Bhagwan: One Man Against the Whole, Ugly Past of Humanity
Juliet Forman (Ma Prem Maneesha)
English, German
Rebel Publishing House, Germany, 2002 – ISBN 978-3893381036
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In this world of ours where every religion is screaming for love, where politicians of every country go on signing the agreements of peace, a man of love and peace, Osho (formerly known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh), a contemporary mystic, was turned away from the doors of twenty-one so-called democracies.
The state of affairs depicted by the author, Juliet Forman, is a challenge to history.
She raises a profound question:
If - as was her experience, accompanying Osho on his world tour - the people of each country he visited so clearly loved him and, just as clearly, the priests and politicians of those same countries hated him, how can the latter be considered representatives, true leaders of the people?
Juliet Forman has documented the tragedy of Osho's world odyssey in 1986 with great sensitivity. Interwoven through- out the drama and uncertainty of the times are countless vignettes - touching, startling, humorous - that afford the reader a unique glimpse into the life of one of the most remarkable men to have ever lived on this Earth.
Ms. Forman's writing style is mature, and so powerful that the incidents she depicts throb in the pulse of the reader.
"I raise my hand against the whole past of mankind. It has not been civilized, it has not been human. It has been a calamity, a crime committed on a vast scale. But somebody has to stand against it.
"We disown our past, and we will start living according to our own inner being and create our own future. We will not allow the past to create our future.
"At any cost, this earth and the people of this earth have to be saved from the calamity that is coming from your whole past. An abs
Author
- Ma Prem Maneesha
Maneesha James aka Okay Maneesha aka Juliet Forman)
In docu film Meditation - The Art of Ecstasy (1996)
Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1947, Maneesha graduated as a nurse. Meeting Osho in 1974 changed the course of her life. In Pune, she lived in Osho's house and edited many of his books, including nearly all of the darshan diaries. As well, under the name of Juliet Forman she wrote what he referred to as the "historical documentation" of his work in the form of a trilogy covering the years from Pune One through his World Tour.She was part of his entourage during the turbulent World Tour and on the return to Pune was the one who addressed him during discourse with questions and sutra readings, becoming famously "Okay Maneesha."
After Osho left his body, Maneesha travelled internationally for 15 years, giving seminars, groups, and individual sessions on diverse aspects of meditation, written regular meditation columns in various print media, facilitated meditation courses and given numerous radio and TV interviews.
Meeting Anna Freud in London some years ago, and being with her in her last moments, was a catalyst for a new direction for Maneesha. While maintaining her interest in meditation as a resource for all aspects of living, through that experience, she also saw the potential in bringing meditation to the dying process and co-founded The Sammasati Project, which offers a different vision of living and dying – that is, with awareness and celebration. With co-facilitator Sudheer P. Niet, she is presenting The Sammasati Support-Person Training in the UK and travelling internationally, offering a series of workshops.
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websites
Osho Samasati
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bibliography
Bhagwan: The Buddha for the Future, on the evolution of Osho's first commune in Pune One.
Bhagwan: Twelve Days that Shook the World, on Osho's arrest and twelve-day disappearance at the end of the Ranch era
Bhagwan: One Man Against the Whole Ugly Past of Humanity, on the World Tour
Impara a Meditare: technica per una vita viva (to date available only in Italian)
My Peak Moments with Osho, the Unsurpassable Man (currently available only in Japanese - Oshō to no shikō no shunkan (和尚との至高の瞬間))
discography
2002 : Tuning Into the Moment
2004 : Bubble of Joy: Guided Meditation
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