If you cannot view this page, please click here Newsletter February, 2016 A wise man once said that the urge to become a politician should be enough to disqualify a person from so doing, yet society is based on systems of government that couldn’t function without them. What is it that apparently de-humanizes politicians, and is there another way? Why do politicians make promises they then don’t keep? “I have to make it clear also that politics attracts only the most mediocre minds in the world. It does not attract Albert Einsteins, Bertrand Russells, Jean-Paul Sartres, Rabindranath Tagores…. No, it attracts a certain kind of people. Psychologists are aware of the fact that people who are suffering from some inferiority complex are the people to be attracted towards politics, because politics can give them power. And through power they can convince themselves and others that they are not inferior, that they are not mediocre. “But just attaining power makes no difference to their intelligence. So the whole world is ruled by mediocre people when we have a large number of intelligent people – scientists, artists, musicians, poets, dancers, painters – all kinds of sensitive, creative people, the very cream of humanity, but they are not in power. They can change the whole fabric of human history, they can change the darkness of the future into a beautiful morning, a sunrise.”   What can I do to help make the world a better place? Power, Politics, and Change takes on the conventional wisdom that "power corrupts" and proposes instead that those who seek power are already corrupt: Once they attain their goal, their corruption simply has the opportunity to express itself. That’s why even those who seek power in order to bring about radical change so often fail, despite their best intentions. Osho looks at where this "will to power" comes from, how it expresses itself not only in political institutions, but in our everyday relationships. In the process, he offers a vision of relationships and society based not on power over others, but on a recognition of the uniqueness of every individual.   Book     eBook                 The Inner Dialogue “In the twenty-four hours of a day you need to be silent for an hour or so, whenever it is convenient. The internal dialogue will go on but don’t be party to it.” Osho     Ardeshir, Iran/USA I grew up in Iran and moved to the States when I was in college. The past fifteen years living there has been a challenge, blending my Eastern up-bringing with Western culture and its environment. This led to my reading and listening to self-development material and discovering Osho. He has become a major inspiration after listening to many of his talks, reaching a point where being part of the OSHO International Meditation Resort was what I looked forward to.   Now, I’m working here as a participant in the Creative Living Program, an intense and lively program that has helped me stay present, centered, and witness what is happening inside and out. Participating with my totality I’ve learned nine different jobs and have done four meditations per day outside my working hours during these seven weeks. A real challenge at times, this inward journey has been awesome.         Love Is a Constant Adventure “The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it is not. It is an existential truth: only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of the other person – without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other.” Osho                       OSHOtimes Is Now a Regular Feature of the World-Famous Huffington Post     Misery Functions like a Magnet Be Sad to Be Happy The Tao of “Retirement” “You suffer misery in the hope of pleasure. If it is pure misery, it is impossible to cling to it.” Osho   “How can a person who cannot be happy alone, be happy in relationship?” Osho   Retirement doesn't happen at the end of your career, it happens every moment, every day. East Comes to OSHO: Chinese, Koreans, Japanese Are New Visitors While the Meditation Resort was earlier known to attract Americans and Europeans (mostly Germans and Italians), it is now playing host to a significant number of visitors from the East, including those from China, Japan and Korea. The Speaking Tree: Know Your Onions Osho says what to eat and what not to eat are false problems we create that can easily be solved, but sorting out who you really are is far more daunting The Speaking Tree: Don’t Avoid Pain “Absorb all that suffering, pain, and misery in your heart, and see a miracle happen,” says Osho. Emma Watson Shares the Most Important Piece of Romantic Advice She's Learned "...for the first time in my life, I feel like I have a sense of self that I'm comfortable with." In fact, it's that uncertainty that fuels her on, in all aspects of her personal life. "Sit with the discomfort. Don't run away from it. Lean into it, take your time with it," she says — and that applies to romance, too, as she quoted Osho by saying, "Love never becomes wise, and that is its wisdom."                           POPULAR LINKS Zen Tarot / Horoscope Meditation / Library Meditation Resort Multiversity Newsletter Archives Contact Us   FAQs about Living In FAQs about Visiting FAQs about Meditation FAQs about iOSHO Shop All about Osho Subscribe or Unsubscribe CONNECT © 2016 OSHO International Copyright & Trademark Information   February, 2016 Newsletter OSHO International Waterfront Business Centre, No 5, Lapps Key, Cork, Ireland Would you like to send this email to a friend?