Osho.

Osho.

The man who shocked the world with the largest fleet of Rolls Royce Cars and Rolex watches and luxurious lifestyle.

Osho was born in 1931, completed his MA in Philosophy in 1956, taught Philosophy from 1957 to 1966. He was a master debater who challenged orthodox religious leaders in public debates. He addressed gatherings in major Indian cities which varied from twenty to fifty thousand people in open air maidans.

From 1970 he started initiation of seekers into Neo-Sanyas in which he asked his disciples not to renounce the material world but instead renounce all past conditionings and belief systems. What he actually meant was that on the homeward journey of the Divine Consciousness would mean greater realization of the original state and abandoning the grosser impressions which he had gathered during the process of evolution in an increasing manner. Every soul has animal tendencies and social conditioning which have to be abandoned like fear, violence, etc.

From 1980 Osho started offering a wide range of therapy which combined eastern meditation techniques with western psychotherapy.Osho as a master of Philosophy knew all the great religious leaders and their philosophy which had shaped humanity He also understood Psychology very well and made the whole topic of Spirituality very engaging and interesting and transformed human beings from sexual to evolutionary beings.

Osho has been ranked as one of the most influential personality along with Gautama Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi.

There are almost 698 books published based on his discourses by more than 200 publishers in 60 languages. The actual books listed on topics like Yoga, Zen, Buddhism, Tantra, Taoism, Vedanta, Sufism, Jesus Christ is around 244 books.

Osho was an intellectual with wide knowledge and was a teacher who devised many innovative methods to get into the meditative state.

Today the Osho community tries out all the latest techniques like past life regression ,hypnotheraphy, shamanic healing , reiki, tarot reading , sound meditation and lots of other healing methods.

Osho was a man who was far ahead of his time and did contribute a lot in raising Human Consciousness which was his mission. Osho always said he was creating conditions for the birth of a new kind of human being - often referred to as "Zorba the Buddha'- a new man who was a synthesis of science and spirituality. What he was referring to probably was the fifth human race. 

Osho never claimed to teach anything and therefore I can only say that he talked a lot about balancing the masculine and feminine energies. He talked a lot about the sexual repression and conditioning by society which had repressed individuality and freedom. As per Osho sexual repression lead to all kinds of disorders in society which manifested in violence, aggression and terrorism, the moment the sexual energy was channeled properly , it travelled towards love, peace, happiness and joy which is the natural state of a child without any ego. 

The masculine energy is aggressive, violent, show of strength, masochism which we witness in society as glamorization of guns, armed struggles, boxing, wrestling and other aggressive sports which give vent to our animalistic instincts. The feminine energy is all about love, nurturing, caring, kindness, generosity. The mind and ego are more logical and masculine in approach whereas the heart with feelings,desires and emotions is more feminine in approach. The feminine energies as per Osho has been repressed in society and to have a more loving society the morality has to be redefined.Therefore he talked a lot about bringing the heart and mind into harmony.

Even in our movies we see the Angry Young Man – Amitabh Bachan was glorified as a Macho Man and thereafter we had the chocolate boys Aamir Khan in QSQT a romantic movie. Men prefer a movie with fighting and women prefer romantic movies – therefore the film producers go for a mix of violence and romance to make their movies a hit. Too much of violence should not be portrayed as society unconsciously starts glamorizing violence , in fact the values of love, humbleness and unity should be given more coverage in media.The anger is from the mind or Ego and the love is from the heart – man is programmed to be aggressive so that he can protect his wife and children and women are programmed to operate from the heart with feelings and emotions so as to be loving and nurturing to nourish and raise a family .

Osho was one of the greatest thinker and philosopher and was not a Sadguru like Shiridi Sai Baba or the Sufi Saints or Bhakti Saints as he had not reached complete Divinity. Some crucial insights were still not revealed to him completely as probably the time was not right for the human race in its evolutionary journey.

Osho however was a very brave man who had the courage to talk about taboo subjects and demystified a lot of things. Spirituality as per Osho is only for the rich people who can afford the luxury of meditation and not for the poor. He missed out on stressing the most important aspect of loving God by loving the whole of humanity through service, that is evolving out of individualism to expansion of the spirit.

Osho was a great man with phenomenal knowledge, wit & logic and its not easy to understand or judge such great people. Like all saints he has left a huge amount of audio and video recordings so that people can get his message directly, he was highly controversial due to his liberal views on sex and therefore one has to see his videos to understand , read his books and discourses to decide. 

I personally hated religion as I found the temples to be dirty and full of illiterate ,greedy people who exploited the devotees emotionally and economically. Therefore my personal approach to religion was through meditation and Osho's discourses were highly relevant and helpful for me. Thereafter I found Shiridi Sai Baba as the true master for the whole of humanity as I had more belief and faith in the Sufi and Bhakti Saints.

Everyone needs to be guided differently and some are devotees of Ram, Krishna , Jesus but for me Shiridi Sai Baba was a simple man with whom I could directly communicate.

A helpful website http://www.oshoworld.com/