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Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language: Songs of Kabir
The Forgotten Language invites us to rediscover our natural state of ecstasy. We have lost touch with our intrinsic nature, says Osho, because we no longer live existential lives; we put our whole focus on our private lives. We have lost contact with the real and live almost entirely in our minds, in our imaginations. This makes us dull and unhappy and unavailable for what life is really offering us.
Society and civilizations originally evolved to support and protect us, but now the situation has reversed and instead we find ourselves existing to sustain them. One outcome of this reversal is that society supports misery rather than our natural ecstasy because an ecstatic person is a rebellious individual who cannot be enslaved by any ideology or structure.
The words of Kabir - a mystic, a weaver, and a poet who can touch the earth and catch the stars with his transcendent verses - are the starting point for these inspiring talks on how to live our lives to their utmost potential.
“Religiousness is the science of how to find the forgotten language of ecstasy. Whenever you are in tune with existence, there is ecstasy, there is bliss, there is benediction.” (Osho)
"Now or Never" "Sannyas the Radical Revolution" "Natural Spontaneous Aware" "The Way of Religion" "There Are No Words to Tell" "Trust Is Your Nature" "Enter into Your Own Body" "The Irrational Rationalist" "Dance Today with Joy" "The Choice Is Yours"
Society and civilizations originally evolved to support and protect us, but now the situation has reversed and instead we find ourselves existing to sustain them. One outcome of this reversal is that society supports misery rather than our natural ecstasy because an ecstatic person is a rebellious individual who cannot be enslaved by any ideology or structure.
The words of Kabir - a mystic, a weaver, and a poet who can touch the earth and catch the stars with his transcendent verses - are the starting point for these inspiring talks on how to live our lives to their utmost potential.
“Religiousness is the science of how to find the forgotten language of ecstasy. Whenever you are in tune with existence, there is ecstasy, there is bliss, there is benediction.” (Osho)
"Now or Never" "Sannyas the Radical Revolution" "Natural Spontaneous Aware" "The Way of Religion" "There Are No Words to Tell" "Trust Is Your Nature" "Enter into Your Own Body" "The Irrational Rationalist" "Dance Today with Joy" "The Choice Is Yours"
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Published June 30, 2020
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Osho
4,292 books6,796 followersRajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain, 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990) and latter rebranded as Osho was leader of the Rajneesh movement. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and mystic.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
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September 4, 2021
Fav quotes / learnings:
Don’t keep two bowls to eat- one for bitter food, one for sweet. Keep one bowl and mix bitter sweet without differentiation
-Page 99 |
"The word ”idiot” is beautiful; it comes from a root which means ”one who lives a private life.”"
-Page 113
"A reporter was trying to get a human-interest story out of an old, old man at a state-supported home for the aged. ”Pop,” asked the brash reporter, ”how would you feel if you suddenly got a letter telling you that a forgotten relative had left you five million dollars?” ”Son,” came the answer slowly, ”I would still be ninety-four years old.”"
-Page 162
"Man is the only species of animal that kills its own kind."
-Page 218
"Every intelligent person becomes atheistic at a certain age. Near about the fourteenth year, everybody becomes atheistic. That’s a natural part of growth because the child needs to say no. It is a psychological need. Up to the age of fourteen, the child has lived protected by the mother, the father, the family; now he wants to be himself."
-Page 246
"Father saying yes: Even if they say yes, they say so very reluctantly. Even if they say yes, they make the child feel that he is guilty, that he is forcing them, that he is doing something wrong. Whenever the child feels happy, doing whatsoever, somebody or other is bound to come and stop him – ”Don’t do this!” By and by the child understands, ”Whatsoever feel happy in is wrong.” And of course he never feels happy doing whatsoever others tell him to do, because it is not a spontaneous urge in him. So he comes to know that to be miserable is right, to be happy is wrong."
-Page 247
"If he wants to open the clock and see inside, the whole family jumps on him – ”Stop! You will destroy the clock. This is not good.” He was just looking into the clock; it was a scientific curiosity. He wanted to see what makes it tick. It was perfectly okay. And the clock is not so valuable as his curiosity, as his inquiring mind. The clock is worthless – even if it is destroyed nothing is destroyed – but once the inquiring mind is destroyed much is destroyed; then he will never inquire for truth."
-Page 258
"Becoming is the very root cause of misery. If you want to be ecstatic – then it is just now, here-now, this very moment. Look at me. This very moment – nobody is barring the path – you can be happy."
Don’t keep two bowls to eat- one for bitter food, one for sweet. Keep one bowl and mix bitter sweet without differentiation
-Page 99 |
"The word ”idiot” is beautiful; it comes from a root which means ”one who lives a private life.”"
-Page 113
"A reporter was trying to get a human-interest story out of an old, old man at a state-supported home for the aged. ”Pop,” asked the brash reporter, ”how would you feel if you suddenly got a letter telling you that a forgotten relative had left you five million dollars?” ”Son,” came the answer slowly, ”I would still be ninety-four years old.”"
-Page 162
"Man is the only species of animal that kills its own kind."
-Page 218
"Every intelligent person becomes atheistic at a certain age. Near about the fourteenth year, everybody becomes atheistic. That’s a natural part of growth because the child needs to say no. It is a psychological need. Up to the age of fourteen, the child has lived protected by the mother, the father, the family; now he wants to be himself."
-Page 246
"Father saying yes: Even if they say yes, they say so very reluctantly. Even if they say yes, they make the child feel that he is guilty, that he is forcing them, that he is doing something wrong. Whenever the child feels happy, doing whatsoever, somebody or other is bound to come and stop him – ”Don’t do this!” By and by the child understands, ”Whatsoever feel happy in is wrong.” And of course he never feels happy doing whatsoever others tell him to do, because it is not a spontaneous urge in him. So he comes to know that to be miserable is right, to be happy is wrong."
-Page 247
"If he wants to open the clock and see inside, the whole family jumps on him – ”Stop! You will destroy the clock. This is not good.” He was just looking into the clock; it was a scientific curiosity. He wanted to see what makes it tick. It was perfectly okay. And the clock is not so valuable as his curiosity, as his inquiring mind. The clock is worthless – even if it is destroyed nothing is destroyed – but once the inquiring mind is destroyed much is destroyed; then he will never inquire for truth."
-Page 258
"Becoming is the very root cause of misery. If you want to be ecstatic – then it is just now, here-now, this very moment. Look at me. This very moment – nobody is barring the path – you can be happy."
September 8, 2012
In this book Osho talks about the poems of Kabir on the forgotten language of humanity - Ecstasy.
Every child is born ecstatic. Everything in the existence is ecstatic except the humans. So called Leaders, Politicians and saints makes their life miserable so that they can be in power. If someday the world becomes happy, all these religions, countries, political parties will disappear. Then there will be only ecstatic humanity which has no name, religion, scripture. It will be full of love, dance, poetry, reverence, benediction. One needs lot of patience to read this book, but it is worth the effort.
Every child is born ecstatic. Everything in the existence is ecstatic except the humans. So called Leaders, Politicians and saints makes their life miserable so that they can be in power. If someday the world becomes happy, all these religions, countries, political parties will disappear. Then there will be only ecstatic humanity which has no name, religion, scripture. It will be full of love, dance, poetry, reverence, benediction. One needs lot of patience to read this book, but it is worth the effort.
November 30, 2022
awesome reading...
July 25, 2020
Every child is born ecstatic. Ecstasy is very natural. It is not something that happens only to great sages. It is something that everybody brings with him into the world; everybody comes with it since birth. It is the innermost core of life. It is part of being alive. Life is ecstasy. Every child brings it into the world, but then the society jumps on the child, starts destroying the possibility of ecstasy, starts making the child miserable, starts conditioning the child.
You cannot control an ecstatic man for sure! The society is neurotic and it cannot allow ecstatic people to be here. They are dangerous for it. Try to understand the mechanism; then things will be easier. You cannot control an ecstatic man; it is impossible. You can only control a miserable man. An ecstatic man is bound to be free. Ecstasy is freedom. He cannot be reduced to being a slave. You cannot destroy him so easily; you cannot persuade him to live in a prison.
He would like to dance under the stars and he would like to walk with the wind and he would like to talk with the sun and the moon. He will need the vast, the infinite, the huge, the enormous. He cannot be seduced into living in a dark cell. You cannot make a slave out of him. He will live his own life and he will do his thing.
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You cannot control an ecstatic man for sure! The society is neurotic and it cannot allow ecstatic people to be here. They are dangerous for it. Try to understand the mechanism; then things will be easier. You cannot control an ecstatic man; it is impossible. You can only control a miserable man. An ecstatic man is bound to be free. Ecstasy is freedom. He cannot be reduced to being a slave. You cannot destroy him so easily; you cannot persuade him to live in a prison.
He would like to dance under the stars and he would like to walk with the wind and he would like to talk with the sun and the moon. He will need the vast, the infinite, the huge, the enormous. He cannot be seduced into living in a dark cell. You cannot make a slave out of him. He will live his own life and he will do his thing.
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February 1, 2012
Such an intact, intimate, insuring, inspiring, indepth, intangible and integral book.
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