I was recently reading these excerpts about Osho Rajneesh, which supposedly have taken a wide range of opinions into their account. Although none of the controversies, Osho is spoken about, has been listed 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 and better to comprehend.

Wasn’t Osho Himself The Face Behind Mulla Nasruddin?!

There is one gentleman called Christopher Calder, who claims of having witnessed – to what he terms as – Osho’s fall from grace. Those visiting his site should remember, he is among the strongest of Osho’s critics. If you were to know Osho at length for the first time, please be warned not to rush to any quick and macro udgments. The best way to know about Osho Rajneesh would be to listen him and follow up with some Dhyan (meditation) efforts. Once you began inhaling inner peace, be eager to know what Calder said and you might pick up some of Osho’s missing links.

It is but obvious that Osho’s followers were not among the next door usual human beings. They couldn’t have, anyway. Why would any happily living human being decide to visit Osho’s communes? Only those who had major issues to be tackled in life might think of consulting him. I say this based on my own experience – the circumstances in which I myself started experimenting with Osho, as well as the general observation I made over the years about Osho’s Sanyasins.

So, what do you expect Osho to be like to run this circus? He couldn’t afford being a simpleton contrary to what many of us might think of him. Amazingly good and enlightened he must have been on one hand, and highly dubious and controversial on the other. While Calder and hardcore Oshoites might  choose to describe Osho in two totally different shades, many like this author do not see it improper in accepting both of them together, thus allowing a more colorful and rational Osho to emerge up.

And if you ever wondered whose fallacies did Osho expose through his Mulla tales, then be assured, it was no one but Osho himself. A more actual depiction of Osho’s persona can be seen emerging the moment we decide to merge him with Mulla tales. It is much easier to comprehend and be connected with.

Btw, I had had a brief conversation with Calder in the recent past, and the image I developed of him during that course was that of a bitter ex-Oshoite. He said, “call me by whichever name, but there is no better way to describe about Osho honestly.” Calder can be seen arguing with other Oshoites here just for record. In the end, the anti-Osho voice hasn’t succeeded in doing anything new by debating the master. They too spend time brainstorming about Osho like his other disciples!

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UPDATE

Check out my latest post on Osho Rajneesh here:

Continuing With The Debate On Osho’s Controversies