The Messiah, Vol 1

Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet

Talks given from 08/01/87 pm to 19/01/87 pm English Discourse series

19 The gifts of the earth

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 19 The gifts of the earth 17 January 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND A MERCHANT SAID, SPEAK TO US OF BUYING AND SELLING. AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID: TO YOU THE EARTH YIELDS HER FRUIT, AND YOU SHALL NOT WANT IF YOU BUT KNOW HOW TO FILL YOUR HANDS. IT IS IN EXCHANGING THE GIFTS OF THE EARTH THAT YOU SHALL FIND ABUNDANCE AND BE SATISFIED....

2 A boundless drop to a boundless ocean

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 A boundless drop to a boundless ocean 9 January 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, YET I CANNOT TARRY LONGER. THE SEA THAT CALLS ALL THINGS UNTO HER CALLS ME, AND I MUST EMBARK. FOR TO STAY, THOUGH THE HOURS BURN IN THE NIGHT, IS TO FREEZE AND CRYSTALLIZE AND BE BOUND IN A MOULD. FAIN WOULD I TAKE WITH ME ALL THAT IS HERE....

20 Crime: a crowd psychology

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 20 Crime: a crowd psychology 18 January 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THEN ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE CITY STOOD FORTH AND SAID, SPEAK TO US OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. AND HE ANSWERED, SAYING: IT IS WHEN YOUR SPIRIT GOES WANDERING UPON THE WIND, THAT YOU, ALONE AND UNGUARDED, COMMIT A WRONG UNTO OTHERS AND THEREFORE UNTO YOURSELF....

21 Leaves of a single tree

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 21 Leaves of a single tree 18 January 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, OFTENTIMES HAVE I HEARD YOU SPEAK OF ONE WHO COMMITS A WRONG AS THOUGH HE WERE NOT ONE OF YOU BUT A STRANGER UNTO YOU AND AN INTRUDER UPON YOUR WORLD. BUT I SAY THAT EVEN AS THE HOLY AND THE RIGHTEOUS CANNOT RISE BEYOND THE HIGHEST WHICH IS IN EACH ONE OF YOU,...

22 Sinners and saints: the drama of sleeping people

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 22 Sinners and saints: the drama of sleeping people 19 January 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, IF ANY OF YOU WOULD BRING TO JUDGMENT THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE, LET HIM ALSO WEIGH THE HEART OF HER HUSBAND IN SCALES, AND MEASURE HIS SOUL WITH MEASUREMENTS. AND LET HIM WHO WOULD LASH THE OFFENDER LOOK UNTO THE SPIRIT OF THE OFFENDED....

23 Except Love, There Should be No Law

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3 A seeker of silences

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 A seeker of silences 9 January 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND AS HE WALKED HE SAW FROM AFAR MEN AND WOMEN LEAVING THEIR FIELDS AND THEIR VINEYARDS AND HASTENING TOWARDS THE CITY GATES. AND HE HEARD THEIR VOICES CALLING HIS NAME, AND SHOUTING FROM FIELD TO FIELD TELLING ONE ANOTHER OF THE COMING OF HIS SHIP. AND HE SAID TO HIMSELF:...

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< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 10 January 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND WHEN HE ENTERED INTO THE CITY ALL THE PEOPLE CAME TO MEET HIM, AND THEY WERE CRYING OUT TO HIM AS WITH ONE VOICE. AND THE ELDERS OF THE CITY STOOD FORTH AND SAID: GO NOT YET AWAY FROM US. A NOONTIDE HAVE YOU BEEN IN OUR TWILIGHT, AND YOUR YOUTH HAS GIVEN US DREAMS TO DREAM....

5 Disclose us to ourselves

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 Disclose us to ourselves 10 January 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND OTHERS CAME ALSO AND ENTREATED HIM. BUT HE ANSWERED THEM NOT. HE ONLY BENT HIS HEAD; AND THOSE WHO STOOD NEAR SAW HIS TEARS FALLING UPON HIS BREAST. AND HE AND THE PEOPLE PROCEEDED TOWARDS THE GREAT SQUARE BEFORE THE TEMPLE. AND THERE CAME OUT OF THE SANCTUARY A WOMAN WHOSE NAME WAS ALMITRA....

6 Speak to us of love

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 Speak to us of love 11 January 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THEN SAID ALMITRA, SPEAK TO US OF LOVE. AND HE RAISED HIS HEAD AND LOOKED UPON THE PEOPLE, AND THERE FELL A STILLNESS UPON THEM. AND WITH A GREAT VOICE HE SAID: WHEN LOVE BECKONS TO YOU, FOLLOW HIM, THOUGH HIS WAYS ARE HARD AND STEEP....