Bodhitree

Clinging to attachment is what causes unhappiness. Without clinging, attachment actually becomes something like conjunction, a being together without holding on. There can be happiness in that, and you will see that even enlightened people have relationships, which they are ready to let go at any time.

Ah beginners mind... just remind yourself there is absolutely nothing to worry about.

Try oshoworld.com for a site where you can download nearly all Osho’s complete lectures as MP3’s and books as pdfs.

I think people don’t question reality until they are a certain age. They will be too busy with life — earning a living, girlfriends, kids. Then usually a major life event comes along, divorce, serious illness, loss of a job, or all of them together, that makes you start looking at existential questions and what other people have thought about it. Where that leads them depends very much on circumstances. Some people get in touch with a shaman, others go on a massive fitness jag, or buy a Porsche. If they are lucky they might start in on Buddhism and a more spiritual path.

This thread very much reminds me of what I first thought when I heard Sadhguru speak on a YouTube video, that he was not the real deal as a guru. I have some experience with guru’s, I spent a lot of time in Osho’s presence back in the day, and there is a kind of quality to how they look and speak which bypasses your brains logic filters and tells you deep inside that here is something genuine — if you are really ready to relate to a guru and open to that. It is true, there are always people who have different opinions, in the media as well as on the net. Sometimes they write from prejudice, or they end up toeing the line that some editor back in Europe or the USA has set out for them. But people who can connect and then find that someone is not ready to be a guru but has just taken on the image should speak a word of warning to those who seem interested and might get taken in.