< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 A dawn unto his own day 8 January 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, ALMUSTAFA, THE CHOSEN AND THE BELOVED, WHO WAS A DAWN UNTO HIS OWN DAY, HAD WAITED TWELVE YEARS IN THE CITY OF ORPHALESE FOR HIS SHIP THAT WAS TO RETURN AND BEAR HIM BACK TO THE ISLE OF HIS BIRTH. AND IN THE TWELFTH YEAR, ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF IELOOL, THE MONTH OF REAPING, HE CLIMBED THE HILL WITHOUT THE CITY WALLS AND LOOKED SEAWARD; AND HE BEHELD HIS SHIP COMING WITH THE MIST....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 When you give of yourself 13 January 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THEN SAID A RICH MAN, SPEAK TO US OF GIVING. AND HE ANSWERED: YOU GIVE BUT LITTLE WHEN YOU GIVE OF YOUR POSSESSIONS. IT IS WHEN YOU GIVE OF YOURSELF THAT YOU TRULY GIVE. FOR WHAT ARE YOUR POSSESSIONS BUT THINGS YOU KEEP AND GUARD FOR FEAR YOU MAY NEED THEM TOMORROW?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 Life gives unto life 13 January 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, YOU OFTEN SAY, “I WOULD GIVE, BUT ONLY TO THE DESERVING.” THE TREES IN YOUR ORCHARD SAY NOT SO, NOR THE FLOCKS IN YOUR PASTURE. THEY GIVE THAT THEY MAY LIVE, FOR TO WITHHOLD IS TO PERISH. SURELY HE WHO IS WORTHY TO RECEIVE HIS DAYS AND HIS NIGHTS IS WORTHY OF ALL ELSE FROM YOU....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 The wine and the winepress 14 January 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THEN AN OLD MAN, A KEEPER OF AN INN, SAID, SPEAK TO US OF EATING AND DRINKING. AND HE SAID: WOULD THAT YOU COULD LIVE ON THE FRAGRANCE OF THE EARTH, AND LIKE AN AIR PLANT BE SUSTAINED BY THE LIGHT. BUT SINCE YOU MUST KILL TO EAT, AND ROB THE NEWLY BORN OF ITS MOTHER’S MILK TO QUENCH YOUR THIRST, LET IT THEN BE AN ACT OF WORSHIP,...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 Speak to us of work 14 January 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THEN A PLOUGHMAN SAID, SPEAK TO US OF WORK. AND HE ANSWERED, SAYING: YOU WORK THAT YOU MAY KEEP PACE WITH THE EARTH AND THE SOUL OF THE EARTH. FOR TO BE IDLE IS TO BECOME A STRANGER UNTO THE SEASONS, AND TO STEP OUT OF LIFE’S PROCESSION THAT MARCHES IN MAJESTY AND PROUD SUBMISSION TOWARDS THE INFINITE....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 Work is love made visible 15 January 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND WHAT IS IT TO WORK WITH LOVE? IT IS TO WEAVE THE CLOTH WITH THREADS DRAWN FROM YOUR HEART, EVEN AS IF YOUR BELOVED WERE TO WEAR THAT CLOTH. IT IS TO BUILD A HOUSE WITH AFFECTION, EVEN AS IF YOUR BELOVED WERE TO DWELL IN THAT HOUSE....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 Beyond joy and sorrow 15 January 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THEN A WOMAN SAID, SPEAK TO US OF JOY AND SORROW. AND HE ANSWERED: YOUR JOY IS YOUR SORROW UNMASKED. AND THE SELFSAME WELL FROM WHICH YOUR LAUGHTER RISES WAS OFTENTIMES FILLED WITH YOUR TEARS. AND HOW ELSE CAN IT BE? THE DEEPER THAT SORROW CARVES INTO YOUR BEING, THE MORE JOY YOU CAN CONTAIN....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 From house to home from home to temple 16 January 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THEN A MASON CAME FORTH AND SAID, SPEAK TO US OF HOUSES. AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID: BUILD OF YOUR IMAGININGS A BOWER IN THE WILDERNESS ERE YOU BUILD A HOUSE WITHIN THE CITY WALLS. FOR EVEN AS YOU HAVE HOMECOMINGS IN YOUR TWILIGHT, SO HAS THE WANDERER IN YOU, THE EVER-DISTANT AND ALONE....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 The boundless within you 16 January 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND TELL ME, PEOPLE OF ORPHALESE, WHAT HAVE YOU IN THESE HOUSES? AND WHAT IT IS YOU GUARD WITH FASTENED DOORS? HAVE YOU PEACE, THE QUIET URGE THAT REVEALS YOUR POWER? HAVE YOU REMEMBRANCES, THE GLIMMERING ARCHES THAT SPAN THE SUMMITS OF THE MIND? HAVE YOU BEAUTY, THAT LEADS THE HEART FROM THINGS FASHIONED OF WOOD AND STONE TO THE HOLY MOUNTAIN?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 Shame was his loom... 17 January 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND THE WEAVER SAID, SPEAK TO US OF CLOTHES. AND HE ANSWERED: YOUR CLOTHES CONCEAL MUCH OF YOUR BEAUTY, YET THEY HIDE NOT THE UNBEAUTIFUL. AND THOUGH YOU SEEK IN GARMENTS THE FREEDOM OF PRIVACY YOU MAY FIND IN THEM A HARNESS AND A CHAIN. WOULD THAT YOU COULD MEET THE SUN AND THE WIND WITH MORE OF YOUR SKIN AND LESS OF YOUR RAIMENT....