13 Jan
Posted by: admin in: Indian Society, Meditation, Osho Rajneesh, Philosophy
I was just reading these excerpts from a book on Osho Rajneesh, which claims to have taken a wide range of opinions into its account. Although none of the controversies, Osho is spoken of, were listed in the paragraphs I read there, the Indian born guru was a controversial figure indeed in the eyes of many. As a keen listener and reader of Osho’s discourses, I would say though, the controversies only made his persona sound more colorful and easier to understand.
Wasn’t Osho Himself The Face Behind Mulla Nasruddin?!
There is one gentleman called Christopher Calder, who claims to have been a witness to - to what he terms as - Osho’s fall from grace. Those visiting his site are advised to remember, he is among the severest of Osho’s critics. If you were to learn regarding Osho for the first time, please be warned not to make any quick judgments. The best way to explore Osho Rajneesh would be to listen to his audio discourses and then follow up with some Dhyan (meditation) sessions. Once you had taken meditation seriously, listen to Mr Calder’s outburst yet again and you might begin picking up some of the missing links from Osho’s saga.
One should understand that Osho’s followers were not the very next door usual human beings. They couldn’t have, anyway. Why would any happily living fellow the next door decide to knock at the guru’s doorsteps? Only those who had major issues in life would have chosen to surrender to him. I’m saying this based on my own experience - the circumstances in which I started experimenting with Osho, and the general perception about Osho’s followers that I have developed over the years with me. I stand unlike many others around me, so I should be called abnormal, and many of the Oshoites I have met until this date, in fact, were worser in that context…lol!
So, what do you expect Osho to be like to run that circus? He couldn’t have been as simpler as many of us may wish to think about him. He must have been a master to all of them in most perceivable ways. Amazingly good and enlightened on one hand, and highly controversial and displeasing on the other. While Calder may only wish to cling to the negative areas, and the hardcore Oshoites may only wish to share the positives of their master, many like me would see no blasphemy in accepting both of them, thus allowing a more colorful and rational Osho emerging up.
And if you had ever wondered whose fallacies and shrewdness inspired Osho’s Mulla tales, then be informed, it couldn’t have been anybody else’s but his own. If you were to merge together the two identities of Osho and Mulla into one, a more actual depiction of Osho’s personality starts to emerge, which is easier to get connected with.
Btw, I had had a brief conversation with Calder about a couple of years ago, and the image I developed of him during that course was that of a bitter person. He said, “call me by whatever name, but there is no other way to speak about Osho if you were to be honest.” Just to bind together various view points, a heated argument between Calder and Oshoites could be looked at here. And a final note…those hell-bent on canvassing against Osho may have nothing much to offer, one should know it. Even though in a negative fashion, they still keep brainstorming about Osho and nothing else.
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UPDATE
Check out my latest post on Osho Rajneesh here:
12 Responses
Nemo
31|Jan|2008 1Mr. Casler probably thinks that an enlightened person should be a sort of Superman - All knowing and “omnipowerful” - That it’s a very childish viewpoint.
Wasn’t Osho Himself The Face Behind Mulla Nasruddin?!
LOL - yes - As said Osho, also behind Jesus there was an “idiot” … in fact it has not been a very *intelligent* move to enter in Jerusalem riding a donkey and saying “I’m the son of God”,
Regards.
Nemo
31|Jan|2008 2… sorry, I meant Calder not “Casler”.
One of this days I will give up with the valium, I promise.
Nemo
31|Jan|2008 3… ops … one of “these days” … as you can see I’m a very “fallible” man.
Perhaps, the fact that I’m writing from Italy may help to rehabilitate my image … or to worsen it.
Ciao.
admin
31|Jan|2008 4Welcome to my blog Nemo, and thanks for letting us know your views on Osho and his controversies. LOl….your English is (at least) better than mine, so I’ve no qualms about it!
“Mr. Casler probably thinks that an enlightened person should be a sort of Superman - All knowing and “omnipowerful” - That it’s a very childish viewpoint.”
You are spot on Nemo!
Ciao
Evelyn
29|Mar|2008 5Osho’s spirit still lives today in the hearts of many who are still inspired by him. The controversy about him does not influence his enlightenment spirit at all.
devkant gandhi
19|Apr|2008 6I am confused about the whole thing. If you have heard osho’s discourses, you couldn’t imagine stuff like that could have happened in rajneeshpuram in his command. But then I have read 3 testimonials and they say the same things. But then, I see Pankaj’s point, and say accept both the sides of him. As Sheela says, don’t confine osho in a small image, he was bigger than what you can imagine.
admin
20|Apr|2008 7Hello Devkant, check out my latest post on Osho Rajneesh for a more insightful debate.
josh
22|Aug|2008 8I just dont understand why people ever think to waste their time and money on such imposters?
admin
22|Aug|2008 9@ Josh,
Imposter who? Calder? Who cares about him. This thread is about Osho’s colorful legacy. Calder is a small pawn in the larger game. And for those who think it was Osho, who deceived the world - of course Calder and his ilk will do - they should know, this thread is meant for serious minded people, not for your time-pass.
s
01|Sep|2008 10osho is a loser from broken family!!! trouble child…. necer expericenced love in life….. he wants the whole world to suffer like him!
admin
01|Sep|2008 11What made you arrive to such a lopsided vision? Even his strongest critics do not say all that. They only say he misused power. Btw, I’ll not be approving anymore new comments, if it does not make any sense to do so. The battle ground for you - the anti-Oshoites - lies here.
http://www.rebelliousspirit.com/osho-webzine/103/sharing
One Mr Anthony Thompson will answer you, if you desired so. He has silenced many by this date. Kindly, spare my blog of your extreme vision.
prince
20|Sep|2008 12pl read a marathi book - rajneesh - the naughty bhagwan… pl publish ur comments on it..
prince
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