From Death to Deathlessness

Answers to the Seekers on the Path

Talks given from 02/08/85 am to 14/09/85 am English Discourse series

1 The man of compassion has to lie 2 Abandon hope all those who enter here 3 Belief is a barrier, trust is a bridge 4 The taste of peace 5 If you really love me, then wake up 6 Wait and you shall find 7 Doing is going to be your undoing 8 No society rewards lovers 9 My empire consists only of Emperors 10 Become more and more sensuous 11 I am not your father 12 The song of the tide 13 Put Mother Theresa in jail 14 Get out of this sheepskin 15 We are the only alternative 16 This moment: The golden key 17 Becoming is going away from being 18 Man's monkey mind 19 Belief is a dirty word 20 There is a bigger universe within you 21 Science has to be religious 22 Tomorrow is in the womb of today 23 You are born as freedom 24 Blessed are those who doubt 25 Cut the roots of guilt 26 Your aloneness cannot be destroyed 27 Anonymous graves 28 Education is amoral 29 Judgement Day - a very stupid idea 30 A sunrise that never sets 31 The art of being human 32 Silence is the highest music 33 This nonsense of nations 34 The power of nothingness 35 Too much doing 36 Rise in Love 37 The eternal light at your center 38 Enjoy this orgasmic moment 39 The journey from despair 40 Your music is your madness

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28 Education is amoral

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 28 Education is amoral 2 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, RECENTLY, IN A RADIO ADDRESS, PRESIDENT REAGAN URGED PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION BY INSISTING SCHOOLS TEACH ETHICS, MORALITY AND VALUES ALONG WITH THE THREE R’S. HE SAID, “TO ME, A VALUE- FREE EDUCATION IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS.” ADDRESSING STUDENTS, REAGAN SAID, “YOU ARE NOT ONLY STUDYING FOR YOURSELF, BUT FOR YOUR FAMILY, YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR COUNTRY, AND YOUR GOD....

29 Judgement Day - a very stupid idea

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 29 Judgement Day - a very stupid idea 3 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, THE SCIENTISTS WENT INTO SPACE AND REACHED DIFFERENT PLANETS, BUT THEY ARE NOT YET ABLE TO LOCATE HEAVEN AND HELL. COULD YOU TELL ME, WHERE IS HEAVEN AND WHERE IS HELL? They will never locate heaven and hell anywhere. They are fictions, lies told to humanity to keep it enslaved, to console it in its suffering and torture, to prevent it from any revolution that could change the whole scene on the earth....

3 Belief is a barrier, trust is a bridge

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 Belief is a barrier, trust is a bridge 4 August 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I TRUST YOU UNCONDITIONALLY. AT THE SAME TIME, I DON’T BELIEVE YOU. CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT TRUST AND BELIEF? Baby, that is really great! Just groovy. I don’t believe in my own statements either! We are in perfect agreement. I trust myself, I trust you, because I trust love....

30 A sunrise that never sets

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 30 A sunrise that never sets 4 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I ASK YOU A QUESTION BECAUSE I WANT YOUR ATTENTION. AND THE ONLY QUESTION THAT OCCURS TO ME IN THE TWO YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE IS ABOUT THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL. YOU SAID SOMETIMES THAT WE HAVE TO DANCE AND CELEBRATE SO THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH IT EASILY....

31 The art of being human

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 31 The art of being human 5 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, ALL OVER THE WORLD PEOPLE ARE BEING TORTURED. AT THE PRESENT TIME – ESPECIALLY IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES – REPORTS ARE SURFACING EVERY DAY OF UNBELIEVABLE ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY MAN AGAINST MAN. FROM WHERE DOES THIS DESIRE TO TORTURE OTHERS ARISE? DO SUCH PERVERTED ACTS STEM FROM A DEEP SENSE OF FRUSTRATION AND THE NEED TO TAKE REVENGE AGAINST SOCIETY?...

32 Silence is the highest music

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 32 Silence is the highest music 6 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, YOU SAY THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE SIN, AND THAT IS UNAWARENESS. I TRIED FOR YEARS TO LOOK FOR THE GOOD IN EVERY SITUATION, HOWEVER PAINFUL IT SEEMED, BUT I STILL HAVE NOT COME TO UNDERSTAND HOW THERE IS NO WRONG. TO ME, THINGS LIKE THE ABUSE OF A CHILD – EITHER PHYSICALLY OR PSYCHOLOGICALLY – AND THE RAPE OF A WOMAN ARE WRONG....

33 This nonsense of nations

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 33 This nonsense of nations 7 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO ME. YOU GIVE ME THE COURAGE TO CONTINUE TO DO MY THING AND NOT COMPROMISE IN MY WORK, EVEN THOUGH I FEEL LIKE AN OUTCAST ALMOST EVERYWHERE I GO. I NEED YOU TO SAY IT IS OKAY FOR ME TO KEEP ON BEING A MISFIT....

34 The power of nothingness

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 34 The power of nothingness 8 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, AT THE GATES OF UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA, IT IS WRITTEN, “EDUCATION IS THAT WHICH LIBERATES.” TODAY IN INDIA EVERYONE AGREES THAT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS A MESS, BUT NO ONE TRIES TO CHANGE IT. WHAT ARE THE DEFECTS OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA? WHAT KIND OF EDUCATION CAN BE HELPFUL FOR THE INNER AND OUTER GROWTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL SO THAT THE NEW MAN AND THE NEW SOCIETY CAN BE BORN?...

35 Too much doing

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 35 Too much doing 9 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHAT ARE THE DEFECTS OF THE PRESENT POLITICAL SYSTEM IN INDIA, AND WHAT IS THE REMEDY? WHAT TYPE OF POLITICAL SYSTEM WOULD BE SUITABLE? India is in a political mess. The reason lies in its past history. Before the British government, India was never one country. It was divided into hundreds of small kingdoms....

36 Rise in Love

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 36 Rise in Love 10 September 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, TO FALL IN LOVE IS SO EASY. WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO FALL OUT OF LOVE? SO MANY DISCUSSIONS, TEARS, FIGHTS, FEARSI DON’T WANT TO HURT THE PERSON I’VE BEEN WITH, BECAUSE IT’S NOT THAT THERE IS NO FEELING. I’M SO CONFUSED. AND THE LOVE FOR YOU IS A DIFFERENT FEELING ALTOGETHER....