From Unconciousness to Consciousness

Answers to the Seekers on the Path

Talks given from 30/10/84 pm to 28/11/84 pm English Discourse series

1 Silence, the Pull of the Innermost Zero 2 Don't Follow Me -- Because I am Lost Myself 3 Godliness, but there is no God 4 The Opium Called Religion 5 To be Rebellious is to be Religious 6 The so-called holy books are just religious pornography 7 From Crossianity to Jonestown 8 Will-to-power: The Cancer of the Soul 9 Just to be Born is Not Enough to be Alive 10 Your Childhood -- an Education in Psychological Slavery 11 Yes, I Teach You Selfishness 12 Live Now, Pray Later 13 Ready-to-wear Religion at the Secondhand Store 14 I am a gnostic 15 The Priest and the Politician -- the Mafia of the Soul 16 God Is the Greatest Fiction Ever 17 The Immaculate Deception 18 Marriage -- the Coffin of Love 19 Meditation -- the Science of Awareness 20 You Cannot Manufacture Enlightenment 21 Enlightenment -- The Only Way Home 22 Theology -- The Jungle of Lies 23 The Only Way to Fail Me is Not to Be Yourself 24 The Psychology of Being -- The Golden Key 25 I Am Against Religions, but I Am For Religion 26 Your Actions Are not My Concern -- Your Consciousness Is 27 Religion -- The Last Luxury 28 Commandments, No -- Just a Few Requests 29 I Teach You Reverence For Life 30 The Only Golden Rule is There are No Golden Rules

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28 Commandments, No \-- Just a Few Requests

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 28 Commandments, No – Just a Few Requests 26 November 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MOSES’ TEN COMMANDMENTS? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMANDMENTS FOR US? Moses is one of the most charismatic leaders that the world has known, but he is not a religious man. He is a lawgiver. But to be a law giver is one thing, and to be religious is totally different....

29 I Teach You Reverence For Life

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 29 I Teach You Reverence For Life 27 November 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, MOSES GAVE US TEN COMMANDMENTS, BUT YOU HAVE SPOKEN ONLY ABOUT SIX REQUESTS; WILL YOU PLEASE COMPLETE THE LIST TO MAKE IT TEN? It seems I will never be able to learn arithmetic. Perhaps it is too late to. I was thinking I had given you only five requests, but if I have given six then certainly I have to complete the list to make it ten....

3 Godliness, but there is no God

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 Godliness, but there is no God 1 November 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, IF THERE IS NO GOD, WHY WERE YOU BEING CALLED BHAGWAN? There is no God, but that does not mean that I’m an atheist. Certainly I am not a theist – I am saying there is no God – but that does not mean that you jump to the opposite, the atheist....

30 The Only Golden Rule is There are No Golden Rules

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 30 The Only Golden Rule is There are No Golden Rules 28 November 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN TO INCLUDE ONE OF YOUR MAXIMS IN THE REQUESTS. THE MAXIM IS: LIVE DANGEROUSLY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? Living itself is so intense for me that I certainly go on forgetting the right maxims for living, the right rules for living....

4 The Opium Called Religion

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 The Opium Called Religion 2 November 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, ARE YOU A MESSIAH? No, Sheela, absolutely no. The whole idea is fundamentally wrong. It is not only that I am not a messiah, there has never been anyone who was and there will never be anybody who will be. You will have to go deep into the concept of it....

5 To be Rebellious is to be Religious

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 To be Rebellious is to be Religious 3 November 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, YESTERDAY YOU WERE SPEAKING TO US ABOUT VARIOUS PEOPLE ASKING YOU IF YOU WERE AN AVATARA, A TIRTHANKARA, A PAIGAMBARA, ET CETERA. IS THERE ANYTHING MORE THAT YOU WISH TO SAY TO US? Yes, there are a few things. I would not like to be put in the company of these people called messiahs, paigambaras, avataras, tirthankaras....

6 The so-called holy books are just religious pornography

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 The so-called holy books are just religious pornography 4 November 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 BELOVED OASHO, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ATTITUDE OF THE MESSIAHS, AVATARAS, TIRTHANKARAS, PAIGAMBARAS TOWARDS WOMEN? Just disgusting. These people, who have been thought to be messengers of God, who have been teaching compassion, love, have never considered at all that a woman is also human....

7 From Crossianity to Jonestown

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 7 From Crossianity to Jonestown 5 November 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I HAVE BEEN ASKED AGAIN AND AGAIN BY JOURNALISTS AND POLITICIANS: ‘IS THERE SOME POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER JONESTOWN IN YOUR COMMUNE?’ It is absolutely impossible. Even to think of it is absurd, because my whole philosophy of life is just the very opposite of Jim Jones’....

8 Will-to-power: The Cancer of the Soul

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 8 Will-to-power: The Cancer of the Soul 6 November 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHY ARE YOU AGAINST THE POLITICIANS? I am not against anybody. I have no grudge, no competition, no jealousy. Why should I be against the politicians? I am not a politician. But my statements can be misunderstood. I am against the disease called wilI-to-power....

9 Just to be Born is Not Enough to be Alive

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 9 Just to be Born is Not Enough to be Alive 7 November 1984 pm in Lao Tzu Grove Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, THE PEOPLE VISITING THE COMMUNE ASK US AGAIN AND AGAIN, WHY DO WE LEAD SUCH A RICH LIFE? I wonder why they do not ask why we live at all. That should be the right question. Life means abundance, richness, in every possible dimension....