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🌷 A thought on LUST


If lust for woman which is the source of all enjoyments ceases, then all worldly bondage which has its root or substratum in the mind will automatically cease. Even the most virulent poison is no poison at all when compared to sensual objects. The former defiles one body only whereas the latter adulterates many bodies in successive births.

This body is certainly not meant for the satisfaction of petty ends. It is for rigorous penance here and infinite happiness hereafter. It is an instrument for achieving the goal of human life i. e., the attainment of Brahma Jnana. It serves the purpose of a boat to cross this ocean of Samsara to the other side.

This body is the source of infinite miseries. It is full of impurities. It brings disrespect, censure, pain, etc. It passes away without a moment's notice. It is subject to disease, decay and old age. Therefore think of soul ( Atma ) which is eternal, pure and all-pervading.

The physical body appears only in the present. A thing that has neither past nor future must be considered as non-existent in the present also. If you think over this matter more deeply with clear mind ( Suddha-Buddhi ) you will find Atyanta-abhav (complete nonexistence) of the world.

This body which is full of impurities, urine, fecal matter, pus, etc., is perishable. It is like froth or bubble or mirage. It is despised by your enemies. It remains like a useless log of wood on the ground when the soul ( Prana ) departs from the body. It is the cause of the pain and suffering. It is your real enemy. You should treat this body with extreme contempt as dung. Why should you cling to it (Abhinivesa) and worship it with scents, powders, and flowers? Do not be foolish and silly in adorning it with fine silks and ornaments. It is dire body only.

Nothing on this earth belongs to me. This body even is not mine. This is true wisdom. "He is my son. She is my daughter. She is my wife. That bungalow is mine. I am rich. I am a kshatriya. I am a' Brahmin. I am lean. I am fat." This is foolishness of a superior order. This physical body is the rightful property of fishes, jackals and vultures. How can you call this as yours?


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OSHO TALKS 🌞


Some time ago a man used to come to me, and he would
bring his wife. The first time we met he told me that his wife
could not sleep. He described her condition to me: "She can￾not get any sleep without medicines, and even with medicine
she can only sleep for three or four hours. And my wife is
afraid; strange fears seem to trouble her. She is afraid to step
out of the house, and if she is in the house she is afraid that
the house will collapse. If there is no one around she is afraid
that if she is alone she will die, so she constantly needs some￾one around. At night she keeps all her medicines close to her
just in case there is an emergency."
I suggested that she start doing a small meditation that
would be helpful. She began to do the experiment. After
seven days I met him and I asked him, "What happened?
How is your wife?"
He said, "There has not been much progress - she just
sleeps better."
After a week I met him again and asked him, "Any
change?"
And he said, "Her condition has not changed very much,
but she is a bit less afraid."
I met him again after another seven days and asked him,
"Has anything happened?"
"Nothing significant," he said. "She manages to get some
sleep now, is less fearful and doesn't keep the medicines close
to her anymore - nothing much."
I call this a negative outlook. Even if this man were to experience something he would not be able to see it, to rec￾ognize it. And this outlook is built into this person. It means
that a negative person will not experience anything, and even
if he does experience something he will not be able to recog￾nize it - and much that might otherwise be possible will be
obstructed.
In addition to having a positive approach, I also suggest
that during these three days you think only about what
is happening to you - don't try to think about what is not
happening. In these three days whatsoever happens, watch.
And forget about what does not happen, what could not
happen. Just remember what you did experience. If you
have even a little taste of peace, of silence, nourish that. It
will give you hope and it also will push you forward.
Because if you nourish something that didn't happen your
momentum will be lost, and what actually did happen will
also be destroyed. I read somewhere that one man was complaining to an￾other, "I am a very poor man, I don't have anything."
So the second man said, "If you are that poor you can do
one thing: I want your right eye. I will give you five thousand rupees for it. Take these five thousand rupees and give me
your right eye."
And the first man said, "That is very difficult. I cannot
give my right eye."
So then the other man offered, "I will give you ten thou￾sand rupees for both of your eyes."
Again the first man replied, "Ten thousand rupees! But
still, I cannot give my eyes."
At which point the other man offered, "I will give you fifty
thousand rupees if you will give me your life."
At this the first man said, "But that is impossible! I cannot
give my life."
The first man said, "This shows you have many valuable
things. You have two eyes which you will not sell for ten
thousand rupees, and you have your life - and you were say￾ing that you don't have anything!"
I am talking about this kind of person and this kind of
thinking. Value what you have, and also what you experience
through meditation, even the small things. Think about it,
talk about it, because whether or not you will experience
more depends on this way of thinking - and your optimism
will create more. And what you don't get....


- Osho, The Path of Meditation ☘

The story of Vidura’s ( a man who was unworthy to become a king though he had qualities of being one, in earlier life was the king of death and ruler of righteousness, dharma, Lord Yama, a Hindu God of death ) past life is an attempt to explain why bad things happen to good people. In a
further elaboration of the law of karma, it informs that even acts performed in ignorance or innocence
have repercussions that one is obliged to experience either in this life or the next.Yama, god of death,
is also known as Dharma, god of order. A dispassionate god who oversees death and destiny, he ensures that the law of karma is followed meticulously.

Jaya, A retelling of Mahabharata - Devdutt Pattanaik 🌿

Members, please read the Osho talks. They are necessary never for you to read, but if you wish to bring in a change inside enough, a change much powerful to let you see the truth which always remains hidden inside you, read it. 🌿

breath is filled with optimism, every thought is highlighted
with optimism, your lifeforce throbs with optimism and your
heartbeat is suffused with optimism. Whe n your whole being
is filled with optimism, then this will create a climate in you
in which the ultimate can happen.
Pessimism also creates a personality, a character where
every cell is crying, is sad, is weary, is in despair, lifeless, as if
one is living only in name but is dead in spirit. If this person
sets out on a journey to seek something.... And the journey
on the spiritual path is the greatest journey - no man has
climbed a mountain peak higher than this, no man has ever
dived into a deeper ocean. The depth of the self is the deep￾est, and the height is the highest. Someone who wants to
walk this path has to be very optimistic.


- Osho, The Path of Meditation ☘

OSHO TALKS 🌞


Buddha was once visiting a village. A man asked him,
Every day you say that everyone can become enlightened.
Then why doesn't everyone become enlightened?"
"My friend," Buddha replied, "do one thing: in the eventing make a list of all the people in the village and write down
their desires next to their names."
The man went into the village and he asked everyone; it
was a small village with only a few people, and they gave
him their answers. He returned in the evening and gave the
list to Buddha. Buddha asked, "How many of these people
seek enlightenment?"
The man was surprised because not a single person had
written that he wanted enlightenment. And Buddha said, "I
say that every man is capable of enlightenment, I do not say
that every man wants enlightenment."
That every man is capable of enlightenment is very differ￾ent from every man wanting to be enlightened. If you want it,
then consider it to be possible. If your quest is for truth, there
is no power on earth that can stop you. But if you don't long
for truth, then too there is no power which can give it to you.
So first you need to ask if your thirst is a real one. If so,
then rest assured that a path is available. If not, then there is
no path - your thirst will be your path to truth.
The second thing I would like to say by way of an intro￾duction is that you often have a thirst for something, but you
are not hopeful of ever getting what you desire. You have a
desire, but you are not optimistic about it. There is the de￾sire, but with a sense of hopelessness.
Now if the first step is taken optimistically, then the last
step will also end optimistically. This too should be under￾stood: if the first step is taken without any optimism, then
the last step will end in despair. If you want the last step to
be a satisfying and successful one, the first step should be
taken with optimism.
I am saying that during these three days - and I will be saying this as long as I live - you should have a very opti￾mistic attitude. Do you realize that as far as your state of con￾sciousness is concerned, much depends on whether your acts
are rooted in positivity or negativity? If you are a pessimist to
begin with, then it is as if you are sitting on the branch of a
tree, and cutting the branch at the same time.
So I say to you that to be open is very important in this
search. To be optimistic means you feel that if there has been
a single person on this earth who has understood truth, if
there has been a single person in the history of mankind who
has experienced divine bliss and peace, then there is no rea￾son why you also cannot experience it.
Don't look at the millions of people whose lives are filled
with darkness, whose hopes have never seen the light of day:
look at the people in history who have experienced truth.
Don't look at the seeds which never grew into trees, which
rotted and were wasted: look at those few who were success￾ful and who experienced the divine. And remember, what was
possible for those seeds is possible for every seed. What one
man can experience, every other man can also experience.
Your capacity as a seed is the same as that of Buddha, of
Mahavira, of Krishna or Christ. Where enlightenment is con￾cerned nature has shown no favoritism; every man has an
equal possibility. But it does not appear to be so because
there are many among us who have never even tried to turn
this possibility into a reality.
Try it and see! You have lived your whole life with a sense
of hopelessness; now for these three days of the meditation
camp nourish a feeling of optimism. Be as optimistic as possi￾ble that the ultimate will happen, that it will definitely hap￾pen. Why? In the outer world it is possible to approach
something with optimism and not be successful. But in the
inner world optimism is a very useful device. Whe n you are
full of optimism, every cell of your body is filled with opti￾mism, every pore of your skin is filled with optimism, every