< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 10 December 1975 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [To the leader of the Tathata group (Unconditional Acceptance Seminar)] It has to be remembered that the leader is not, in fact, a manipulator. He should not be. If you manipulate, then it is something from the mind, and that which comes from the mind cannot go deeper than the mind. So the leader has to be open to the beyond....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 23 December 1975 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin says: I’ve been really rebellious and resistent to you. Whenever you say something in the lecture that I don t like, I cough. It is not as deliberate as all that, but I’ve discovered there’s a very close connection.] Very good! This is a good discovery! [The sannyasin continues: And I like you]...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 24 December 1975 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [The Arica group came to darshan tonight. One of the leaders said he had felt there had been a lot more love, compared to groups he had been in in the States. He had also found that he was on a powertrip.] Techniques work only when there is deep love. Left alone, techniques never work, because in fact it is love that works, not the technique....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 26 December 1975 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin, looking close to tears as he talked, told Osho that he was feeling very sad and was easily hurt, and had felt like this for several weeks but he was unable to say what he felt was the reason for this. Osho asked his wife, who was also present, if she could comment, as her husband was not very clear about what was happening....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 28 December 1975 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin artist from Berlin says: I think some new things are starting in me, but I have not started... ] It is always difficult to start anything new, because the mind always tries to postpone. With the old, mind fits perfectly. With the new, there is a certain uneasiness. But don’t postpone....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 29 December 1975 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [The Primal Therapy group, halfway through their therapy, were at darshan. Osho has described it as not so much a therapy as a situation where people can let go into their fears and madnesses, their obsessions and secret hankerings, in a safe and protected environment and where help can be given to see beyond them....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 30 December 1975 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin who had been celibate for several months on Osho’s suggestion, said she had been feeling very sexual lately and did not know what she should do about it.] Just do one thing whenever it happens again. Sit straight – on a chair or on the floor – with the spine straight, but loose and not tense....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 31 December 1975 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Dharma means the Ultimate Law that sustains life; what in Chinese they call Tao. Ananda means bliss. Dharmananda means bliss that comes if you live according to the Law. If you fall in tune with the Ultimate Law, suddenly there is bliss. In fact all misery is because you are not in tune with the Law, you go astray from it....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 1 January 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin brought his guitar to darshan and sang and played to Osho. He sang a song full of hare krishnas and LSD, kama sutras and cosmic consciousness. Osho commented that it was good, but could have been better] You bring too much of the mind in; it should be more of the heart....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 2 January 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [A sannyasin said he needed to return home as he was unwell. He was apprehensive about going, and felt he would miss Osho’s physical presence. He was also afraid that he would fall back into his old patterns again.] No, no. I will not allow that, don’t be worried. That is my responsibility, mm?...