From Bondage to Freedom

Answers to the Seekers on the Path

Talks given from 15/09/85 am to 27/10/85 am English Discourse series

1 To be ordinary is the most extraordinary thing in the world 2 The work of the serpent 3 Learn from this experience 4 Where do we go from here?5 The future is open 6 The meaning of responsibility 7 Love is not surrender 8 Intelligence is a luxury 9 Intelligence is a luxury 10 Struggling for the new man 11 The dewdrop has disappeared into the ocean 12 Today we claim the rainbow 13 The world needs to be one 14 No master, no disciple 15 Now meditation is needed even more 16 This existence is paradise 17 You just need a little courage 18 Existential worship 19 A mystic versus America 20 The power of the mystic 21 Your work should be your joy 22 This whole earth belongs to us 23 Religion is dead, religio is born 24 Learn the art of living 25 The buddhafield remains 26 Truth is enough unto itself 27 Close your eyes and find me 28 You are eternal 29 Truth -- not a highway but a hill track 30 This beautiful earth 31 Democracy means mediocracy 32 The great accident 33 Dismantle the ego 34 The sound of truth: "Aha!"35 Existence is only in the present 36 To each his own song 37 Doubt is absolutely okay 38 Enough just to be with me 39 Every child is born a witness 40 Without Zorba there is no Buddha 41 The psychology of the buddhas 42 Everything beautiful is absurd 43 The blessed ones

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1 To be ordinary is the most extraordinary thing in the world

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 To be ordinary is the most extraordinary thing in the world 15 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, PLEASE SPEAK ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEDIOCRITY AND ORDINARINESS. Mediocrity is the general state of humanity as it is. It is a retardedness of intelligence. Nobody wants you to be intelligent, because the more intelligent you are, the more it is difficult to exploit you, to enslave you....

10 Struggling for the new man

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Struggling for the new man 24 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, JUDAS SOLD JESUS FOR THIRTY SILVER COINS, AND AFTER TWO THOUSAND YEARS WE SANNYASINS ARE STILL BEHAVING THE SAME WAY WITH YOU. IS THIS THE LAST EFFORT OF THE POLITICAL MIND ON ITS DEATHBED? Man has not evolved as far as consciousness is concerned. Thousands of years have passed; man’s stupidity remains the same....

11 The dewdrop has disappeared into the ocean

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 The dewdrop has disappeared into the ocean 25 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, I FEEL THAT ONLY NOW I BEGIN TO SEE YOU. UNTIL NOW, YOU WERE ANOTHER PROJECTION OF THE FATHER. A REAL MASTER IS NOT EVEN A MASTER. THIS TOTAL FREEDOM SCARES ME, AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LIVE IT. WHAT IS A REAL DISCIPLE?...

12 Today we claim the rainbow

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 Today we claim the rainbow 26 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUDAS, THE ONLY INTELLIGENT DISCIPLE OF JESUS, BETRAYING HIM, AND SIDDHA, THE VICE-CHANCELLOR OF OUR MEDITATION UNIVERSITY, AND OTHER INFLUENTIAL LEADERS AND POWERFUL PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNE, LIKE PRABODHI, DEEKSHA, SHIVA, MAKIMA, SOMENDRA, SUSHILA, DIVYA, ETCETERA GOING AGAINST YOU? There is a great difference....

13 The world needs to be one

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 The world needs to be one 27 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, YOU HAVE BROUGHT ZORBA THE BUDDHA TO LIFE, LOVE AND LAUGHTER, WITH LUMINOUS SILENCE. YOU HAVE ALSO SPOKEN ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN REBELLION AND REVOLUTION. IF ZORBA THE BUDDHA WERE IN THIS COMMUNE, HOW COULD HE HAVE RESPONDED TO THE GROWING MENACE OF SHEELA AND HER GANG?...

14 No master, no disciple

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 No master, no disciple 28 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, YOU ALWAYS SAID THAT WOMEN ARE BETTER THAN MEN AS FAR AS RULING AND GOVERNING PEOPLE IS CONCERNED. YOU SAID THAT THEY ARE BETTER THAN MEN BECAUSE THEIR STARTING POINT IS FROM THE HEART. CONSIDERING RECENT FACTS, DO YOU STILL HAVE THIS OPINION? DO YOU STILL TRUST IN WOMEN?...

15 Now meditation is needed even more

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 Now meditation is needed even more 29 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, I SEEM TO BE BALANCED ON THE TIGHTROPE OF PO. I NEVER BELIEVE NOR DISBELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY IN THAT OUTER POLITICAL WORLD OF FACTS AND FIGURES, THAT MERRY- GO-ROUND OF DIFFERENT VIEWS, THAT SHIFTING MIRAGE OF TRUTHS, HALF-TRUTHS, CONTRADICTIONS, AND PARADOXES THAT SLIP THROUGH MY MIND LIKE AN AUTUMN BREEZE....

16 This existence is paradise

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 This existence is paradise 30 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, WHEN NONSANNYASINS THAT I KNOW ARE NOT DRAWN TO SANNYAS AND DO NOT FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU, I FIND MYSELF FEELING VERY ANGRY, HURT, AND FRUSTRATED ABOUT IT. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS REACTION OF MINE? This has been the tragedy of the whole human history. People want to convert other people to their idea, their ideology, without realizing that this is against the freedom of the individual....

17 You just need a little courage

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 You just need a little courage 1 October 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, IT IS A RUMOR IN THE AIR THAT YOU ARE BEING ARRESTED TODAY OR TOMORROW. WHAT IS YOUR COMMENT? Aha! That’s really groovy. That’s the only experience I have missed in my life. And knowing that this is my last life, I would certainly want to be arrested....

18 Existential worship

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 Existential worship 2 October 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, WE HAVE DROPPED THE WORD “WORK” BECAUSE OF ITS UGLY CONNOTATIONS. PLEASE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE WORD “WORSHIP” AND ITS CONNOTATIONS. Work is something that you have to do. It is imposed on you by your social circumstances, financial status, political structure. But worship is that which you love to do....