From the False to the Truth

Answers to the Seekers on the Path

Talks given from 01/04/85 pm to 01/08/85 am English Discourse series

1 It all depends on the disciple 2 Here we call work, worship 3 My religion is a godless religion 4 Just drop the cross!5 Discontent: another name for inferiority complex 6 Contentment is a state of consciousness 7 A sannyasin is extraordinarily ordinary 8 With me begins a new era of enlightenment 9 Be kind to yourself, stop all this seeking 10 Blessed are the rich 11 That explosion of bliss 12 Doubt: the methodology of the seeker 13 Sympathy is a dirty word 14 We are here to be whole 15 All promise for tomorrow are lies 16 You have to grow inwards, that is your earth 17 The death of the mind is the birth of you 18 Silence does the miracle 19 Deeper and deeper into the mysterious, the miraculous 20 Only an egoist can be humble 21 The master is nothing but a sculptor 22 You are the only hope 23 Persecution cannot do any harm to you 24 Go to your bathroom dancing 25 Seeing the fact, drop the fiction 26 Enlightenment is you completely gone 27 Chase the woman gently 28 Death never happens 29 Freedom from blind biology 30 Everybody wants freedom, nobody wants responsibility 31 No religions, no nations, no governments 32 God: the need of the old man 33 You are my fellow travellers 34 It's better to be red than dead 35 God is a puppeteer 36 God is an insult to man 37 God is just like tomorrow 38 God is a lie 39 God is your insecurity 40 God is the original sinner 41 God is the business of the priest

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1 It all depends on the disciple

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 It all depends on the disciple 1 April 1985 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE MY MASTER IF I DO NOT WISH TO TAKE SANNYAS? I think you do not understand the meaning of discipleship. You are asking something impossible. It is almost as if I ask you: Can you be my sannyasin if I don’t want to be your master?...

10 Blessed are the rich

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Blessed are the rich 8 July 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, CLERGYMAN OLDS GRANDLUND FROM SWEDEN HAS ASKED YOU A QUESTION. THE QUESTION HAS MANY QUESTIONS, SO I HAVE SEPARATED THEM. HE SAYS, “BELOVED OSHO, I HAVE MADE YOU SAD, BUT STILL I DON’T LIKE YOU TALKING BULLSHIT ABOUT MOTHER TERESA.” Jesus! Jesus used to teach his disciples, particularly the two fishermen who became his first disciples, how to catch men instead of catching fish....

11 That explosion of bliss

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 That explosion of bliss 9 July 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, J. KRISHNAMURTI HAS CRITICIZED YOU AND SAID THAT YOU ARE A SELF-APPOINTED MASTER. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? It seems that J. Krishnamurti has finally become senile. It is time too, he is ninety years old. What he has said is absurd. Who was appointed before me?...

12 Doubt: the methodology of the seeker

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 Doubt: the methodology of the seeker 10 July 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I HAVE HEARD SWAMI PREM ANAM SAY ABOUT THE DISCOURSES THAT THEY ARE BORING, HE DOES NOT GET ANYTHING FROM THEM; THAT DISCOURSES ARE A WASTE OF TIME, AND HE PREFERS WORKERS’ DARSHAN. COULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT? Anam is a confirmed creep. But what he is saying has much truth in it – not because the discourses are boring, but because he is not here....

13 Sympathy is a dirty word

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 Sympathy is a dirty word 11 July 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, YESTERDAY, THE WHOLE DAY I SAW MANY SANNYASINS GIVE SYMPATHY TO SWAMI PREM ANAM AFTER YOUR DISCOURSE. COULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT? Sympathy is not compassion; it is just the opposite. Sympathy is a kind of exploitation of the other person. When you sympathize with somebody, you are higher, better, and the other is lower, falling, degraded....

14 We are here to be whole

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 We are here to be whole 12 July 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, CAN YOU IMAGINE YOURSELF BEING A RAJNEESHEE AND LIVING IN A COMMUNE? It is impossible. I am simply an individual who belongs to no religion, to no caste, to no cult, to no nation. And I cannot belong to anybody, for the simple reason that I am completely content with myself....

15 All promise for tomorrow are lies

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 All promise for tomorrow are lies 13 July 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, IT DISTURBS ME WHEN YOU DON’T SEEM TO BOTHER ABOUT FACTS. You must be crazy! Why should it disturb you if it does not disturb me? It is true I have no respect for facts, for the simple reason that the fact is not the truth....

16 You have to grow inwards, that is your earth

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 You have to grow inwards, that is your earth 14 July 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, THE GROWTH MOVEMENT HAS BEEN CALLED THE “NEW NARCISSISM” BY MANY, DUE TO ITS EMPHASIS ON ASSERTIVENESS AND VALUING ONE’S OWN PERSONAL EGO. HOW DOES YOUR WAY DIFFER? There is no way. It is impossible to have a way, because you are already there....

17 The death of the mind is the birth of you

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 The death of the mind is the birth of you 15 July 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS I’VE LIVED IN YOUR COMMUNES. YOU ARE HERE, ALL MY FRIENDS ARE HERE; EVERYTHING I LOVE AND VALUE IS HERE. AND YET, I OFTEN THINK OF LEAVING. WHAT’S WRONG? That’s what is wrong. You have all your friends here, all that you love, all that you have aspired to....

18 Silence does the miracle

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 Silence does the miracle 16 July 1985 am in Rajneeshmandir Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, ARE THESE ILLUSIONS OF GOD AND EGO ONE AND THE SAME? Yes. The moment ego is found illusory, immediately God also disappears. Ego is an imaginary center in individuals, and God is the imaginary center of the whole universe. They are related to each other, dependent on each other....