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Radical Methods for a World Gone Mad

6 min readOsho,
I have come across a statement by R. D. Laing that madness is not breakdown, it is breakthrough. Our meditations are seen as a breakdown, even by psychiatrists. Is it justified and ethical for patients with depression to be given OSHO Dynamic Meditation? Please advise. I am merely a surgeon.

 

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Peace Is Always Just Beyond the Mind

7 min read

Osho,
It seems war is inevitable and there is nothing that even the U.N. can do to prevent it. What can we do?

“I think it is time that the people of the world start understanding the politician and his hypocrisy, his double personality, because if the third world war happens, then there will be no life on this beautiful planet. I don’t believe at all in this declaration of the UN, but I have another program for the people:

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Marriage: The Root of Jealousy

5 min read

Osho,
I have been with my boyfriend for two years and we still enjoy being together, but if he goes with other women I freak out. Would you please tell me the very roots of jealousy, how I can deal with it, or even go through it?

“Jealousy is one of the most prevalent areas of psychological ignorance about yourself, about others and more particularly, about relationship.

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The Presence of the Witness Is the Absence of the Mind

4 min readOsho,
I have always heard you say, ‘Stop doing. Watch.’ Several times lately I’ve heard you say that the mind should be the servant instead of our master. It feels that there is nothing to do except watch. But the question still arises: Is there anything to do with this unruly servant but to watch?

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Whose Planet Is It Anyway?

6 min read

Young people are starting to rebel against the failure of the older generation to address the catastrophic climate change that is happening now. Is this rebellion the right way to go?

“The world has known only very few rebels, but now is the time. If humanity proves incapable of producing a large number of rebels – a spirit rebellious – then our days on the earth are numbered. Then this century may become our graveyard. We are coming very close to that point.

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