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What Causes Dreams?

2012-02-22T16:00:00.000-08:00

Did you ever wonder what causes dreams? Dreams are an interesting phenomenon, and the topic of much debate. Do dreams reveal hidden desires, or are they merely a conglomerate of random thoughts? What is the purpose of dreaming, and does it provide some type of psychological benefit to us? There are many questions to consider about dreams, but first we must understand the cause behind them.

Dreams are a series of images, emotions, sounds, or thoughts that occur during a specific portion of when you sleep. Your sleep is divided into two main blocks: rapid eye movement sleep (known as REM), and non rapid eye movement sleep (Non-REM). Dreams almost always only occur during REM sleep.

REM Sleep

REM sleep is only a small part of your sleep, usually taking up only about twenty percent of our overall sleep. Your sleep cycle is broken up into different stages—the first four stages are Non-REM and include your deep sleep stages, and the last stage is REM sleep.

During any given night, you will usually go through the sleep cycle at least three or four times, which means that you will have three or four periods of REM sleep. For example, if you sleep for about seven hours, you will have a little over an hour of REM sleep.

During REM sleep, your breathing is irregular and your heart rate is irregular as well. During Non-REM sleep, your breathing and heart rate is much more regular and much slower. Although scientists still aren’t exactly sure what causes dreams, it’s clear that REM sleep is very important to human beings

Theories on Why Dreams Occur

Even though there’s agreement about what causes dreams, there have been a lot of different theories about the topic. The physiological theory about why dreams occur, for example, is that dreams replace the functioning of transmitting messages that ceases because our brain is not active during sleep.

Psychological Theories About Dreams

Famous psychologist, Alfred Adler, believed that dreams were a problem solving device. The problems and questions that individuals were confronted with in their daily lives presented themselves again during sleep, and individuals continued to try to solve them

In fact, Sigmund Freud proposed that dreams were a combination of our daily activities, and suppressed wishes. In fact, Freud felt that dreams were the key to understanding our subconscious thoughts and desires.

More thoughts

Dreams come from memories in your mind (usually memories from the past three days). Your brain mixes up the memories and comes up with a dream.

Dreams are accumulation of events that have happened in life. It is the subconscious way of possible warning the dreamer of anxieties or as a way to relieve the anxieties. For some people, writing their thoughts out on paper makes them feel better about stress, issues, or events that have happened. This coping is related to the dreaming processes in that the subconscious of the person needs to "sort out" these things as well - thus causes dreams.

How does Money and wealth bring Enlightenment?

2012-02-21T19:00:00.000-08:00

Money and wealth are the first steps to enlightenment. It looks strange to hear that but it is a truth. It is because till you do not have enough money, you are not going to realize that money cannot make you happy. It is very less likely that people who are struggling for money and power would have attraction towards spirituality and enlightenment. Most of the people currently think that when they will be rich, they would be happy. So, they struggle for money and power in search for happiness. When people become rich, they realize the misconception they had in their minds. Money proves to be useless in bringing happiness in life. Then, big questions pop out in their minds. It is the point when they start thinking about other dimensions of life.

You may not have noticed that lots of great spiritual leaders were sons of kings. We can take example of Mahatma Buddha. He was born in Lumbini in the family of a king. He enjoyed all the luxuries of life before moving to the other dimension. Rama who is considered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism was a son of king Dashratha. Mahavira was born in a royal family of king Siddhartha. Not only Mahavira but all the other 23 Tirthankars of Jainism were born in the royal families.

I am not saying that we have to be rich first to be enlightened but I am saying, it is less likely that we will go for other dimensions of life before realizing that money cannot make us happy. Money and power are going to be our main priorities till we do not taste it. Also, There have been people in the world who were born in the ordinary families but still they were great spiritual leaders. I am just talking here in the terms of probability.

Interpreting Your Own Dreams

2012-02-20T13:49:00.000-08:00

Dreaming is a natural, biological function. Everyone dreams, although some people say they cannot remember their dreams. In some cases, a person may remember his or her dream when they first awake, but forget it as the day passes. Dreams are often a clue to our subconscious and can help us understand and even work through problems we are facing during the waking hours. But, it is important to be able to analyse those dreams to see what they really mean.

Prepping for Dreams

Some people just naturally dream a lot and have vivid memories of their dreams, even years after they occur. Others need a little help to bring dreams out. One of the best ways to ensure a night of dreaming is to get a good night’s sleep. Exercise before you go to bed to ensure that you are tired and will fall into a deep sleep. Some people find they sleep more soundly in a dark room, with no distractions such as television, pets, or others nearby. Some people find a warm glass of milk helps calm them before sleep. Think about the best night’s sleep you have had in the past few weeks - a sleep where you had dreams - and try to replicate the events that led to that sleep.

A Dream Journal

One of the most important steps to being able to interpret your own dreams is to keep a dream journal. If you have a scary or disturbing dream and it wakes you up in the middle of the night, you need to write it down. Chances are you may not remember it in the morning when you wake up. A dream journal can be something as simple as a blank notebook and a pen kept beside your nightstand. It is possible to purchase a dream journal at a local or online bookstore that may help guide you through journaling your dreams, but the really important thing is to get down as much as you can remember when you awake.

Write down where you were in your dream, other people that were in your dream, and what you were doing. Write down if you remember any sounds or colors, anything unusual that happened in the dream. Try to write down your dream as soon after you dream. Much of our thoughts and feelings come out of our subconscious during sleep, they seem to seep right back into our subconscious during waking hours. Note it down if you have a lucid dream, one in which you know you are dreaming, but the dream continues anyhow.

Keep writing your dreams in your dream journal. You may find that you have reoccurring themes in your dreams. The only way to prevent this is to recognize it and understand what is causing it.

Interpretation

Once you have a dream or a series of dreams, you should think about what they mean. There are several common dreams that usually have the same interpretation. For example, dreaming you are naked in public has nothing to do with sexuality and everything to do with feeling vulnerable and exposed. Think about your life – work, relationships, school, and friendships – and see if there is one area where you feel weak or defenceless. Maybe your new boss is overbearing, maybe you’ve always had good grades, but are now fearful of failing, or maybe you feel like a spouse is cheating on you.

Many dreams are anxiety driven. You may think you have your act all together during the waking hours, but deep down, you are fearful of something or someone and that is revealed in your dreams.

Another common dream is flying. Unlike anxiety driven dreams, a dream of flying may be a good thing. You may feel free of a formerly constricting situation. Maybe you just complete a big project at work and find yourself dreaming of flying because you feel on top of the world. However, if you feel like you are falling while flying, you may feel out of control and like someone or something is holding you back.

After a while of writing down your dreams and trying to interpret them, you will do what seems impossible – become more familiar with yourself and get to know you better. If you come across a dream that makes no sense at all, there are plenty of dream interpretation books and online resources to help you figure it out as it relates to your situation. If you cannot figure out what a dream means at first, don’t fret. Just keep it in the back of your mind. It may take several days or weeks to begin to make sense to you.

Concentration is One directional but Meditation is Multi-directional

2012-02-19T16:23:00.001-08:00

It is one of the significant difference between meditation and concentration. You would have noticed that when you concentrate on something, your direction of consciousness points towards that particular thing. For example, if you are concentrating well in reading a book, your whole consciousness would be pointing in the direction of book. You will just remember what you are reading in the book and you will forget about yourself.

In meditation, whatever you are doing, you are aware about the act and also you are aware about the fact that particular act is being done by you. For example, if you are reading a book, you remain aware about what is written in the book. If, you can also remain aware of yourself in those movements then it would not remain concentration but it will become meditation. So, meditation is bi-directional in this context.

We can take another example here. Osho Rajneesh often used to illustrate this example. Concentration is like a torch light whereas, meditation is like a lantern. Torch throws light in one direction but lantern does not throw light in one direction.

We can notice from the above examples that during concentration we can have thoughts. You are reading a book then you can also think about the matter present in the book. It is without being aware of yourself. In meditation when you do anything, you are aware about the act and yourself. So, there is no space for thoughts. Thoughts can only be there if the arrow of awareness which points towards you is not there any more. When we are thinking about anything, it can also become meditation but only if you are aware that thoughts are being thought by you.

Osho Rajneesh says Meditation is Voluntary death

2012-02-11T09:55:00.000-08:00

Once, I was listening discourses of Osho Rajneesh. I do not know exactly title of the discourses in English but in Hindi the title was "Mein Mrityu Sikhata hoon". In English it means "I Teach Death". Osho Rajneesh covered lots of points regarding death, meditation and past lives in these discourses. I found them one of the most interesting discourses given by Osho Rajneesh.

During these discourses, he said that meditation is voluntary death. I agree with his explanation completely. In my own words he said something like that

"In meditation, we have to leave ourselves. We have to get rid of whatever we are thinking and desiring. But we are having a strongest bond with our thoughts and desires. So, It requires tremendous courage to leave ourselves because according to us, our existence is only till we have mind. How can we get rid of our thoughts and desires? We feel that because of them we are here in existence. When there is no mind, we would not be there any more. It is same as entering into death. The only difference here is that when people die, they become unconscious at the moment of death. On the other hand, meditation is death in full awareness. In meditation, one can realize that you are not body alone but you are pure consciousness. It is not like after entering in meditation, you have to leave your body but once you enter in meditation, your life will be transformed. You will have sense of other dimension from then. You would not be able to see life as you are seeing now."

Does it appear scary to enter in meditation? That is why Osho Rajneesh called it voluntary death.

What is the difference between meditation and concentration?

2012-02-09T15:05:00.000-08:00

This is one of the most common question asked by people regarding meditation. I wrote one post before explaning about meditation but It did not cover the difference between meditation and concentration.

The main difference between meditation and concentration is that there is no thought process in case of meditation whereas when you concentrate on a particular thing, you hold particular thoughts about that thing. For example, if you are concentrating hard on reading something then you are trying your thought process not to deviate anywhere else. You just want to focus on the particular book that you are reading. So, you are having thoughts while concentrating but your thought process is totally surronding the thing you are concentrating upon.

In case of meditation, there are no thoughts at all. You are not thinking about anything in this state. It is wrong if someone's says that I am doing meditation. Meditation is not an act at all. We cannot do meditation. Meditation is an absolute idle state. So, if someone says that I am doing meditation then it still means that person is not in meditative state. It is even wrong if someone says that I do meditation.

Osho Rajneesh Hidden Mysteries "The Secret of Sounds"

2012-01-31T19:39:00.001-08:00

Osho Rajneesh covered about the science of sound in the book "Hidden Mysteries". I will cover here two or three examples about the science of Sound that were mentioned in the book Hidden Mysteries by Osho Rajneesh.

At first just consider example of Vedas. Four famous Vedas of Hindus were not present in any written form. A teacher would chant mantras in the ear of a disciple and disciple would learn all the things and material present in the four Vedas. It is not much important here what the original words are but phonetics connected with the word are more important. The four Vedas were not written because experts thought that its significance would be lost. When we write a particular thing, the phonetics associated with the word are going to be altered when the phonetics play an important role. Readers start reading written material in their own ways and with their own accents.

Osho Rajneesh also elaborated the significance of sound in Mantra "Aum Mani Padme Hum". The mantra itself has no meaning but its reciting and proper phonetics activate energy chakras. I also remember one of the discourses of Osho Rajneesh when he was explaining impact of manta "Aum Mani Padme Hum" on our body. When we say "Aum", it creates vibration around our throat whereas Mani moves down and Padme reaches down till our belly. The impact of "Hum" can be felt down at our sex centre.

One of the most interesting thing that I read was the significance of bell which we see outside the Hindu temples. It has no direct relation with worshipping of idols but it has connection with mind alertness and ceasing of thoughts. Whenever someone rings the bell, it disturbs your thought process while you are sitting in the temple and makes you alert. All the divinity is attached with the ceasing of thoughts. Once, you have no thoughts, divine starts entering you.

There are also number of other examples covered by Osho Rajneesh in the book "Hidden Mysteries" related to science of sound. I wrote about those which I found more interesting. I will coming up with more information and explanation about this book.

Osho Rajneesh Hidden Mysteries "The Secret of Shapes"

2012-01-30T22:07:00.000-08:00

The book "Hidden Mysteries" is based on the live Hindi talks given by Osho Rajneesh in 1971. The talks were totally about different mysteries present in the world. In these talks, Osho Rajneesh explained why different things which were built in the medieval period of time were important then. We have lost meaning of those things. We are just carrying those things for no reason at present but those things were very significant at some point of time. Even, if we can understand meaning of those things now, we can again utilize them for our benefits and prosperity.

In the talks, Osho Rajneesh discussed about the significance of shapes of temples. Many temples that we see today were built dome shaped. If, we chant anything under the sky. The voice of ourselves is not going to rebound at us. Dome shaped temples create echo of sound. Domes are just prototypes of sky. The only difference is that we cannot feel echo of sound sitting under the sky. In some temples, special stones were used which could increase the echo of sound. Echo of sound coming back to us from the dome shaped temples creates a circle and this circle helps in soothing you. This soothing further helps in soothing your thought process. Once, all your thoughts cease, divine starts entering within you.

We can also see that many medieval temples built around us have very small doors and they are usually without windows. It is to prevent obstruction in the circle of sound which is formed during chanting and echoing. We have started modernizing the temples with big doors and multiple windows. Osho says that these days we are just making temples like ordinary houses instead of sophisticated structures which are divine.

Ninth Insight The Emerging Culture "The Celestine Prophecy"

2012-01-15T20:33:00.000-08:00

It is recommended that you read last eight posts in order to follow the proper sequence.

The ninth insight of "The Celestine Prophecy" deals with how the culture is going to evolve when people had already attained understanding of all the first eight insights.

The first point mentioned by the book is that humans will significantly control world's population growth so that all of the population can live at beautiful places surrounded by nature. There will be more beautiful places available at that time as comparing to present time. We will stop cutting of forests. It was highlighted in the book that forests are great source of energy. Especially, old trees are the sources of abundant energy. So, humans will prefer living around old trees and beautiful gardens to remain full of energy.

From the technological aspect, the methods of food production, cloth production and transportation will be fully automated. We will not need any currency to buy things at this point. Our lives will be abundant from both spiritual and materialistic sense. Both the dimensions are necessary for us for our fulfilment and contentment.

Individuals at this point will know what they need to do at what instant of time. They will follow their intuitions. Every individual will be able to find the natural tendency of himself. Those who want to be painters will be painters, who want to be doctors will be doctors. It is not like the present society where people are just adopting particular professions for the sake of money and fame. The future society will be free from the greed of fame and money. As, there will be no currency to operate in the society. Different professions will be enjoyed as much as they can be enjoyed. This enjoyment and harmony in different professions will further raise the level of energy and consciousness.

Society will be free from imposing of one's thoughts over others. Currently, we inherit thoughts and morality from our parents and people surrounding us. In that society, individual will be respected for his unique thoughts. The thoughts which appear strange and bizarre to us today will be natural and common in the future society.

Eighth Insight The Interpersonal Ethic "The Celestine Prophecy"

2012-01-14T02:28:00.000-08:00

It is recommended for you to read the last seven posts to follow the proper sequence.

The eighth insight deals with how we can become addicted on others for energy. When anybody is addicted to a particular person for energy, he gets disconnected from his or her main source of energy which is universe.

This insight generally talks about romantic relationships. At the beginning of such relations, when we meet a particular person, we feel euphoria and feeling of being perfect while present with that person. Both man and woman transfer energy to each other when they are in relation which makes them feel good. But slowly, we see that something has started going wrong. It is because of dependency of energy from each other. One starts expecting things from his or her partner which in turn tries to suck energy from the partner in a forceful way. When one tries to suck energy in a forceful way, the other person stops the transfer of energy. When desired energy is not acquired from the partner, conflict starts occurring. Now, the person is not having energy supply from the partner and also not from the universe itself. It stops the process of evolution for a particular individual.

Author says that the best way to deal with this addiction is to get rid of feeling of love at first sight. When we get attracted towards a particular person of opposite sex at first sight, it makes us weak. We subconsciously want to enter in a relation with that person and become dependent for energy on that person. We can easily get addicted to such a person if we enter in a relation with that person. The right thing is to be aware about the person you want in life who can understand you completely.

Human body is actually composed of both male and female. It is all about dominance. If male portion is dominating in a human body then the person is considered male in traditional society otherwise she is female. We cannot be satisfied sexually till this male and female inside us meet. Man gets attracted towards a woman when he finds a woman close to the woman inside him. Woman gets attracted towards a man when she finds a man close to the man present inside her. So, we are generally not aware of opposite sex bodies present inside us. When couples meet traditionally, they do not get satisfied as opposite sex bodies present inside us cannot be replaced by bodies present in the outside physical world. The right approach is to have a person who is very close to the opposite sex present in your body and you do not need to be addicted to such a person. It is likely that they will keep transferring their energies to each other without any conflict. It does not hinder the supply of energy coming from the universe. The supply of energy from the universe can only make man and woman present inside our bodies to mate with each other which results to super contentment and satisfaction. Osho Rajneesh talked about the same things in his discourses. He considered this state as the attainment of super consciousness when both opposite sex bodies present inside us mate with each other.

Osho Rajneesh highlighted these issues in a slight different but in a better way. I will also start writing about those discourses which will give you better understanding of this energy transfer between couples.

Seventh Insight Engaging the Flow "The Celestine Prophecy"

2012-01-07T22:43:00.000-08:00

It is recommended that you read last six posts in order to follow proper sequence.

The seventh insight talks about how humans in future will be able to let themselves free in existence without any conflict. The existence will automatically guide them towards their goals and ambitions. This guidance can be in the form of dreams, thoughts and day dreams. Dreams convey a lot of information to us. I do not recommend you to interpret your dreams because the world of dreams delivers totally a different message than our traditional thinking. It is almost certain that you will interpret your dreams in a wrong way. It is all about the seventh insight which is talking about future when our consciousness would be able to interpret them in a right way. Person will be able to relate dreams with their present situations of life. Dreams will guide them in a certain way, giving them a meaningful information.

This intuition can be in the form of thoughts too. When humans will start gaining understanding of seventh insight, they will be able to analyze their thoughts. They will be able to relate every thought with the major events happening in their lives. From those thoughts, they will acquire the direction to proceed.

Now, I will discuss about the thing that I liked the most about this insight. It says that when humans will start leaving themselves in this cosmos. They can enter into situations which are worst as per their normal understanding but it is part of cosmos. We are not able to see the distant future. Things adjust in a way that is beyond our imagination and normal consciousness. We also do not need to think how the things are going to adjust. They will adjust automatically. Our work would be only to watch the things but not to become victim of things.

There have been great mystics who talked about the same thing. Like Guru Nanak said "Do not fight with cosmos. More you fight, more pain and sufferings you will be collecting. Do not try to handle cosmos but let the cosmos handle you."

Sixth Insight Getting free from the Past "The Celestine Prophecy"

2012-01-05T08:42:00.000-08:00

In the fifth insight, I discussed about the glimpses of mysticism that humanity is going to experience in the future. During this experience, person will lose sense of his body but the universe itself will become his or her body. The book "The Celestine Prophecy" says that such an experience would be temporary in nature. After some amount of time, person would be back to its normal consciousness. It would be temporary because of our pasts. We all humans stick hard to our pasts. Our lives are conditioned from childhood. We look at the society and start adopting their rules and regulations. This conditioning deviates us from our very true nature. Society teaches us to become someone else and we try hard to do it. This trying continues till the end of our lives and we do not get successful in becoming that someone else. Actually, it is almost impossible to be someone else. How can it be possible for a rose flower to be a sun flower.

I think that the whole society plays role in conditioning us but book generally talked about only parents who program us. In the fourth insight, I talked about the struggle for energy. This struggle for energy is the main reason of programming of our minds. We consciously or unconsciously under the influence of our parents start behaving in a certain way to gain energy from others. Author classified people`s programmed minds into four different types which are intimidator, interrogator, aloof and poor-me.

Intimidators: This category includes violent people. They are violent consciously or unconsciously to gain energy from a person who is being scared by them.

Interrogators: This category includes people who ask too much of questions to gain attention. Author said that such people are the result of having aloof parents who are either very busy in their works or who are not very caring.

Aloof: This category behaves in an unfriendly and unpredictable manner to make a particular person more interested in them. For example, if I ask question to such a person then he or she will try to answer it incompletely or in such a way that will make me to inquire more. Aloof people are the result of having interrogating parents.

Poor-me: This category includes people who constantly makes other people feel guilty because of their present conditions. They keep on talking about their horrible pasts to gain sympathy of people. Intimidating parents result into being poor-me. If poor-me does not work for a person in gaining energy then person starts fighting aggression with aggression by being an intimidator.

The sixth insight deals with breaking all the conditioning and realizing yourself as a spiritual entity. Realizing that you are more than what your parents have taught you, continues the process of evolution. Otherwise, we all know that stagnated water produces bad smell.

Fifth Insight "The message from Mystics" The Celestine Prophecy

2012-01-03T17:31:00.000-08:00

Fifth Insight "The message from Mystics" The Celestine Prophecy

It is recommended to read last four posts before going through this post to follow the proper sequence.

In the fourth insight, I talked about human struggle for power. Humans perceive till fourth insight that power is limited which makes them to fight with other humans for power. During the fifth insight, humans are going to realize that this power is unlimited and this vast universe is its source. Humans will stop sucking each others energy and will depend on the vast existence to remain full of energy.

The fifth insight talks about mystical experience that most of the humans are going to experience when they reach a particular point. Mystics have been talking about such experiences. Hence, the name "The message from Mystics" has been given to this insight. During this mystical experience, one is going to lose sense of his or her physical body but the whole universe itself becomes his or her body. He will not be able to distinguish himself from any other thing available in the existence. He will be flowers, trees, leaves, other humans or anything present in this vast existence. Now, what will be the point of struggling with others for power. You are universe. What else can be given to you? There is no further growth anymore. Whole energy available in the universe serve you. You become contented and fearless. It is the point when you realize clearly in one sense that you are not just a single physical body but you are infinite consciousness.

During the description of third insight in my last posts, I talked about my personal experience which I felt was close to third insight. I will explain here some portion of that experience again. Sometimes on any random day at any random time, I experience sense of complete silence within me. It only lasts for few seconds. During this experience, I am not able to distinguish between myself and a particular object I am looking at. We both become like a single entity. I think, it is not close to full mystical experience yet but it is a tiny fragment of that. I think that my personal experience is more close to the fifth insight than with the third insight.

Fourth Insight The Struggle for Power "The Celestine Prophecy"

2012-01-02T19:02:00.000-08:00

Read my three previous posts before going through this post to follow the proper sequence.

The fourth insight deals with our struggle for power in this world. We can clearly see that humans are trying hard to dominate each other. We want to reach at higher designations. We want to earn lots of money so that we can hire people to work for us. We want to control others in different ways. It is the desire which operates at the sub-conscious level. The fourth insight is the identification of this greed for power and energy. This insight is directly attached with ego fights. As, soon as we stop fighting for this power with humans, people are going to be free from their egos which is the root cause of all pains and sufferings. But, the question arises that what this power and energy are in a fundamental way.

In the third insight, we talked about the existence of invisible energy which can nourish us. All the universe is made up of this invisible energy. We basically fight for this energy which can make us to feel better. Energy transfers from the person being dominated to the person who is dominating. A person who is dominating gets filled with energy and hence feels better.

When humans are going to realize about this fourth insight, they will realize about their individuality. They are going to realize that no other individual can be like them. They are utterly unique in this vast existence. At this point, there will be no point of struggle for power. Humans will be contented within themselves without any conflict. Humans will cease to fight for energy with other humans but eventually they will shift their focus towards some another source. It was not mentioned in the book about the source of this energy till the description of the fourth insight. I will explain this source of energy as soon as book starts talking about it in the next chapters.

The Third Insight from "The Celestine Prophecy"

2011-12-30T00:02:00.000-08:00

It is suggested to read last two posts before going through this post. As, I am going to discuss third insight from the book "The Celestine Prophecy" in this post. So, it is better if you know the first two insights to follow the proper sequence of the book.

We perceive this physical world in one particular sense. We see objects, things and people around ourselves. Different observations make us to establish definition of this physical world. As, time will pass we are going to have different understanding of this physical world. The third insight deals with the existence of invisible energy which can nourish everything present in the universe. The third insight is all about identification of this invisible energy which is going to change our perception towards this physical world.

Scientists are working in this direction especially quantum physics says that all the objects including ourselves are just made up of energy. Nothing is truly solid in this physical world. Every object is just having a particular energy pattern. When we all humans or most of the humans will start realizing these energy patterns, we will have understanding of this new definition of physical world. These different energy patterns carried by different objects and people, will be visible in the form of different colors vibrating within them. One of the character present in the book experienced this phenomenon. Author explained this phenomenon well enough using that character but I think he could be more organized. He randomly wrote things about this third insight without proper sequence. It also made the task difficult for me to express third insight in my words.

I remember something very relevant to this invisible energy discussed by Osho Rajneesh in one of his discourses. If, you do not know about Osho Rajneesh, you can check different videos of him present at this blog or youtube. He discussed in one of his discourses about research happened in the real scientific world. The research was related to growing of plants under two different sets of conditions. One set of plants were grown with greater care and affection. Humans just needed to imagine love and care for plants in their minds. The other set of plants were grown with lesser care and love from humans. The normal things required like water, manure etc. for their nourishment were provided in the same manner for these two different sets. It was noticed that plants who were given more love and affection were more healthy and bigger as comparing to other set. The similar research was also discussed in the book to explain the concept of invisible energy. I think this invisible energy is not other than love. This existence has given birth to all of us. Hence, it is trying to nourish us. We all have capability to unveil all our potential from within us. Existence provides this invisible energy which can synchronize with all of us to help us to be contented. We call it love in traditional sense.

Now just consider a real life example. Have you ever wondered when some old person gives us blessings, it can be good for our health and our existence. It is like giving love in the form of invisible energy. The intentions of the person who is giving us blessings play an important role. Giving blessings is just projecting positive loving energy on someone. This energy can be altered in many ways depending on the intentions of a person.

I would like to discuss here my personal experience. I personally have felt strange phenomenon number of times. It happens just on any random day, when I am walking down the street, sitting on my bed or taking a shower. What happens is everything stands still for few seconds within me. If, that particular phenomenon happens while looking at some person, I feel at particular moment that I never looked at that person in such a way in my entire life. I feel that there is no boundary between me and the person being observed. We both become a single entity. It lasts for few seconds and then this phenomenon suddenly vanishes. I do not see any colors during this phenomenon as mentioned in the explanation of third insight in the book. So, it may be something different or may be something more similar to the coming insights.

The Second Insight from "The Celestine Prophecy"

2011-12-21T20:59:00.000-08:00

It is convenient to read last post that I have written about the book "The Celestine Prophecy". In the first post, I discussed about the first insight written in the book. It can give you general idea about what this book is all about and it can help you in understanding what the second insight is. I will discuss all the insights present in the book in the right sequence. This post will be focused on the second insight.

The second insight is a little complex to understand. In simple words, it relates to understanding path of morality throughout entire history that we have crossed. Today, whatever ethics we are having, they have been shaped or influenced by the history. People who lived before us, had totally different moralities than we have today. To understand this insight, one of the character imagined about the past as if he is really living it. He imagined himself in the year 1000 where churchmen were the main authority. They were considered as an interface between God and the humans. They programmed human minds in such a way that humans believed they can have access to God only through them. They injected the concept of devil and God in people's minds. People used to fancy about hell and heaven in a realistic way. This conditioning is still present in the current society but in a lot weaker sense. Later in the history, people like Martin Luther fought against such conditioning and demanded to free the society from the papal Christianity. He demanded that each person should be allowed to interpret religious scriptures in his own way. It was an end of one kind of morality which seemed to be inevitable at that time.

In the 16th or 17th century, Science started proving astronomical things. They proved that Earth revolves around the Sun as opposed to the old traditional saying that Sun revolves around the Earth. Earth was considered as the center of the universe. As, Science came up with more and more mind boggling facts, the things which were considered so certain were not certain anymore and we were left with uncertain and mysterious universe. The definition of Gods and Devils which was prevalent long time back was terribly collapsing. At this time, people needed new definition of God and the existence of ourselves. Science started dominating in every respect and it became a new tool to explore about the universe. It was regarded as the only method now to validate the existence of something. Science started exploring universe but due to its complex nature, we could not reach to any certain result which could define who we really are? and what are the purposes of our lives? So, due to uncertain nature of this existence, our focus started shifting towards becoming more stable economically. We thought to stabilize ourselves in this meantime till scientists resolve mysteries of this universe. The real question that we were trying to explore had lost in the last four centuries and our mind became preoccupied with money and stability only. The second insight is all about this preoccupied mind aspiring for secular and financial security. This preoccupied mind is going to fall and culture will slowly start shifting towards real spiritual questions.

This book was written about 15 years ago. I think at that time, there were only very few scientists who used to talk about God and this mysterious existence. Actually, they used to be certain in their own ways. They used to be biased in their research. They wanted scientific evidence to believe in God. Mystics say that God is one and it cannot be measured. How such a science could prove existence of God as science only talked of measuring things in the laboratories. Their focus was just on electrons and matter at that time.

Later, the concept of dark matter and similar things attracted more and more scientists. Now, scientists believe that 95% of the universe is made up of dark matter which is neither an electron and nor any other particle. What is dark matter this? It also cannot be measured but it is believed to be existing. The notions of traditional science have started failing and now the science has become more open to accept things. The experiments related to Large Hadron Collider can unveil strangest things in front of us. If, we still are not able to solve things, our consciousness will still be evolving automatically breaking down the traditional culture and economics.

The Celestine Prophecy Insight One

2011-12-20T15:22:00.000-08:00

I am not a very proficient reader when it comes to books. But, there are certainly some books which have fascinated me a lot. The Celestine Prophecy is such a book that I am currently reading. I have already read some part of this book but I have yet to cover major portion of it. After reading some part of it, I grasped an idea about the content of this book. The book generally talks about how human civilization is going to change within the few decades. According to author a new kind of consciousness is arising within this whole world that is going to diversify our morality and living style. This change is going to develop in the form of nine insights arising one after the other. Author explained about all the nine insights in the form of a story so that book can be more interesting for a reader.

I am going to discuss briefly about the first insight here in this post.
The first insight says that we are going to be aware about the coincidences that happen in our lives. I have few examples of this insight from my personal life. Just taking a small example, I wanted to eat pizza one day but I could not do it because of lack of money or any other reason. Then, I dropped the idea of having pizza. As a coincidence, one of my family member brought pizza at home. It is a small coincidence but I have seen similar incidents hundreds of times in my real life. Whatever the size of your wish is, it is not going to be difficult for this existence to adjust itself. I can be sure that you would have seen such incidents in your life too.

This insight basically deals with shifting and adjusting of this existence to fulfill your needs and wishes. I think movie "The Secret" talks about the same insight but their approach is entirely different. Their approach is to think again and again about a particular wish to make it fulfilled. The movie said that universe or existence automatically adjusts itself to satisfy your wishes or needs. Once, we are aware of this method, we can easily see things unfolding for us.

The alternative way is to forget about your wishes and leaving yourself free in this enormous existence, the existence itself knows what is needed to satisfy you. You just need to be aware of the things. Whatever is happening, you just see things happening but you do not become victim of the things happening in your life. Things will automatically encounter in your life and if you are aware enough, you will notice the mystery of this vast existence. The future will unfold in such a way that you will be amazed to see the things that you considered worst in your life happened for good reasons.

Whatever approach is followed, the first insight focuses on being aware of the coincidences. Start noticing small things happening in your life. May be you needed a special kind of person in your life. You may be having such a person in your life as a friend or lover but you may not be aware that you wanted such a person at some point which existence had delivered it to you. May be you were recalling your old friend sitting in your house on any random day and you got a call from that friend after such a long time but you were not fully aware about this coincidence. May be you wanted to know about some mysterious book and you found this post. Be aware this existence is stranger than you think.

Osho Rajneesh Youtube Documentary Hindi to English Translation Part 5

2011-12-18T17:00:00.000-08:00

[0:00-0:28] The construction of Osho's commune was finally complete in USA. His followers were accumulating in the commune in the large numbers especially young people were fascinated towards him. The presence of a foreigner saint and his growing popularity shocked both the Government and the system present there.

[0:32-0:49] There were no people in the churches there anymore except some old folks. Osho attracted all young people towards himself. So, it was like a threat for them. They thought that he is not supposed to be present in this country.

[0:54-1:21] In America, the main point was, 15 percent of the salaries was deducted that time and used to go to the pope. Many Christians became followers of Osho and they argued that we do not belong to church anymore but we belong to Osho. So, our salaries are not supposed to be deducted.

[1:21-1:44] Slowly, American Government started going against Osho Rajneesh. American Government started refusing visa of people who were from other foreign countries and the rumors were spread regarding illegal activities in the commune. So, Government tried hard to stain reputation of Osho.

[1:47-2:16] Every answer that I give is not present in western culture. I was ready to openly discuss with president Ronald Reagan in the white house. He is a fundamentalist christian. He agrees that Christianity is the only religion of this world and the rest are bogus. It was normal for him to see an enemy within me.

[2:17-2:29] Finally, Osho was arrested in America on the basis of fake accuses. Osho was kept at the unknown place for twelve days.

[2:41-3:05] I was kept in the prison in America. Then on the third day, I was taken to the other one. The supervisor of that prison came to meet me alone. His eyes were full of tears.

[3:06-3:13] It was a great shock to his followers. It was decided later that Osho would not be able to stay in America.

[3:44-4:05] After leaving America, Osho came to India. Osho sent his proposal to thirty two different countries of the world to open his ashram. None of the country permitted Osho to live there. According to Osho, America was responsible for these rejections.

[4:10-4:26] Whenever people come up with new ideas, they are criticized. Buddha, Mahavira and Jesus were criticized too.

[4:33-5:05] In 1987, Osho returned to Pune ashram but he was having bad health issues during this time. It is said that he was given slow poison in America during his imprisonment. He suddenly increased the number of discourses he would give in a day. It is said that he had realized of not having too much of time left.

[5:07-5:28] Death is a dark cave. Yes, it is true that who had known themselves in their lives have enough light in their eyes. They do not forget themselves in the dark cave of death. They know themselves even in the cave of death.

[5:32-5:45] As he said that I would be available in a faster and much better way when I would not be in the body. I would scatter in all the directions and will be present everywhere. It proved to be right.

[5:48-6:02] In 1989, he changed his name from Bhagwan Rajneesh to Osho. Osho means messenger of God. His voice had magical touch. Whenever he used to speak, people would listen to him so carefully.

[6:03-6:21] No matter how much pain you get from the outside world, it does not make any difference. The one who can listen to inner music does not get bothered from the noise happening outside.

[6:24-7:01] But, in April 1989 this magical voice lost somewhere. He used to remain silent. He stopped giving discourses. Now, he just used to sit silent with his followers during meditation time in the evening. May be that is why he gave message of death being a celebration. He wanted his followers not to cry upon his death but to celebrate it like a festival.

[7:04-7:14] Osho died on 19th January 1990. People celebrated his death like a festival.

[7:56-8:25] finally, Osho's wish was getting fulfilled. People were understanding his sayings. People learnt from him living each moment of life and death in a celebration. The things Osho said about thirty years ago, were not liked by people then because of their traditional lifestyles. But now, Osho is more alive than past.

[8:31-8:57] You burn my body after my death. If, somebody would ask me question then from his heart, he will get an answer because I will be there. There is no way to burn me and there is no way to destroy me.

Osho Rajneesh Youtube Documentary Hindi to English Translation Part 4

2011-12-16T18:32:00.001-08:00

[0:00-0:23] The number followers of Osho Rajneesh was slowly increasing. His circle of influence was expanding and the number of followers who were from outside India went rising.

[0:30-0:42] Between all this, Osho was hammering old traditions and cultures through his discourses. Some people got attracted towards him through his talks but some felt shocked.

[0:51-0:57] He criticized institutionalized religions in a straight forward way.

[0:57-1:04] He dug the roots of traditional religions and showed to the people that they have nothing on the name of nutrition.

[1:10-1:35] I am critic of religious epics. I support those people who had the same experience as me but I do not support them because books talk about them. I have experienced the same thing but if the epics are in their favour too then I cannot do more than just appreciating the epics that they are right in this regard.

[1:38-2:10] In the month of June in 1970, Osho Rajneesh left his village and came to Mumbai. This is the same woodland tower at pedder road where he bought four bedroom flat on the first floor. He came to Mumbai on the special mission. He created Yuva Kranti Dal (Young Revolutionary Group) in Mumbai. The motive of this group was to create awareness among youth. He also started culture of taking retirement from traditional life style.

[2:15-2:30] Osho made compulsory to wear orange colored clothes for his followers including a locket having picture of Osho. His followers were also given different names and they were called with this new given name.

[2:47-2:53] Fifteen to twenty thousand people used to come in cross maidan in Mumbai to listen to Osho.

[2:57-3:43] Humans have an inner ability to be Buddha. They have come from animal's world but they have brought song of Buddhas. They are to sing this song. Only then, these sufferings and worries will end. We are in this world but we are not from this world. We have to move further. We are continuously being called to move to that other world. How many times will you ignore this? How many times will you keep showing your back?

[4:09-4:25] The number of followers of Bhagwan Rajneesh was increasing but the Mumbai flat was too small for this. Hence, In 1974, Osho decided with his followers to move to Pune.

[4:37-5:04] This is the same Koregaon Park in Pune where Osho's first ashram came into existence. Today, it is known as Osho International which is a meditation resort. People started coming here from all over the world in search of peace. In this meditation resort, meditation was done everyday at 6 am and then at 8 pm Osho himself used to give his discourses for ninety minutes.

[5:10-5:55] The number of followers was increasing. Then, it was like a flood of people from all over the world. People were just getting attracted towards him. People from different parts of the world were living in harmony. There was no altercation at all. The main point is everybody was surrendered to The Master Osho.

[6:02-6:38] Two-three days ago, Saint Lajashankar asked me a question that why do I call this place an ashram. As, there is nothing you can see like an ashram here. There is no temple, no prayer and no scripture is being read. I would say that I call it an ashram because people just understands the language of ashram. I can truly call this place a tavern but he would have then faced difficulty visiting this place.

[6:39-7:25] It was end of 1970's decade. Osho had crossed age of forty. He had white beard now. His eyes were so sparkling and silent. His voice was still magical to attract anybody. Anybody could get attracted towards such a magnetic personality. In this Pune meditation resort, number of people went increasing. People were coming from all the parts of the world to learn meditation. The resort started appearing smaller as comparing to the number of people. It was the time for Osho Rajneesh to move from India to foreign country.

[7:35-8:11] His followers bought 64,000 acres of land in USA for commune. Osho used to talk about such a commune where we can hope to nourish life in a brilliant way, where humans can show their full potential. So, 64,000 acres should be bigger than a normal city? Yes, three times the size of San Francisco. It was 126 square miles.

[8:15-9:25] Finally, Osho decided to build an ashram in USA. His followers bought 126 square miles of land in barren hilly area in Oregon. Osho left India and reached USA in 1980. Followers were working hard day and night to convert this barren land into a paradise. Oregon valley was now thundering with the sounds of dynamites. It was being converted into a paradise. This barren land turned into green valleys. It took four years to build this project. Rajneeshpuram was the name given to this paradise. Such a paradise in which Osho had private jets, airport and brigade of rolls royce cars.

Osho Rajneesh Youtube Documentary Hindi to English Translation Part 3

2011-11-18T13:50:00.000-08:00

Osho Rajneesh Youtube Documentary Hindi to English Translation Part 3

[0:00-0:42] This is Ganj Primary School in Gadarwada where his education started. It is said that every saint has a king inside. Family members also used to call him Raja(king). He insisted her parents once that he wants to go to school riding on the elephant otherwise he would not go there. Osho did not really go to school till his parents arranged an elephant for him. People still talk about this incident. As a sign of remembrance, villagers made this big gate through which even an elephant can pass.

Arvind Jain (Osho's brother) [0:43-0:55] People would come and complain about him. Parents used to understand that he is mischievous. So, they would not say anything to Osho.

[0:57-1:22] Those people are also required who can give back innocence of your childhood to you. Same eyes that children have. Same joy, same bliss and same state of amazement.

[1:40-2:16] After finishing his primary education, Osho enrolled in this middle school. This is room of grade 8. Furniture, walls and any other thing present in this room know that Osho was a brilliant student. He started asking questions which were difficult for the teachers to understand. They found themselves in tough situation as they were not able to answer those questions. It became like a daily routine. So, school administration restricted him to sit in the class room.

[2:17-2:30] For study purposes when he used to school, he would ask questions from teachers. The teachers were not able to answer him. Finally, teachers used to leave school or would ask him to leave.

[2:31-2:53] Being irritated, school administration complained higher authorities about Osho. They did not want him to come to school but higher authorities contradicted with school administration. They replied administration that they are not supposed to feel irritated by such questions. They added that he is a brilliant student and they should allow him to study. So, Osho continued his study here. He used to shock his teachers by scoring highest marks in the class.

[2:55-3:07] There was no electricity in the village when he was student of 8th grade. So, he used to study till 1 am just under the light of lantern.

[3:08-3:32] This is Jabalpur Female's Institute of Nursing Science and Research. It was first known as city college. In 1951, Osho Rajneesh enrolled in this institute when he was 21. But he did not find any interest in studying books. His questions pestered professors of this institute. Even, principal of this college expelled him. He was thrown out of the college.

[3:34-3:54] Osho Rajneesh used to initiate strikes in the college if needed. And his professors would know exactly that if any political turmoil or strikes are happening in the college then Osho is responsible for them.

[3:56-4:10] Buddha's would not miss. They will keep coming. Their business is to come and wake up those, who are sleeping. And those ones who are sleeping, have business not to get bothered by the ones who are trying to wake them up.

[4:12-4:32] Later, Osho Rajneesh got admission in this D.N Jain College but here also professors felt hesitation arguing with him. He was again stopped to attend classes. He was just called to take exams. In spite of all that, he scored good marks without attending classes as he did in the school.

[4:35-5:13] Whenever you are reading, you can just look at the page and turn it. In between, if you have a pencil then you can underline important logic, line, argument or point. Osho used to read 30-40 books in three days. It needs very sharp memory. We have not heard of any man except Osho in the history who read books like that.

[5:20-6:01] 21st March 1953, he enlightened in Jabalpur Bhawartal garden while meditating under this maul tree. He acquired the knowledge that he has been searching since childhood. This person named Rajneesh was not just Rajneesh now. He was now able to enter in the waves of trans. He had attained Buddhahood. From this point, he had to pass through the way at which he had to fight with different situations. Where, he had to start new revolution in the society. This man had to bring such a unique revolution at this point which would leave marks in the society for unlimited time.

[6:07-6:14] He (Osho) said I just do not want to give you lesson about life but also want to teach you death.

[6:15-6:39] You daily see children getting born. You daily see people dying around you. When you will understand that whatever comes into existence, later dies at some point. Whatever has been made, will fall. It is a matter of few moments. It is a castle of playing cards. Sudden gust of wind would come and it will scatter.

[6:48-7:03] Acharya Rajneesh wanted to unveil mystery which he had understood. He chose young people for that. He himself as a professor of philosophy, started motivating youth about new thinking and meditation.

[7:09-7:19] He actually was in search of people who were ready to enter in the depth of meditation, people in which there was possibility of some revolution.

[7:26-7:42] He once said that he will wander across different villages, will look into different eyes, he will work as hard as possible on those who are capable to wake up and he does not want to die as a failure.

[7:49-8:11] I want to start revolution of meditation. Each individual should have capacity to meditate. Each individual should have technique of meditation. So, whenever they want, they can deeply enter in themselves.

[8:18-8:56] As soon as you understand, it is better. Here, nothing is ours. It is just a milestone not the final destination. You can rest for the whole night, but you have to start in the morning. I agree, we do not know from where we have come and where we will go. But one thing is definite. Once, there was a day, when we were not here. And it is definite too, there will be day when we would not be here.

Osho Rajneesh Youtube Documentary Hindi to English Translation Part 2

2011-11-17T15:44:00.000-08:00

Osho Rajneesh Youtube Documentary Hindi to English Translation Part 2

[0:00-0:24] Osho did not only ask his followers to live freely but he himself treated his life like a celebration. In the form of Osho, people saw such a Buddha for the first time who was unveiling deepest mysteries of existence through jokes and humor.

[0:24-0:53] One father was teaching famous Napoleon quote to his child that nothing is impossible in this world. The son asked his father to wait for a minute. Child ran to the bathroom and brought back a toothpaste pack. He squeezed the pack tightly to let paste come out of it and asked his father to put paste back into the pack.

[0:56-1:17] He was "Zorba The Buddha". Zorba signifies of richness from the outer world and Buddha means being rich from inside. So, it is rich from inside and outside both.

[1:21-1:48] Some people know Osho as a great debater, some people say that he was a rebel, some say that thoughts of Osho used to awestruck people. There was something present in him which made him look different from the normal children of his age. Osho's every effort was not less than a revolution, who always talked about changing old customs and traditions.

[1:52-2:01] He started his life with the revolution.

[2:03-2:32] Whatever traditional was going on the name of religion, he was hammering them hard. And if, you listen to the discourses of that time then you will find them very revolutionary. It seemed like he is throwing fire. When I used to see him during the discourses, it used to appear that fire is coming out of his cheeks. Cheeks would be all red, he looked like fire.

[2:32-2:48] Two things were happening that time. The traditional gurus were stealing material from Osho's books and were preparing there discourses and political people were using his lines for political purposes after reading his books.

[2:49-3:00] If, you understand Osho a bit, he did not use to like anything old. I would not say it was hate against old but he just did not like it. He left whatever was old.

[3:02-3:19] After reading "Ek Onkar Satnam", Mr Khushwant Singh commented: "I used to think that I am the best historian of Sikhism but after reading this, I came to know that I know nothing."

[3:22-3:49] Nanak found God through singing. He did not do any yoga or meditation. He just sang and found God. But he sang with such a force and effort, song itself became meditation and yoga.

[4:23-4:37] Around eighty years ago, a child was born in the same room of this house. Later, people knew him with the name of Osho.

[4:45-5:09] It is said that after his birth he did not take his mother's milk for three days. Osho's grandfather asked his mother to take bath and take him to the other room. She did so and finally he took his mother's milk. So, Osho's grandfather and mother felt that this child is not a normal child.

[5:10-5:25] When he came into this life, he did not take milk for three days. This is because in his last life, he was left with three days of practice to become enlightened. If, that practice would have been completed then he had no need to come in this life.

[5:25-5:48] Rajneesh loved his grandfather. He lived with his grandfather for seven years in this house after his birth. His grandfather used to call him "Raja". When, he was old enough to go to school, they named him "Rajneesh Chandra Mohan". Osho himself used to write just Rajneesh as his name.

[5:49-6:16] The family (grandmother and grandfather) of Osho was well settled there and he lived there till the age of eight. His grandmother was of rebel attitude and always used to support Osho. Osho was given full freedom of whatever he wanted to do. He did not study at all till the age of eight.

[6:17-6:43] Osho was seven years old when his grandfather died in the same house. Osho was shocked with his death. He felt this bitter reality of death for the first time. He lived its fear and pain. It is said that Osho's life changed suddenly at this point. Now, he used to spend all of his time understanding the mystery of life and death.

[6:46-7:17] You daily see children getting born. You daily see people dying around you. When you will understand that whatever comes into existence, later dies at some point. Whatever has been made, will fall. Before, you lose all your time and before you lose this wonderful life in doing insignificant things. It is necessary to wake up.

[7:18-7:48] As Osho grew up, Osho's those activities got boosted which people always considered unorthodox. Sometimes, he would follow the crowd carrying a dead man till they reach graveyard Or he would jump into the flooded river. He was of rebel nature since his childhood. His way of looking at the world was completely different from others. He was enough talented about converting anything into a debate. People started feeling uneasy from his deep questions.

[7:50-8:04] Early in the childhood, he started revolution from his own village. He was never in favor of traditional religious gurus and saints.

[8:05-8:22] They even do not know what I am doing or saying. They do not come, listen and understand but they just live on rumors. And ,they just try to force their illogical things one me.

[8:22-8:30] He said whatever he wanted to say. He did not compromise saying the truth.

[8:32-8:37] Lots of people felt relieved under his knowledge.

Osho Rajneesh Youtube Documentary Hindi to English Translation Part1

2011-11-14T12:42:00.001-08:00

Osho Rajneesh Youtube Documentary Hindi to English Translation

[0:08-0:35] Meditation means no thinking, no desire, no memory and no imagination. The meaning of meditation is just being present from inside. Meditation is death of mind.

[1:17-1:39] I am not opponent of rebellious nature. It is difficult to find rebel lover better than me. I am not against rebel, I consider it as sacred. I do not believe in things like religion and principles as they tend to change.

[1:39-1:48] It appeared that whatever he says, does not belong to this world but it is something else.

[1:49-2:00] Your God is present because of your fear. You fabricated all your Gods because of your fear. I am here to remind you of God which originates from love rather than fear.

[2:00-2:11] He used to say that he is here for the buddhahood present within us and we all need to recognize that consciousness within us. So, he did not like any kind of worshiping, praying and traditional things.

[2:11-2:18] If you listen to the discourses of that time then you will find them very revolutionary.

[2:18-2:33] Whatever I am saying is my own experience, I do not trust anything except my own experience. I will not say anything to you what I have not known.

[0:08-0:35] Meditation means no thinking, no desire, no memory and no imagination. The meaning of meditation is just being from inside. Meditation is death of mind.

[1:17-1:39] I am not opponent of rebel. It is difficult to find rebel lover better than me. I am not against rebel, I consider it as a sacred. I do not believe in things like religion and principles as they tend to change.

[1:39-1:48] It appeared that whatever he says, does not belong to this world but something else.

[1:49-2:00] Your God is present because of your fear. You fabricated all your Gods because of your fear. I am here to remind you of God which originates from love rather than fear.

[2:00-2:11] He used to say that he is here for the buddhahood present within us and we all need to recognize that consciousness within us. So, he did not like any kind of worshiping, praying and traditional things.

[2:11-2:18] If you listen to the discourses of that time then you will find them very revolutionary.

[2:18-2:33] Whatever I am saying is my own experience, I do not trust anything except my own experience. I will not say anything to you what I have not known.

[2:33-2:37] He did not compromise at all in saying truth.

[2:39-2:43] There is no God for me except the truth.

[2:45-2:53] He was never in favor of traditional saints and religious teachers. So, he always messed with them and beat them.

[2:56-3:45] I am critic of scriptures. So called wise people of the world are searching for fame and status. They are searching for methods to boost their ego. There are a few mad people in this word who are seeking for truth, who are searching for themselves and this earth is saline just because of these few mad people. If, they would not be present everything would be tasteless.

[3:47-3:55] Those who leave for infinite journey, consider failure as success.

[4:00-4:08] The man of his age

[4:20] Birth Place of Osho: Kuchwada

[4:25-5:17] Following teachings of Osho, I reached Kuchwada. This all begin in 1931 when whole country was crazy about freedom from British but this village was as quiet as it is now. This village was not getting much influenced because of British rule and it remained same after independence. It was strange. It might have happened because existence had thought usage of this place in a different way. In the same village, brilliant child was born and world now know him with the name of Osho. The same Osho who unveiled the mystery of life and dyath in such a way that people went crazy for him.

[5:18-5:36] He (Osho) opened his arms and said "You came Reshma, You came today?, You came alone?" Then I fell in his feet and cried. It made his feet wet with my tears.

[5:46-6:06] Khanabdosh (a person who wanders around without settling at one place) is a lovely word. Khana means house and bdosh means shoulder. The khanabdosh means a person who is having his house on his shoulders. Truly speaking, we all are Khanabdosh in this world.

[6:07] One man who became God

[6:17] Man who changed the whole era

[6:27-6:37] When he used to play gilli danda (one of the game played in villages in India), he used to hit gillii with full consciousness.

[6:37-7:00] River was his favorite place. After school, he would come to his Grandmother, he would not even take few tea sips but used to run towards river. Then, he used to sit in the river alone. He would not care about time then. He would come back late at night around 10 or 12.

[7:04-7:45] And this is house of Osho's Grandfather. Osho spend his childhood in this house. After coming here, we came to know that Osho was a religious guru but he did not make his own religion. Neither, he adopted any religion. Millions of people followed him as if he is God but he did not make temples of his own. Neither, he let anyone to worship him. Instead, he asked people to meditate in a playful manner.

[7:50-8:08] My message is meditation and do not treat meditation as a serious act. Take it lightly, consider it in a playfulness.

[8:08-8:27] Traditional gurus say leave smoking, wife, alcohol, stealing etc. but he did not ask us to leave anything. Instead, he asked to add something. It does not matter what you do, just attach meditation with it.

[8:28-8:54] Forgive me, people are already suffering. This earth cannot tolerate more sadists. This earth now wants dancers and singers who can meditate. This earth wants new religion whose most fundamental quality would be state of bliss.

Scientific Facts can also Destroy your Ego

2011-11-12T11:49:00.000-08:00

Scientific Facts can also Destroy your Ego

Have you ever come across any scientific fact which completely shook you from inside? Such facts can be helpful in destroying your ego. I love watching documentaries related to our universe. Such documentaries are always full of mind boggling facts. It makes us feel that this universe is more mysterious than we think. This whole existence is so widespread which is beyond our imagination.

Scientists say that the size of the visible universe is approximately 13.5 billion light years. It is the distance which light covers in the period of 13.5 billion years. I feel difficult digesting these big figures. When I try to imagine about its size, I reach nowhere because it is way beyond my thinking limit. When I think about this mysterious and vast existence, something shakes me from within. It makes me think that I am not even a tiny sand grain comparing to the size of the universe then why am I carrying so much of ego inside? I can get displeased by number of things around me but I am not even worthy and big enough to complain about anything. All our issues are like soap bubbles but they appear so much like rock solid to us. We consider ourselves so important in this universe which creates ego within us which is the main reason for all our sufferings.

We just need to go deep in such facts. Just spread your wings around and jump into the mystery of this existence. Have a look at the video. I hope it can shake you a bit.

The point is to leave yourself in the existence. Wherever existence takes you, you are ready to go. There is no point of your desire in this vast existence. Existence has given you birth and will destroy you. You have no control over it. Within this time frame, you are creating your own wishes, desires as if you are the creator. You feel that this universe is from you but the reality is, you are from the universe.

Scientific Study on Past Lives, Reincarnation and Souls

2011-11-11T10:57:00.000-08:00

Scientific Study on Past Lives, Reincarnation and Souls

Everybody has fear of death. This fear forces us to investigate about the things like life after life, souls, spirit guides etc. Religions have been talking about these things since centuries but Scientists have just started taking this matter for investigation. There are number of scientists present in the world now who are very interested in such subjects. One of the popular scientist is Dr. Michael Duff Newton.

Dr. Michael Newton has a doctorate degree in the field of Psychology and he is a certified Master hypnotherapist. He wrote his study results through two different books. The name of his first book is "Journey of Souls" and it was published in 1994. His second book was "Destiny of Souls" which was published in 2000.

Dr. Michael Newton believed in traditional hypnosis to help psychologically disturbed persons. The concept of souls, afterlives and reincarnation was just an intellectual curiosity for him. He used to reject requests from people who would come to him and ask unorthodox questions about life and death. He finally got interested in this unorthodox field when he was counselling a young man. This young man had been suffering from chronic pain in his entire life. This man had already tried different doctors and therapies but nothing helped him. During his counselling, Dr. Michael Newton asked him to go to the course of his pain. Then, the patient started talking about World War 1. Doctor uncovered that he was World War 1 soldier in his former life and he was killed by bayonet in France. Now, the patient was able to get rid of his pain.

Under the influence of this incident and few clients, Dr. Michael Newton started exploring more about these things. Many hypnotists can take you to your past life. Such a session is called past life regression session. It is a different thing if they are real or not. Dr. Michael Newton took hypnosis to the new level. He was able to take their clients to the time present between two lives. It is the time of souls, ghosts, spirit guides when we do not have a physical body.

He considered hundreds of clients to do his research. Whatever he asked them during hypnosis sessions was recorded by him. He published his case studies in the form of two books named "Journey of Souls" and "Destiny of Souls". I have already talked above about these books.

Dr. Michael Newton gave strong points in one of his book about how one can enter in past lives through hypnosis? He wrote that mind is made up of three concentric circles. The outer circle represents our conscious mind which is our analytic and reasoning source. The second circle represents our sub-conscious mind which stores all our memories of present life and former lives. The inner most circle represents super conscious mind which facilitates highest self awareness to us. He writes that people do not dream or hallucinate during hypnosis. When clients are taken in trance, their brain slows down changing from Beta state, passes meditative alpha stage reaching theta state. This theta state is hypnosis state but not sleep. When, we sleep at night it is actually a delta state when messages starts falling from our brain to the sub-conscious. These messages then come in the form of dreams.

In theta state, conscious mind is not unconscious and hence we can send and receive messages from the memory. During this theta state, people report things as real observations. So, subjects cannot lie but they may misinterpret things as we do in the conscious state.

Critics of hypnosis believe that a subject can fabricate their dialogues and responses according to the suggestions made by the hypnotist but Dr. Michael Newton argued that he had done lots of cross-examination regarding that. Examining hundreds of clients had produced a fair amount of consistent results. Imaginations and hallucinations would have resulted in inconsistent case studies. In fact, people did not hesitate in correcting Dr. Newtons's statements during session.

If, you are afraid of death. These two books are worth reading. I could not read each and every case study in detail but I could understand the core points like Death and Departure, Gateway to the spirit world, Orientation, The Advanced Soul, Life Selection, choosing A new body, Rebirth etc. present in the books.

OSHO RAJNEESH: You Are in Prison and You Think You Are Free

2011-09-24T14:29:00.000-07:00

Osho Rajneesh: You Are in Prison and You Think You Are Free

I can clearly remember lines from the movie "The Matrix" after watching this video. According to my view, the movie reflected some realities about our life. Though, the movie did not mean it as they just treated it as science fiction but unknowingly the movie presented something which is happening in real life with us. The lines from the movie were "You are in prison that you cannot touch and smell. It is a prison for your mind." We all are trapped in our present situations. We cannot call ourselves free from any bondage but our life itself is full of bondage.

We have been given a false reality and we have been given a belief that we have a choice but in reality we do not have any choice. Our mind is shaped in such a way since our childhood that it creates a false world in front of us. All our sufferings and rejoicings come from mind where mind is something which is unreal. It is just combination of your thoughts, experience and beliefs. Anything contradicting with your mind will make you suffer and supporting your mind will make you rejoice whereas this rejoicing and suffering are fake. It is possible to alter mind and if different minds can treat one thing in opposite ways then mind cannot be trusted at all.

Osho Rajneesh is talking about a prison of our mind. Nobody feels contented in our world but still we are sticking with the same lifestyle and beliefs. We only hear what we want to hear. We need to realize first that we are in prison otherwise it is impossible to escape from it. The process of escaping is the next step where one needs to break mind and leave all the fake experience collected. Osho Rajneesh is talking about George Gurdjieff too who was very significant man in his time.