< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 7 April 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [To a sannyasin, a film-producer who is returning to the States, Osho said that meditation could be introduced to many people through the medium of film and television.] Books are very old media. The days for books are gone. People don’t have that much time to read, because reading is active; you have to do something....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 17 April 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin said he was feeling a little apprehensive about going, saying that he hoped he would not lose that which he had gained while he was here.] You can never lose that. Whatsoever is attained is attained forever. There is no way to fall back. If you fall back that simply shows that you were imagining that you had attained something....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 18 April 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [ A sannyasin says: When I am by myself I feel I can let go in some ways and love people but as soon as I come into their presence, the shutters go up.] Mm... mm. It is difficult to love real people because a real person is not going to fulfil your expectations....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 19 April 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin commented that he was very surprised to read in the Rajneesh newsletter that Osho had said that about half of the Westerners who come here are homosexual. He seemed unclear as to whether he should try to change his own homosexual relationships or remain as he was. Osho said that these kinds of issues are not serious problems....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 20 April 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Natyam means a drama, and anand means bliss – the drama of bliss. That is what life is meant to be – a game and play, a game and play of bliss. From this very moment, start being blissful. Don’t wait for any reason – there is no need; just start being blissful....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 21 April 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin said that he had decided some time ago to dedicate his life to music. He went on to say that he played drums and had been part of a group in Australia.] Really devote yourself to it... religiously devote yourself. Sacrifice your whole being. Music is a very subtle meditation. The seven notes of music are concerned with the seven chakras of the body and each chakra has its own note....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 22 April 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Prem means love and sadhu means two or three things. One is, being unattached to the world, a deep non-attachment, a renunciation. It also means goodness ... a very good man whose goodness is not just a discipline of morality but which has arisen through his being; whose goodness is simply his nature, spontaneity....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 23 April 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [The divine healing group is present and gives a demonstration. Osho has spoken on healing recently, saying:] The healer is not really a healer because he is not a doer. Healing happens through him; he has just to annihilate himself. To be a healer really means not to be. The less you are, the better healing will happen....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 24 April 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin says she hasn’t the courage to take risks.] But that may be your thing – not taking risks. There is no need to take risks. If that is your thing, it’s okay. If that is not your thing, there is no need. Always remember that when I say ‘Do your thing’, I mean do it – whatsoever it is....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 25 April 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin leaving for Scotland said he was feeling apprehensive about going home. Osho said it was good to pass through different situations, changes, otherwise one began to stagnate and to have a false sense of security. Life takes care of one, and though there may be change and upheaval, things always settle again, and slowly one begins to have a trust in life....