The New Dawn

Talks given from 18/06/87 pm to 04/07/87 pm English Discourse series

1 Life is such a puzzling affair 2 Sanity is just boring 3 A feeling of coming home 4 A different wavelength 5 How to avoid the ditches 6 What has god been doing for eternity?7 Your ego is the distance between you and me 8 Clean the path, remove the rocks 9 The more you know it, the less you know it 10 Deja vu -- a small fragment from the past 11 Only a meditator can be a lover 12 If you want consolation, go somewhere else 13 You go on drinking poison 14 Words from the silences of your heart 15 You fool around -- then learn the lesson 16 The only gift to me: your enlightenment 17 Letting me in is finding yourself 18 Beware of the mind: it is blind 19 Journalism: Making saints out of criminals 20 Friendliness is enough 21 Genetic science: for those who love creation 22 Compassion - love come of age 23 Existence is very shy 24 The mirror reflecting nothing 25 The puzzle remains but you are solved 26 Memory is not understanding 27 You are sufficient unto yourself 28 A thirst, a prayer without words 29 A real encounter with existence 30 The path goes round and round 31 Unholy gossip -- not holy gospels 32 A little bit off the track 33 The new dawn is very close

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19 Journalism: Making saints out of criminals

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 19 Journalism: Making saints out of criminals 27 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, YOU ARE THE GREATEST MARKETING PERSON OF A PRODUCT THAT GRATIFIES THE SOUL. WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING A PRODUCT THAT GRATIFIES THE MIND; THERE ARE OTHERS WHO SELL PRODUCTS THAT GRATIFY THE BODY. WHAT LESSONS CAN WE LEARN FROM YOU TO EFFECTIVELY MARKET MIND AND BODY PRODUCTS?...

2 Sanity is just boring

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Sanity is just boring 19 June 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN WORKING PHYSICALLY QUITE HARD IN THE GARDEN. I LOVED THE WORK VERY MUCH, AND I FELT DEEPLY CONNECTED TO YOU. IT WAS AS IF YOUR CREATIVITY AND GRACE WERE BLISSFULLY FLOWING THROUGH ME. BUT SOMEHOW IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACE AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF OLD GHOSTS TURNING UP AGAIN: IMPATIENCE, COMPETITIVENESS, PERFECTIONISM, LOTS OF ANGER AND SERIOUSNESS....

20 Friendliness is enough

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 20 Friendliness is enough 28 June 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, IS THE CONCEPT OF SOULMATES MORE USEFUL THAN MARRIAGE? Prem Pragyan, one of the most significant things in man’s life has been the love affair. Birth is not in your hands, death is not in your hands; and these are the only three great things in life: birth, love, and death....

21 Genetic science: for those who love creation

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 21 Genetic science: for those who love creation 28 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I HEARD YOU SPEAK OF SCIENTISTS CHOOSING FUTURE PEOPLE FROM THEIR GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SPERMS. I HAVE NO TRUST IN SCIENTISTS, OR DOCTORS OR ANYBODY WHOSE KNOWLEDGE EXTENDS NO FURTHER THAN THEIR HEAD. I INTUITIVELY FEEL THAT GENETICS PLAYS ONLY A SMALL ROLE IN DETERMINING WHAT A PERSON BECOMES....

22 Compassion - love come of age

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 22 Compassion - love come of age 29 June 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, BUDDHA WAS SAYING AGAIN AND AGAIN TO HIS DISCIPLES THAT MEDITATION AND COMPASSION SHOULD GROW SIDE BY SIDE. THESE DAYS I HAVE BEEN FEELING YOUR COMPASSION AS NEVER BEFORE, AND I HAVE ALSO BEEN FEELING THE URGE TO START LEARNING FROM IT, AT LEAST THE ABC....

23 Existence is very shy

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 23 Existence is very shy 29 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, DURING DISCOURSE THE OTHER NIGHT, I EXPERIENCED MYSELF FILLING WITH AIR LIKE A BALLOON AND BECOMING MIND-BOGGLINGLY ENORMOUS. IT WAS AS THOUGH MY BODY WAS JUST A SKIN OF THE FINEST ELASTIC AND HAD THE CAPACITY TO STRETCH TO ETERNITY. IT SEEMED AS IF MY BELLY WAS TAKING IN THE AIR AND FILLING OUT EVERY LITTLE CREVICE AND CREASE OF ME....

24 The mirror reflecting nothing

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 24 The mirror reflecting nothing 30 June 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I HAVE KNOWN FRUSTRATION ATTEMPTING TO DESCRIBE MY MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES TO PEOPLE. IT IS LIKE TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT AN ORGASM IS TO SOMEONE THAT HAS NEVER KNOWN ONE. ONE CAN SAY IT IS LIKE A WAVE OF PLEASURE OR LIKE A SNEEZE, BUT THE REALITY OF THE EXPERIENCE IS MUCH MORE SATISFYING THAN THE WORDS CONVEY....

25 The puzzle remains but you are solved

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 25 The puzzle remains but you are solved 30 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, THE OTHER DAY, SARITO ASKED ABOUT WRITING BEAUTIFUL WORDS ABOUT YOU THAT SHE FELT SHE HAD NO RIGHT TO SAY, AND YOU ENCOURAGED US TO EXPRESS OURSELVES IN THE WORLD. BELOVED MASTER, I AM NOT A SPEAKER OR WRITER OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS, STILL, MANY TIMES I HAVE EXPERIENCED SHARING MYSELF WITH PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, SHARING YOU, SHARING YOUR VISION....

26 Memory is not understanding

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 26 Memory is not understanding 1 July 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, IS IT ENOUGH TO GO TO YOUR DISCOURSES WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE WORDS? MY JAPANESE GIRLFRIEND DOES NOT SPEAK ANY ENGLISH BUT ENJOYED YOUR LECTURES VERY MUCH. SHE WROTE TO ME THAT SHE WILL NOT LEARN ENGLISH BECAUSE IT IS TOO DANGEROUS FOR HER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAY....

27 You are sufficient unto yourself

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 27 You are sufficient unto yourself 1 July 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHILE IN DEEP MEDITATION I HAVE BEEN HEARING A SOUND. IT’S A SORT OF OCEAN SOUND, LIKE DISTANT OCEAN WAVES. I CALL THIS NOISE MY TONE AND ENJOY IT AS A SIGN OF THE BEGINNING OF SILENCE. BUT THE OTHER NIGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT WE CAN HEAR OUR BLOOD CIRCULATING....