meanwhile to take some time off to meditate at home and to look at what she is doing; and explained that the Management Team was not taking her pass away, but definitely wanted to discuss the situation with her. Ma Neelam then said she would go to the press. As it turned out she was lying – she had already gone to the press the day before, and her interview with the Indian Express came in that very morning's newspaper.

When asked later that day why she was attacking the Commune Ma Neelam replied, "The Commune is dying its natural death. I am doing nothing."

This going to the press creates a whole new situation, invoking a crystal clear directive from Osho that people who are responsible for negative publicity against the Commune are banned until a public apology from them is printed both in the Osho Times and in the publication which printed the original material. Ma Neelam is perfectly aware of this policy. In 1988, it was she who delivered Osho's message banning Ma Laxmi – Osho’s secretary for many more years than Ma Neelam – for conducting a divisive campaign which is very similar to the present one. Ma Neelam has the option of accepting her Master's guidance on this. If not she will in essence be banning herself.

15 False allegation: Osho lovers around India are in support of Neelam's campaign.
Facts: The Commune has received only positive responses from throughout India for its stand against the malicious attempt to damage Osho's work by this tiny group of discontented people. We are aware that plans are afoot to compensate for the size of this group by arranging rent-a-crowd demonstrations against the Commune, with the usual free lunch and travel expenses.

16 False allegation: Members of Parliament are supporting this campaign.
Facts: Some members have been fed a totally distorted picture of the real situation. We sincerely trust that when presented with the facts, and given an opportunity to appreciate the explosion of interest in India and around the world in this most illustrious genius of our country, they will see the wisdom of Osho's specific directions for his work.

Why These Allegations?

The origins of these allegations finally became public on June 20th in Ma Neelam's Indian Express interview, where she acknowledged that she has been in conflict with the direction of Osho's work from the time shortly after his leaving the body. Since she was not seeing Osho in that vital nine months when he set out his agenda for the continuation of his work after he left the body, she has no direct information about his wishes. She has never accepted any decisions he made after he stopped seeing her.

Osho made it clear he has no successor, and on the contrary proposed that all his people be ordinary, without any spiritual hierarchy. This was in conflict with Ma Neelam's idea that she was in some way special. She invented a whole mythology around herself to support this. She told people that Osho had made her the "Queen of his empire," and that the Inner Circle had been created essentially to support her work. Anyone who has been a part of the Inner Circle knows this to be false. Even today, she declares that she is Osho's personal secretary, when she knows this is not true. She says she has been "close" to Osho for 30 years, to give weight to the idea that she is informed about his work.

The facts speak otherwise. She was an occasional visitor to the Osho Commune during the 70's, and only became involved in Osho's work when she started helping in the kitchen at the commune in the USA in 1982. For three brief periods in ’86/early ‘87 she took care of Osho in the absence of his regular caretaker. She was one of the group of secretaries who visited Osho in the afternoons from 1987 till the latter part of 1988, after which she was dropped from these visits because, Osho said, she was stubborn and thought she knew better.

Osho did not make her "the queen," nor select her for any special "successor" role, nor make any mention of her on his last day, nor leave her any memento as he did with some others.
So first she makes every effort to conceal the fact that she was not involved in those final preparations for Osho's work. Then she has the stunning audacity to travel the country, deceiving people about her "special" status, and passing judgement, not only on those particular instructions about which she naturally is not informed, but also on the people to whom those instructions were entrusted by her Master.

And in this latest act, she is now doing her best to destroy her Master's work in this country, confirming that she still thinks she knows better. The Ex-Secretary Trap With his characteristic insight into the unconscious of us all, Osho warned about the difficulty for ex-secretaries to get over being dropped from the secretarial function. He explains that a secretary's ego is very happy to be called to see him for this work and gets attached to its idea that it is special. And the
ego is always angry with Osho when he decides that they are no longer useful in that function. He
explains how these people have always demonstrated their anger and resentment at being dropped by trying to sabotage the work that their replacement has been asked to carry out.

Just as Ma Laxmi, Osho's secretary of the 70's, did this to her successors, and was eventually banned by Osho from the Commune for it, so Ma Sheela did the same, and now, like clockwork, Ma Neelam is repeating the identical pattern. As Osho explains, when these secretaries are replaced, their egos naturally suffer, but this is an opportunity for them to experience ordinariness. And that the continuing resentment at being dropped always leads to a sense of separation, which is ultimately destructive.

We trust that the people Ma Neelam has deceived, including herself, and others who can influence this sad situation, will stop this destructive campaign. That they will not allow Osho's work – at the very time his vision is being embraced worldwide – to be destroyed in our country, a country that can be proud to have given this world the phenomenon called Osho.

Osho Commune's Reality: Simply Stunning In contrast to the endless complaints from these few discontented people the reality of Osho's work is simply stunning. His Commune is in the middle of the biggest expansion in its history, welcoming three times more participants than when Osho was in the body.

By far the biggest increase is in people from India. Young intelligent educated people who do understand Osho's message for their future, a message for contemporary India. A message that is free of the underlying motives behind these current allegations against Osho's work: power, greed, money, and divisions between people based on color, race, religion and nationality.

The Management Team Osho Commune International Additional Comments from Others
Ma Anando: A sannyasin working in Osho’s communes for 24 years; one of the three "dictators"
referred to by Neelam; Osho’s personal secretary for the last four years in the body; appointed
secretary of the Inner Circle by Osho; declared by Osho on his deathbed as his medium “Although I am no longer a member of the Inner Circle, I have absolute trust and confidence in the way it is working, and I am sure Osho would be thrilled with what is happening with his work in India and worldwide.

"I am not part of any trust or foundation associated with Osho, and I have not been involved in the Inner Circle, for almost a year. I decided ten years was long enough, and seeing that almost everything on Osho’s list of things to do after he left had been accomplished, and the rest were well under way, I felt totally relaxed to step aside from this work. In this I am not alone, others still very much involved in Osho’s work have done the same. There is nothing special about the Inner Circle; it is simply a practical body, designed to overview practical aspects of Osho’s work. It is not ‘religious’ in any sense, nor are its members special in any way. They queue for their food in the canteen just as everyone else.

"Osho knew the date he would leave his body, nine months beforehand. On April 10th, 1989, after giving his discourse, he said that he felt his whole body moving away from him. He then surprised me by saying he would not be speaking again, even though he had just started a new discourse series. He left his body on January 19, 1990. Years earlier, he had explained in a discourse that approximately nine months before a person dies, depending on the length of their conception, something happens in the body, something disconnects in the hara center. He said that an awakened person would feel this, and know that death was approaching. "Fully aware of his limited remaining time, Osho worked intensely and totally in those final nine months to
create the platform for the continued expansion of his work. This is when the complete vision for the Commune, as it is now, was laid out – the maroon robes, the White Robe Brotherhood, the meditation intensives, the meditative therapies to be conducted in his Samadhi, the Multiversity, and the unique black pyramid buildings with blue glass. He outlined his plans for the Commune to expand and become a meditation resort, plus plans for the international expansion of his work. He also changed his name to just ‘Osho’ in this period.

"Neelam was not privy to Osho at all during the nine months he was laying out his plans for the expansion of the Commune and the international work. He had dropped her from the regular afternoon meetings with his secretaries more than one year before he left the body. She continued to be his secretary for India, but had to pass all her work through me, even the work connected with the Hindi publications. I know that this was very difficult for her to accept. She asked to see Osho a number of times, through me and through his caretaker Shunyo, but his answer was always no.

"In light of the fact that I have no formal position in any of the organizations involved in Osho’s work, I am surprised Neelam claims I am one of the in-charge. I know she was jealous of me, because Osho used to invite me to all his meals, and spend hours talking with me in the evenings after the discourse. I was informed that the first words she uttered on being told Osho had left the body, were, ‘Was Anando there?’

And because Osho left me as his medium, it made it very difficult for her to play the ‘mataji’ role she so clearly aspires to. "The reason I am disclosing the jealousy is that Osho said in a discourse in October 1988 that, 'The first commune was destroyed because of women's jealousies. They were fighting continuously. The second commune was destroyed because of women's jealousies. And this is the third commune – and the last, because I am getting tired. Once in a while I think perhaps Buddha was right not to allow any women in his commune for twenty years. I am not in favor of him: I am the first who has allowed men and women the same, equal opportunity for enlightenment. But I have burnt my fingers twice, and it has always been the jealousy of the women.'

"Osho was not, of course referring to Neelam when he said that. But it is interesting to note that he made this statement just after he stopped seeing her. Osho once showed me my own issues around jealousy, which was quite painful, but at the end of the experience he said that although it had been painful, 'a few crises bring a new approach, a new attitude, a new being. And this crisis has brought a new dawn to your life.'

"By one of those mysterious existential quirks, on the very night the Indian Express was going to press with Neelam’s allegations, Osho was speaking in Buddha Hall about problems with people who had power positions in his communes, and then lost those positions. Referring to a previous secretary, Sheela, Osho says, 'She would have died for me, but the day I declared that there will be no successor to me…deep down there must have been the hope that she was going to succeed me. She started things which are inconceivable. She bugged my room, to be aware of what other people were telling me, what my answers to them were. And it was the same person who was moving with the gun to save my life. But the desire for power, which was unconscious up to now, and perhaps to her it remained unconscious....'”

Ma Shunyo, A sannyasin for 25 years: part of Osho’s residential caretaking team since 1978;
member of the Inner Circle; author of My Diamond Days with Osho: "I would like to confirm that the Inner Circle is working very beautifully. I am saddened that no respect is being shown to Osho regarding his choice of the people he worked with closely. As Neelam was not part of that team in the last year Osho was in the body, she has not been able to understand and respect his instructions about the continuation of the work. Osho said of her, “She thinks she knows better than everyone, including me”, and maybe that is why he ceased seeing her. This must have hurt her very much, but still it is sad to see her betray him now."

Ishwarbhai Shah: Founding Managing Trustee of Jivan Jagruti Kendra, the original trust
overseeing Osho's work "I was present in the early 70's when Osho gave instructions about his copyright, and that royalties should be paid by all, including myself.

"Osho work, as he said at that time is spreading like a fire around the world. As an ex-secretary myself, I was initially shocked at Neelam's unconscious behavior and then was reminded of Osho's insight that only an enlightened one can see the unconscious mind and its desires."

Sw Jayantibhai: Founder Managing Trustee, Jivan Jagruti Kendra; former Commune-in-Charge; former Inner Circle member "I feel sorry for the behavior of our sannyasins in this matter. Our Master’s vision is for the new man, free of nations and races, a synchronicity of East and West. His vision is multidimensional, and there is every possibility that people will not understand. History repeats itself by unconscious people. As in the case of Buddha. The vision was born here but could not grow here ."

A call to Sincere Osho Sannyasins to get united and act consciously

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:17:00 +0000

More responsibility lies on sincere people to act consciously
than on with unconscious people.

More is expected from the conscious seekers

In the Osho world,
genuine sannyasins have to be more proactive
in raising their voice against the inner circle.

Both the sides are responsible for the present mess in Osho world

Inner circle has committed many mistakes. They are responsible for breaking the buddha hall, banning many loving sannyasins, banning Osho Songs, Mala, Photos etc.
But at the same time genuine sannyasins are also responsible in a bigger but subtle way as they are not united and very few of them are raising their voice against the inner circle.

Every one of us can contribute in our own way and we should do it.
When sun appears then darkness disappears on its own.
If the Genuine Sannyasins are united
then inner circle will have to change their ways.

Need of the hour is to act consciously
and understand our responsibility and do it.
Together we all Sannyasins are a big wave of energy
which can totally transform the Osho world.

I LEAVE YOU MY DREAM . . . BANNED BUDDHAS !!!

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:04:00 +0000

I LEAVE YOU MY DREAM . . . BANNED BUDDHAS !!!

O S H O
the greatest master of master
and his vision of love and compassion
and his dream of 10000 buddhas
poisoned once again by the circle of 21 baboon

as the inner circle of 21 baboons
continue to misuse their powers
i am announcing to the world of sannyasins at large
that i have decided to take the matter
of our beloved master osho samadhi
to the courts

banning is the lowest and form of blackmail
this is an ugly and childish form of emotional blackmail
that is simple barbaric primitive and manipulative

reward and punisment
this crude and ugly method is a stupid way
to make a sannyasin into a donkey
a carrot and stick method of reward and punishment
to create fear of banning to control others
obey us and we reward you...do not obey and be punished

control freedom of expression
banning is to control the freedom of expression
to control the rebelious spirit
these are the ugly ways of people in borrowed power
to dominate the individual and the rebel

using fear to control
banning is using fear as a way to control
and humiliate those who do not obey
and to publicly ostracize individuals
who refuse to fall in line with authority
banning also serves those in authority to create fear in others
and to show their power and control over others freedom
who live in fear of similar punishment

create divisions in sannyasins
authority is always manuplative
and creates divisions by use of fear
this creates divisions amongst sannyasins
who are always looking over their shoulders
at who is watching them
and their behaviour and actions and words about those in power

are sannyasins school children in a nursery school
or rebels seeking the fire of truth in a mystery school

sannyasins are being reduced to herding sheep and cowards
who dare not speak or express themselves freely

trespassing into anothers spiritual freedom
no one has the right to interfere into anothers freedom
spiritual freedom of the individual is most precious

individual versus the organisation
no organisation has the right to judge condemn
and ridicule an individual
freedom is of the ultimate value
freedom of the individual comes first
freedom of expression a birthright

spiritual versus mundane matters
osho gave a clear mandate to take care of mundane matters
and not to interfere into spiritual matters
what are mundane matters and what are spiritual matters
is the deciding line between use and misuse of power

as the inner circle of 21 baboons continue to misuse their powers
i am announcing the world of sannyasins at large
that i have decided to take this matter of my freedom to enter the samadhi to the courts

wrongly ban whosoever you wish from your imprisonment resort
osho samadhi is not your personal property
and you need to respect fundamental rights

it is my constitutional right
to be free to enter the samadhi of my beloved master osho
no one can be barred from entering a samadhi

Mystery of the Black Magic attack on Osho unexplored

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:05:00 +0000

Before leaving the body, In His last days Bhagwan has said that someone is doing black magic on Him. Later on, it was assumed that the person was an Indian who is harming Bhagwan by chanting a mantra.

Actually, there are many such secrets in Bhagwan's legacy which are hidden. If one is reading Bhagwan's words with total passivity, then immediately one will come to know such secrets koans in Bhagwan words. It is difficult to know the exact truth but one can surely come to know that something is weird and not as simple as it looks.

The Black magic theory on Bhagwan is one such secret koan. Things like Black magic exist. It is just a matter of directing energy at a specific target. There is a whole science behind it. But it is impossible to harm Bhagwan with any black magic. No matter how dangerous the black magic is, it simply cannot harm Bhagwan.

The word Bhagwan means that the person is no longer there - only 'nothingness' exist. Only a black hole is there which sucks every thing and the energy gets transformed into pure awareness. If any one tries to come close to Bhagwan with positive or negative intention, He will be absorbed by Bhagwan completely and will become part of awareness.

To harm anybody through black magic, someone has to be present. Now suppose we are targeting Mr XYZ by black magic. Then three cases are possible:

Mr XYZ is not enlightened and Mr XYZ Aura or shield system is weak as compared to the black magic energy, then Black magic will work on Mr XYZ.
Mr XYZ is not enlightened but His aura or shield system is stronger than the black magic energy. Thus the Black magic will rebound or boomerang on the black magician. The black magician will be harmed in this case. He can die also.
Mr XYZ is ENLIGHTNED. In that case energy will be absorbed and will get transformed automatically.

One unique quality of an enlightened person is that there is no aura around him. If some person has any desire than energy leaks from that desire. But the moment all desires disappear, then the being becomes perfect and totally round. There is no point from where any energy can be leaked. It is almost impossible to feel the presence around an enlightened person. In Tao, they say that awakened one is totally empty. He is not there. If no one is there then whom a black magician can attack?

It is very simple and straight forward. There is nobody present whom the energy can harm. An Enlightened person can not be harmed by any black magic. It is next to impossible.

The Black Magic Theory has a great relevance on the Osho movement. Because after a few days Bhagwan left the body. So what was this Black magic theory all about? We should explore this mystery.

Swami Rajneesh says in His book "Tears of The Mystic Rose" that it was device to pass the transmission of lamp to Him. Now, I do not know what is "transmission of lamp".

But I do feel that there is something about the Black magic theory and it is of tremendous importance in the Osho World Or in the world of any seeker whether He belongs to Zen or to Buddhism. Truth is equally relevant to all.

But in today's context and the current scenario, the even bigger question is "Do we really want to know truth". Do we have time to contemplate over these issues?

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:19:00 +0000

J Krishnamurti - Nature is part of our life. We grew out of the seed, the earth, and we are part of all that but we are rapidly losing the sense that we are animals like the others. Can you have a feeling for that tree, look at it, see the beauty of it, listen to the sound it makes; be sensitive to the little plant, to the little weed, to that creeper that is growing up the wall, to the light on the leaves and the many shadows? One must be aware of all this and have that sense of communion with nature around you. You may live in a town but you do have trees here and there. A flower in the next garden may be ill-kept, crowded with weeds, but look at it, feel that you are part of all that, part of all living things. If you hurt nature you are hurting yourself

Are We available to Osho?

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:30:00 +0000

Osho has said many times that once the master is not in the body, then He can work more easily and The Master is more available to the disciples. In reality, Osho is more available to us now than any time before.

But at the same time we should also be open and connected with Osho. It was easier for us to connect with Osho when we could see Him in the body. But now more responsibility lies on our side to stay connected with Osho.

I have felt the energy of Osho many times. He comes and work on his disciples. At least, I have felt His presence and His energy. Just now, my mother was frying Indian spices called 'garam masala' and I could feel the sensations in my crown. These sensation are like as if some one is working on your head with a screw driver. The smell of 'garam masala' was affecting my crown chakra. This reminded me of the time when Osho comes and I feel His energy and Presence and the same experience I feel in my crown chakra, as If He is opening some screws or drilling a hole. The crown becomes warm and as if it is sweating. But one has to be extraordinarily sensitive to feel Osho presence. A lot of awareness or being in the moment can also help and there are few more factors involved.

It might look weird and funny to someone. Actually I am a very weird guy and I would recommend any skeptic to have a good laugh at me. Laughter is very good. But what I feel, has to expressed. At the same time, I will like to relieve myself of one more burden. I have to share one more feeling. When ever I feel the energy or presence of Osho. I feel a lot of sadness and pain in his Being. Its a sort of helplessness which The Master is feeling or experiencing. That's it.

Watching the Bodily distractions in meditation

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:44:00 +0000

Many times it happens that we are practicing the meditation technique and we have to face many bodily distractions like we experience pain in the body parts or our legs are becoming dead or there is a itching sensation or we feel that ants are creeping on the body.

In these cases we have to become attentive to these bodily distractions. There is no need to act physically or open our eyes and start looking for ants or do some thing about itching in the body. Attention acts like a sword and it cuts every thing. If we can just be aware about these distractions then the problem will be solved. When we pay attention to the pain, then the pain will disappears on its own. But we have to give our total attention. Lukewarm attention will not do, we really have to look at the pain with totality.

Suppose there is itching sensation in our legs, then there is no need to scratch. That is not going to help. Because body-mind wants to attract our attention so that we do not go deep in meditation. So there is no need to open the eyes and start scratching the legs. We just have to give our attention inwardly.

In fact a meditator should not take it as an distraction. It is part of meditation. We witness so many thoughts, feelings and moods. Can't we witness some disturbances in the body too. It is part of meditation and one should face it with awareness. If some one is not able to watch the body distraction and wants to do some thing about the problem, then act with awareness. e.g. you are scratching the head then move the hands as slowly as possible and with total awareness. Let scratching the head become a beautiful meditation. Let one be totally aware and present while scratching the head. But it is better to watch inwardly than to act physically to solve the problem.

Meditator should always avoid any sort of extremism. There is no need become fanatic about watching the pains of the body. If there are symptoms of a physical problem, which persist for many days. Then it is better to consult a doctor. Every disease has its causes. Awareness can solve many of our physical problems but not all. Some physical problems can only be cured by medicines.

Note - Another reason for this bodily discomfort is the change in the body energy. When we meditate and dissolve any feeling or emotion then it affects the body parts where that emotion was stored and now energy is getting realigned. So these things are common in meditation and one should be watchful of them. There is no need to have any aversion with these sensations of itching, ants, pain etc. In fact one should also watch the emotions of discomfort when our body does not cooperate with us in meditation.

Very rare photo of Swami Rajneesh

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:34:00 +0000

Lately some pictures of Swami Rajneesh have been showing huge bright light balls around him. This is one such rare photo of Swami Rajneesh. The photo shows a big bright sphere of light around him.

Such large and bright sphere have been seen around enlightened masters like Buddha, Mahavir, Guru Nanak Dev and are found in all paintings depicting enlightened masters.

Note : Swami Rajneesh is an Enlightened Osho Sannyasin and He has shared his journey from a seeker to Buddhahood in his book "Tears of the Mystic Rose". Official website of Swami Rajneesh is OshoRajneesh.net

Meditation Sutra - Don't verbalize, just see

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:10:00 +0000

The Mind consists of language. It is a recording mechanism for storing our experiences in life. Whatever we see, hear or experience is instantly verbalized by the mind. The mind verbalizes every experience and thus distort the experience. What we see is not the reality because mind comes in between and start interpreting or verbalizing it.

The moment we see a sunset or a flower, the mind verbalizes it. However, there is no need to bring language in between the experience. One can simply see the beauty of the sunset. In fact, as long as the mind is verbalizing the things there is no actual beauty left in our experience. Verbalization reduces everything to an object.

One of the simplest but difficult meditation method is to stop this verbalization and just see things as they are. e.g. See the tree but don't verbalize anything about the tree, do not bring the language. Instead of verbalization, just see the tree. To do this one has to be at his inner center.

Eyes are just the medium to see, but in reality we see from our inner center. So do not be bothered about seeing because it is happening on its own. Instead try to be at your own inner center. Let the seeing happens on its own. But do not make too much effort to be at the inner center, otherwise that will create a tension. Try it, experiment and slowly one will get the knack.

Meditation Tips for beginners in meditation

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:39:00 +0000

Meditation is an knack of being aware of our actions, thoughts, feelings and moods. No one knows how long it will take for any one to master the knack of meditation. It takes time, patience, determination and proper guidance to go deep in meditation. Here are few meditation tips for beginners in meditation:

Meditation should be practiced every day. If we miss meditation for one day then it spoils the effort of many days. Every day meditation helps in building the pool of energy around us and one day of break affects this pool of energy.
Preferably, meditation should be practiced at the same place and at the same time. When we practice meditation in the same place then the place gets charged with our meditative energy.
Correct meditation posture helps a lot. One should ideally sit with straight spine and eyes closed.
Non-vegetarian food, alcohol and spicy food should be avoided.
Avoid the distractions while meditating like mobile phones.
Meditation music helps a lot in the meditation practice.
One has to be in total in the meditation. Meditate as if this is the last moment of your life and one is putting total effort to be aware.
One should not neglect the body. Body should be fit and properly taken care of. Some amount of physical activities is good and helps.
For active meditations like whirling, dynamic, mandala etc, Stomach should be empty.
Do not expect any results from the meditation. Do not have any desire or expectations.
Enjoy the meditation and don't make it a serious phenomena. Let joy be the criteria for meditation. As long as you are enjoying the meditation, it is good.
Relaxation is the key thing in meditation. There is no need to get tense about any thing. Meditative state is deep relaxation + awareness.
Try to be aware as much as possible through out the day. There are many moments in the day when we are free and these moments can be used to watch our breathing or thoughts.
Meditation books, videos, websites helps a lot in understanding more about meditation.
Make the life simpler. No matter what happens, do not lose your calm and stay centered.
When ever there is an option then choose the higher which will raise our consciousness.
Nourish the body and mind with essential things. Avoid or cut the non-essential from life. e.g. Non- essential things are news paper, television, junk food etc.
Live in timeless. Be more creative in work rather than efficient. What ever you do, create some thing.
Keep an happy attitude. Let there be the thankful and joyful attitude towards life.

Zen Tea Drinking Meditation | Drinking tea with awareness

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:43:00 +0000

Meditation is all about being aware and conscious in our actions. Any action performed with awareness becomes meditative. Drinking tea can be an altogether different experience if we drink it consciously and with awareness. When we drink tea with awareness then it becomes a meditative experience and is as good as a meditation.

Zen people often have elaborate tea ceremonies where they drink tea with lot of reverence and awareness. In these ceremonies tea is prepared with a lot of love or awareness. One is not in a hurry to prepare the tea but is enjoying the process of preparing the tea.

They are present in the moment while preparing the tea. The whole attitude is of preparing tea for a buddha or for one's beloved master. We can be present in the moment easily if we don't want to achieve any thing from this tea meditation. The ambitious mind is always in a hurry as its enjoyment lies in achieving its goal. But here there is no goal and one can enjoy preparing the tea as much as one can. Let enjoyment and relaxation be the criteria while preparing tea. Let there be attitude of devotion towards tea or one can be totally aware while preparing it.

Secondly when we are drinking the tea, then we are enjoying the tea and we are total in our experience. We can enjoy anything only if we are present in the moment. We are listening to the sound of the tea being poured in the cup. We are aware of the hand movements while picking the cup of tea. We feel the aroma coming from the tea, Sipping the tea slowly, feeling the warmth of the tea, its taste, its fragrance. Putting the tea cup down and being aware of it. Being aware of everything. Being in the present moment totally. The whole experience is meditative.

Creating a space for meditation

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:36:00 +0000

If we can create special place for meditation in our house then it helps a lot. The special place could be one room dedicated only for meditation or a small corner in the room. But once we decide the place then we should not use it for any other purpose.

Every place has its own energy and the quality of energy is determined by the action we perform in that place. e.g. Temples, Mosques etc have more spiritual vibration than any other place. Energy in the spiritual places has to be maintained by constant spiritual practices. If we don't take care of the place then slowly it loses its spiritual vibrations. So, the quality of energy has to be maintained by constant meditation or spiritual practices.

More we meditate in the same place, more its gets charged with our meditative energy. It is better if we meditate every day at the same time. Many meditators also wear same clothes during the meditation session. e.g. we can wear the maroon robe for our meditation.

As the place gets more charged with our energy then it helps us in going deep in meditation. There are some other ways also by which we can make the energy of meditation space more conducive for meditation

Putting a State of Buddha or placing the photographs of our spiritual master.
Placing crystals in the room.
Burning camphor, sage or religious incense.
Having an artificial water fountain.
Using a particular Aura Soma for changing the energy. Aura Soma are prepared by mixing crystals, flowers etc and we get them in small bottles in puna. They are good. Each bottle has its own use.
Meditating every day
Playing soft meditation music
Listening the discourses of Osho or playing soft religious chanting or mantras.
Keeping the room as much empty as possible, don't clutter it with unnecessary things.

Meditation Traps | There is no short cut in Meditation

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:54:00 +0000

Mind is always desiring and seeking. Ambition is one of the key characterstic of the mind. Many people enter into spirituality but they remain the same person unless they become aware of their mind.

Mind remains the same whether we are in spiritual world or in the materilistic world. Like materilistic world, there are so many traps in the spiritual world also. Mind can easily make meditation a goal to be achieved and thus Mind can enter into meditation also and may try to find shortcut for going deep in meditation.

One thing which has to be remember very clearly is that there is no short cut in meditation. If someone talks about any short cut for meditation then he is fooling and misgudiing us.

There is no short cut for meditation except the fact that we have to become more meditative. Osho has said many times that to become more aware, we have to become more aware in our actions.

For growing deeper in meditation, we have to bring the light of awareness in our daily actions. We only grow in meditation when we become more aware of our thoughts, feelings, moods and actions. More we practice awareness in our actions, more they become meditative.

Living unconsciously is an long habit. For so many lives we are living unconsciously. It takes time to develop the knack of awareness. One need to have patience in this long journey. At the same time, mind may try to make meditation a goal to be achieved, So one should be aware of the mind tricks and desires.

Meditation Traps | Using psychic or occult powers

noreply@blogger.com (White Lotus) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:44:00 +0000

Mind is a very serious phenomena and it only knows the language of ambition and greed. Mind can enter into our meditation practice also. There are so many ways by which mind can fool us. It can get after psychic or occult powers. Or it might get interested in knowing the occult world like astral travel, mind reading, black magic and so on.

But real meditation has nothing to do with any sort of achievement. Meditation is all about understanding oneself as one is created by the existence. Meditation is all about understanding our desires, motives and dreams. We are not suppose to chase any kind of dreams or powers in meditation but we are suppose to witness these dreams and desires.

As long as we driven by the mind then it simply means that light of awareness has not totally transformed us. In deep meditation many times we get access to spiritual powers. But we are not suppose to use them. If we don't use these powers, then slowly these powers goes away on their own and the energy stays with us and we grow more in our inner journey by conserving our energy. In a way, this energy gets absorbed by our system and helps in clearing more energy blocks and purifying the body-mind system.

Whereas if we start using these powers then slowly we lose our energy and these powers don't stay with us. These powers have come to us because we were over filled with the energy. More we use these powers, more we leak our energy and we fall down. More people fall in spirituality because they start using their spiritual powers. So avoid falling in the trap of running after spiritual powers or using them.