The Rebellious Spirit

Talks given from 10/02/87 pm to 25/02/87 am English Discourse series

1 Meditation is the greatest charity 2 The pilgrimage is endless 3 What binds you is the lust for the unlived life 4 The thread of understanding 5 God has no hands 6 The mind has no reverse gear 7 Arguing with the ocean 8 A more human technology 9 I am a river continuously flowing 10 Freedom opens the door of responsibility 11 Rebellion is a style of life 12 All buddhas are gamblers 13 God is the ocean you are in 14 The golden key 15 God the father -- just another teddy bear 16 The present is the only time you have 17 The child is still within you 18 You are the mirror 19 The secrets and mysteries of existence are infinite 20 Forget all about enlightenment 21 Attention is invisible nourishment 22 Work can produce, silence can create 23 Miracles are mostly fiction 24 I am nothing but pure champagne 25 Silence is always louder than any scream 26 Your existence is just a carbon copy 27 Silence has its own fragrance 28 When buddhas rebel 29 Pregnant with enlightenment 30 Let everything pass

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1 Meditation is the greatest charity

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Meditation is the greatest charity 10 February 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, IN YOUR VISION, IS CHARITY A PART OF RELIGIOUSNESS? IF SO, WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE CHARITY? FOLLOWING THE CATHOLIC CONCEPT, THE INDIAN LEGISLATURE SPECIFIES: 1) RELIEF FOR THE POOR, 2) EDUCATION, AND 3) MEDICAL RELIEF, AS BEING CHARITY. WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF CHARITY IN THE EYES OF A BUDDHA?...

10 Freedom opens the door of responsibility

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Freedom opens the door of responsibility 15 February 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WAITING FOR THE SHIP TO COME IN, AND BEING PASSIVE AND FATALISTIC? Satyam Svarup, the difference between waiting for the ship to come, and being passive and fatalistic is immense, although very delicate. The fatalistic mind does not believe in the individual’s own freedom, does not believe in the individual’s own longing and search....

11 Rebellion is a style of life

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 Rebellion is a style of life 15 February 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHAT IS YOUR NOTION OF REBELLION AND OF A REBEL? Giulia, my notion about the rebel and rebellion is very simple: a man who does not live like a robot conditioned by the past. Religion, society, culture... anything that is of yesterday does not in any way interfere in his way of life, in his style of life....

12 All buddhas are gamblers

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 All buddhas are gamblers 16 February 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHY, WHEN TRUTH AND LIES MEET, DOES TROUBLE ARISE? Waduda, man almost lives in lies, because they are comfortable, convenient. You don’t have to make much effort to find a lie. The whole of society is ready to give you all kinds of lies – but truth is an individual search....

13 God is the ocean you are in

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 God is the ocean you are in 16 February 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU WANT US TO RAISE THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE WORLD, IT PUZZLES ME. I FEEL I NEED ALL MY ENERGY TO GET MY OWN FEET OFF THE GROUND. AND I AM IN A WAY TOTALLY FORGETTING “THAT WORLD,” AND GLAD TO BE ABLE TO LET GO AND DISAPPEAR IN THIS BUDDHAFIELD OF DRUNKEN BLISS, DANCE AND SILENCE....

14 The golden key

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 The golden key 17 February 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW I HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO WHY AND HOW I PROTECT MYSELF, AND WHO I’M PROTECTING MYSELF FROM. I FIND IT EXPRESSES ITSELF THROUGH ARROGANCE, AND THE SAFETY OF ONLY WANTING TO STAY ON THE SIDE OF THE GIVER. I FEEL LIKE A ROCKET WHICH IS ALL PREPARED TO BE LAUNCHED: ALL THE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN CLEARED BUT ONE LOCK IS STILL ON – THE LOCK OF PROTECTION....

15 God the father \-- just another teddy bear

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 God the father – just another teddy bear 17 February 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHEN MY FATHER DIED TEN YEARS AGO, HE WAS MY LAST REASON FOR LIVING. AFTER THIS STRONG EXPERIENCE, I HAVE FELT MORE ALONE EVERY DAY. WHEN I MET YOU IT WAS LIKE MEETING MY FATHER AGAIN. BUT NOW, WITH YOU, I FEEL MORE AND MORE ALONE....

16 The present is the only time you have

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 The present is the only time you have 18 February 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, IS IT POSSIBLE TO DIE CONSCIOUSLY WITHOUT BEING ENLIGHTENED? Nirah, existence follows certain laws – and there are no exceptions. If one wants to die consciously, the only way is to be enlightened. Death is such a great surgery: your soul is being taken apart from the body and mind, with which it has been involved for seventy or eighty years....

17 The child is still within you

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 The child is still within you 18 February 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WOULD YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT PLAYFULNESS? I ASK BECAUSE THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL SMALL BOY WITHIN ME WHOM I HAVE NEGLECTED FOR A LONG TIME. THIS SMALL BOY IS PLAYFUL, CURIOUS AND ECSTATIC – BUT MOST OF THE TIME I DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO LOSE CONTROL....

18 You are the mirror

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 You are the mirror 19 February 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO, WHEN I LOOK AT THE MOMENTS WHEN I FEEL SEPARATE FROM YOU, FROM MY LOVE AND THE REST OF EXISTENCE, IT IS USUALLY THE SHADOWS OF COMPARISON AND JEALOUSY; AND WHEN I GO DEEPER I USUALLY GET IN TOUCH WITH A DEEP INSECURITY AND THE FEELING OF BEING INFERIOR....