Osho Source of Energy: Osho came into my life at the young age of 11-12 years through my parents. When he used to go to Poona Ashram to perform, I also used to go with him.
The first time I went there I didn’t understand anything much. But when I went for the second and third time, I started developing a special attachment to this place. Gradually the inclination towards Osho started increasing. After that I myself started telling my father, ‘Let’s go there where people wear maroon colored clothes.’ Osho’s cassettes were always played in our house, which we couldn’t understand in the beginning but when we started understanding, it became a habit. Even now, many times I wake up in the morning and listen to one or the other sermon of Osho. I don’t understand any other master or friend better than Osho.
Every word that comes out of his mouth is special in itself but whenever Osho talks about music or religion, it touches me very deeply. I can never forget not only his words but also his eyes. His searching and penetrating eyes attract me a lot. Among the meditation methods given by him, Nadabrahma meditation is my favorite meditation method. Even if I look at it from a singer’s point of view, his energy is very divine. And if I talk about Osho Commune, its atmosphere is magnetic, by going there you immediately connect with that atmosphere. As if you never left there. Whenever I go to the commune, it feels as if Osho is teaching something new. We have learned something new, brought some new light with us and then have to go again for something new.
I also go to the commune so that I can recharge from here and live back in the artificial forest of the city. Everything about Osho is different and unique. Osho is not like those sages and saints who keep on worshiping themselves as gurus. Osho rather hated the fact that anyone should call him Guru, God, anyone should worship him or keep a fast for him. He always called himself everyone’s friend.
Even today, the people who listen to Osho and understand him are very different. Not everyone can reach Osho. It will take time for people to reach Osho. You will be able to come here only after you have been pushed at ten places. To understand Osho’s words, the mind should also be like this. If your mind is closed by orthodox things then you will never be able to reach Osho.
In 1967 I heard Osho and there was a deep stirring within me. I just remember that he came wearing white clothes, spoke for one and a half hour and passed by me and went away. I just kept watching. I just read his books. Advertisements for their programs used to appear in English newspapers and I used to read only Marathi newspapers. That’s why I had no information about their programs. Now look at the interesting thing, I used to read his books at such a pace, but despite reading so many books, my restlessness continued. So one thing was clear that reading books was not the solution to get rid of restlessness.
It hid the restlessness temporarily, but did not eliminate it. Osho went to America in 1981. I read this news in the newspaper and I was more shocked than even the death of my loved ones. That feeling was as if the boat has left and I am still standing on the shore. In 1982, I wrote to Osho with the pain of my heart and asked, what should I do now? A letter came from America to go to Poona Ashram and meditate. The very first sentence of that letter was that life is meaningless. I was shaken. If there is no purpose to life then why live? The second sentence was Do not listen to your intellect. If you feel like renunciation then take it. Every sentence was a hammer blow to me. Osho’s sermons are a melodious band.
Just as in classical music, the big theme is presented first in the delayed rhythm, then the middle rhythm and then the fast bandish, similarly Osho’s sermon starts in the delayed rhythm, later its rhythm gradually increases. Along with the rhythm, his voice also becomes a loud roar. The song begins to crackle like lightning and after reaching the peak of a storm, slowly descends back into the middle rhythm and ends with a magnificent third. From the ups and downs of his voice you can know that the end of the sermon is near. Like after flying in the sky, the bird makes a wonderful circle and then comes and sits on a branch.
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