The Secret of Secrets, Vol 2

Talks on the Secret of the Golden Flower

Talks given from 27/08/78 am to 10/09/78 am English Discourse series

1 A little bit of sky 2 Love is the only friend 3 The golden flower is opening 4 Words cannot contain it 5 The spirit returns and touches heaven 6 Aloneness is ultimate 7 The moon gathers up the ten thousand waters 8 I sure dig you, man 9 With emptiness, the matter is settled 10 Because of love, we are together 11 The contemplation of emptiness 12 Tao is already happening 13 Where the positive and negative meet 14 This very world the paradise 15 The festive dimension

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1 A little bit of sky

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 A little bit of sky 27 August 1978 am in Buddha Hall MASTER LU-TSU SAID: YOUR WORK WILL GRADUALLY BECOME CONCENTRATED AND MATURE, BUT BEFORE YOU REACH THE CONDITION IN WHICH YOU SIT LIKE A WITHERED TREE BEFORE A CLIFF, THERE ARE STILL MANY POSSIBILITIES OF ERROR WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR SPECIAL ATTENTION. THESE CONDITIONS ARE RECOGNIZED ONLY WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED....

10 Because of love, we are together

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Because of love, we are together 5 September 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 CAN YOU GIVE ME A MESSAGE TO TAKE TO THE WESTERN WORLD SO THAT PEOPLE THERE MIGHT UNDERSTAND YOU AND YOUR FOLLOWERS? Joey Simons, my message is very simple. That’s why it is difficult to understand. I teach the obvious; it is not complex at all....

11 The contemplation of emptiness

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 The contemplation of emptiness 6 September 1978 am in Buddha Hall MASTER LU-TSU SAID: IF YOU ARE NOT YET CLEAR, I WILL MAKE IT CLEAR TO YOU THROUGH THE THREEFOLD BUDDHIST CONTEMPLATION OF EMPTINESS, DELUSION, AND THE CENTER. EMPTINESS COMES AS THE FIRST OF THE THREE CONTEMPLATIONS. ALL THINGS ARE LOOKED UPON AS EMPTY. THEN FOLLOWS DELUSION. ALTHOUGH IT IS KNOWN THAT THEY ARE EMPTY, THINGS ARE NOT DESTROYED, BUT ONE ATTENDS TO ONE’S AFFAIRS IN THE MIDST OF EMPTINESS....

12 Tao is already happening

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 Tao is already happening 7 September 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 YES! YES! WAKE ME UP! THIS SILLY, MULTI-SCHIZOPHRENIC, LEAKING, WATERING CAN HAS BEEN DEEPLY AFFECTED BY THESE LECTURES – BUT ONE THING LATELY IS, I AM FEELING MORE AND MORE GROSS. OSHO, I WANT MY LOTUSES TO BLOOM, TO FEEL TAO, BE WORTHY OF TAO, TO BE TAO....

13 Where the positive and negative meet

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 Where the positive and negative meet 8 September 1978 am in Buddha Hall THE TAO, THE UNDIVIDED, GREAT ONE, GIVES RISE TO TWO OPPOSITE REALITY PRINCIPLES, THE DARK AND THE LIGHT, YIN AND YANG. FROM YIN COMES THE RECEPTIVE FEMININE PRINCIPLE; FROM YANG COMES THE CREATIVE MASCULINE PRINCIPLE; FROM YIN COMES MING, LIFE; FROM YANG, HSING OR HUMAN NATURE. EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTAINS A CENTRAL MONAD, WHICH, AT THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION, SPLITS INTO LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE, MING AND HSING....

14 This very world the paradise

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 This very world the paradise 9 September 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 YOUR DANCING MEDITATIONS SEEM TO BE BRINGING FORTH AN OVERWHELMING SENSUOUSNESS. ALL THAT HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN, ALL THAT HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN IS REVEALED THEN.THE PLAY OF NATURE ON MY WHOLE BEING, ALL THE BEAUTY THAT I BEHOLD, ALL THE MUSIC THAT ENCHANTS MY EARS AND MY SOUL, ALL SEEM TO BE EXPRESSED IN VOLUPTUOUSNESS....

15 The festive dimension

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 15 The festive dimension 10 September 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 ONE OF THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES ABOUT THE RAJNEESH ASHRAM CONCERNS INDULGENCE IN SEX AND WHAT ARE BEING CONDEMNED AS SEXUAL PERVERSIONS OR ORGIES. WE WOULD LIKE BHAGWAN RAJNEESH TO GIVE US HIS VIEWS ON SEX AND ITS ROLE IN TRANSCENDENCE. – R.K. Karanjia, Editor, BLITZ My dear Karanjia, the way I teach is the way of life-affirmation....

2 Love is the only friend

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Love is the only friend 28 August 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 OSHO, WHILE IN THERAPY MYSELF, I SPENT MUCH TIME PRAYING. OVER THE YEARS I FELT BETTER. I NEVER KNEW WHETHER IT WAS THE THERAPY OR THE PRAYER. AS A THERAPIST I WANT TO URGE OTHERS TO PRAY BUT FEEL EMBARRASSED. Sadananda, love is therapy, and there is no other therapy in the world except love....

3 The golden flower is opening

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 The golden flower is opening 29 August 1978 am in Buddha Hall MASTER LU-TSU SAID: THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF CONFIRMATORY EXPERIENCES. ONE MUST NOT CONTENT ONESELF WITH SMALL DEMANDS BUT MUST RISE TO THE THOUGHT THAT ALL LIVING CREATURES HAVE TO BE REDEEMED. ONE MUST NOT BE TRIVIAL AND IRRESPONSIBLE IN HEART, BUT MUST STRIVE TO MAKE DEEDS PROVE ONE’S WORDS....

4 Words cannot contain it

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 Words cannot contain it 30 August 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 OSHO, I LOVE YOU. I ALSO LOVE YOUR JOKES. I AM VERY SERIOUS THESE DAYS. THIS WHOLE ENLIGHTENMENT GAME IS TOO HEAVY. PLEASE TELL MORE JOKES. Majida, enlightenment, the very idea of enlightenment, is the greatest joke there is. It is a joke because it is trying to get something which is already there....