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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28 A thirst, a prayer without words

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 28 A thirst, a prayer without words 2 July 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, AS MEDITATION IS DEEPENING, I FEEL TENSION AND FRUSTRATION AT NOT BEING OKAY WITH MYSELF, MELTING MORE AND MORE. NOW AS YOU PUSH US ON, ANOTHER KIND OF TENSION WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO BE SATISFIED, EXCEPT MOMENTARILY. I HAVE HEARD YOU CALL THIS DIVINE DISCONTENT....

29 A real encounter with existence

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 29 A real encounter with existence 2 July 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I FIND MYSELF IN CONFLICT BETWEEN A PART OF MYSELF THAT TRIES TO BE CLEAR AND INTELLIGENT WITH OTHERS AND A PART THAT IS EMOTIONAL, UNPREDICTABLE, VERY UNCLEAR AND SOMEHOW UNCONSCIOUS, BUT PERHAPS MORE REAL. I TELL MYSELF JUST TO BE AUTHENTIC AND THEN I GET REALLY CONFUSED....

3 A feeling of coming home

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 A feeling of coming home 19 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, AN EARTHQUAKE IS HAPPENING: MY ANCIENT CRUST IS CRACKING AND MARVELOUS SQUIRTS OF BLISS ARE POURING OUT. MORE AND MORE, YOUR WORDS ARE INCREDIBLY ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF MY INNER WORLD, NOT JUST BEAUTIFUL IMAGES OF SOMEWHERE ELSE. YOUR FINGER USED TO POINT TO THE MOON, BUT NOW I HAVE SEEN MY OWN MOON; YOUR FINGER IS POINTING TO MY VERY CENTER....

30 The path goes round and round

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 30 The path goes round and round 3 July 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, LATELY, SITTING IN YOUR PRESENCE I AM AWARE THAT I DON’T FEEL THE LOVE I USED TO FEEL IN THE PAST. RATHER, I AM AWARE MORE OF YOUR SILENCE AND MY FALLING INTO THIS SILENCE, THIS STILLNESS, BEAUTY, QUIET AND GRACE. OSHO, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOVE AND SILENCE, AND WHY I FEEL SADDENED BY THIS HAPPENING?...

31 Unholy gossip \-- not holy gospels

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 31 Unholy gossip – not holy gospels 3 July 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, IS IT BECAUSE OF WOMEN BEING REPRESSED SO LONG THAT THERE ARE NOT MANY WOMEN COMEDIENNES OR JOKES THAT DON’T HAVE A MALE CHAUVINISTIC RING TO THEM? DO WOMEN NOT HAVE SUCH A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AS MEN? I AM ASKING THIS QUESTION VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT WOULD SETTLE FOR A JOKE AS AN ANSWER....

32 A little bit off the track

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 32 A little bit off the track 4 July 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, I SEEM TO HAVE BECOME VERY MUDDLEHEADED AND SCATTER-BRAINED LATELY. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAS BEEN NO CORRESPONDING UPSURGE OF INTELLIGENCE. IS THIS JUST A TEMPORARY LAPSE OR DO I HAVE A LEAK SOMEWHERE? Anando, you are a rare intelligence but it often happens that the people who are intelligent don’t have a good memory....

33 The new dawn is very close

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 33 The new dawn is very close 4 July 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, TWELVE YEARS AGO I LEFT JAPAN TO FIND MY OWN WAY, WITHOUT LOOKING BACK. AT THAT TIME I HATED TO FACE ANY REMINDER THAT PULLED ME BACK TO THE JAPANESE CONDITIONING. NOW, WHAT I FEEL IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. IT SEEMS AS IF THE OLD JAPAN HAS DIED IN ME, AND A NEW JAPAN APPEARED....

4 A different wavelength

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 A different wavelength 20 June 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, ON ONE HAND THE WORLD IS PREPARING FOR A GLOBAL SUICIDE; IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS NOT MUCH TIME LEFT FOR OUR GROWTH. ON THE OTHER HAND, WHAT I HEARD FROM YOU IS THAT GROWTH IS ONLY POSSIBLE WHEN WE RELAX, SIT SILENTLY, AND WAIT. THIS IS A PARADOX....

5 How to avoid the ditches

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 How to avoid the ditches 20 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, GOING INSIDE TO FEEL THE QUESTION, I WAS REMINDED OF THE TIME I FIRST SAT AT YOUR FEET, TWELVE PRECIOUS YEARS AGO. I SAID, “I HAVE NO QUESTION.” YOU THEN LOVINGLY DIFFUSED ME. OSHO, I NEVER WANT TO RECOVER FROM THIS LOVE. DO I NEED TO KNOW THE QUESTION?...

6 What has god been doing for eternity?

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 What has god been doing for eternity? 21 June 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, LATELY, I HAVE BEEN FEELING VERY INSECURE, AND I SEE HOW MUCH I DISLIKE THAT SPACE OF NOT KNOWING. AND THEN I TRY ALL KINDS OF STUPID THINGS TO CONTROL THE SITUATION. I FEEL AS IF IT IS SUCH AN IMPRISONMENT, AND AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE A DEEP FEELING IN ME THAT KNOWS THAT THIS IS HOW LIFE IS, AND I SHOULD ACCEPT IT....