posted October 18, 2004 03:02 AM         

Looking at the moon, don't say that it is beautiful -- unless it is your inner sense. You will be suprised that ninety-nine percent of the stuff you carry in your mind is all borrowed. And within that ninety-nine percent of stuff, useless rubbish, the one percent of inner sense is lost, is drowned. Drop that knowledgeability. Recover your inner sense.

posted October 19, 2004 11:58 AM         

A journalist asks: You are still regarded as the guru of free sex in many parts of the world. Is that a misnomer?
It is simply a misnomer; I have never been a guru of sex. On the contrary, I am the only person in the whole world who has been trying to transform people's sexual energy into spiritual energy. I am against repression because repression of sexual energy means there is no chance of spiritual growth.
The people who have been with me have become less and less sexual, and have become more and more spiritual. Those who have been with me longer have lost all interest in sex.
If you want to call me something, I am the guru who is absolutely anti-sex. But you know third-rate journalism which thrives on sensationalism—they created the misnomer.
Strange things they go on saying—and not only saying, but believing. And now it is not only in India that they are saying hard words about me, it is almost all over the world.

"If you really want to know who I am, you will have to be absolutely empty as I am. Then two mirrors will be facing each other, and only emptiness will be mirrored.
Infinite emptiness will be mirrored: two mirrors facing each other. But if you have some idea, then you will see your own idea in me". Osho

Q: If you were to die tomorrow, what would you like the world to remember you most for? What would you like your obituary to be?
Osho: Just a simple man, an innocent man, who was always misunderstood.

posted October 19, 2004 10:34 PM         

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(n.) Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.
(n.) State of being paired with a single mate.

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It is in the second, more modern, and more loose-and-conceptual manner that I used the word.

"Mind gets in the way" -- or so say those who don't care whether things make any sense?

Good thing we have a resident Osho expert to come and correct the constant misinterpretations of us silly Airheads who believe everything we read and hear.

posted October 19, 2004 11:03 PM         

"Good thing we have a resident Osho expert to come and correct the constant misinterpretations of us silly Airheads who believe everything we read and hear."

uh-huh.

I wondered how long it would take for someone to make a comment like that.

You know? I've heard there's an actual Osho commune! I'm seriously thinking of looking into it.

Maybe one of you Airheads can give me a lift there on one of your hot air balloons.

"Mind gets in the way" -- or so say those who don't care whether things make any sense?"

posted October 20, 2004 02:03 AM         

Ultimately I think this is very boring. I am a Being. I Experience. To be a container is to be one with the all and hence would be as boring as anything really. I mean, I always thought Heaven sounded extremely boring. You just wish for a motor bike and its there. You go for a ride and think "Ice cream" so you ride and lick. I like thinking about the ice cream for a while. I don't know really if I want a bike. Life is about choices and working to get them. Not already having everything, that's just Boring!

posted October 20, 2004 03:49 AM         

I think we need to have a private conversation. A few answers to a few questions might move the balance beam a miniscule fraction closer to "even"; but I doubt you see any sense in that -- that is to say, any benefit to yourself -- so I won't hold my breath. In lieu of that, I'll tell you what would be really big of you: leave my strings alone.

And quit fretting and dropping hints. Everything I said stands. Just remember that I don't believe in time. <smirks back>

posted October 20, 2004 04:40 AM         

And umm...there's no fretting going on here.

"..but I doubt you see any sense in that -- that is to say, any benefit to yourself.."
Youre serious? Ha! Funny stuff.

Leave your strings alone?
Done.
(this is the only string I've replied to of yours recently BTW, so dont overreact.)

posted October 20, 2004 05:01 AM         

Wow! What a suprise! I never expected to hear that response! How original!

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No, we don't "own" them, but we do tend to take more of an active interest in the ones we start ourselves, don't we?

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posted October 20, 2004 05:42 AM         

I had only gotten as far as 26taurus' post in regards to the misinterpretations of Osho. My first response was posted right after I read that because s/he had sparked a memory in me that I didn't want to forget.
Afterwards, I returned to finish reading the other posts to see that this thread had degenerated into a private conflict between you, paras, and 26taurus.
You mentioned that this was your thread and I realized I had intruded upon a personal conflict ... so I excused myself.

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I have usually found myself taking greater interest in threads started by others simply because I'm very interested in knowing what interests other people.

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In light of your sarcasm ... I guess you received the response you were expecting to hear, though you certainly misinterpreted my intent.

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To me it was just the idea of sharing something quite interesting to me with those I thought were also interested in sharing. Apparantly I was quite mistaken.

In light of my error, I'll delete the original post as it has no bearing on the topic of this thread any further. I'll make a greater effort to read an entire thread before I post a response in order to avoid this kind of situation in the future.