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Newsletter |
September, 2017 |
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There’s a common understanding that we celebrate when something good has happened. We dress up, bake cakes, invite friends to join us, have tremendous fun, take lots of pictures, and then it’s all over till next time. |
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Osho has a different proposal: that celebration is our natural state: |
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“Celebration is without any cause. Celebration is simply because we are. We are made out of the stuff called celebration. That’s our natural state – to celebrate – as natural as it is for the trees to bloom, for birds to sing, for rivers to flow to the ocean. Celebration is a natural state.” |
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Osho, The Secret of Secrets, Talk #8 |
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So do you suggest that we celebrate everything? |
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“To me, life in its totality is good. And when you understand life in its totality, only then can you celebrate; otherwise not. Celebration means: whatsoever happens is irrelevant – I celebrate. Celebration is not conditional on certain things: ‘When I am happy then I will celebrate,’ or, ‘When I am unhappy I will not celebrate.’ No. Celebration is unconditional; I celebrate life. It brings unhappiness – good, I celebrate it. It brings happiness – good, I celebrate it. Celebration is my attitude, unconditional to what life brings.” |
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Osho,
The Alchemy of Yoga, Talk #10 |
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The Happiness that Comes from Within |
"Human beings can be tremendously happy and tremendously unhappy – and they are free to choose. This freedom is hazardous, this freedom is very dangerous because you become responsible. And something has happened with this freedom, something has gone wrong. Man is somehow standing on his head." Osho |
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Everything Converges in Your Being |
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“Just sit under a tree. The breeze is blowing and the leaves of the tree are rustling. The wind touches you, it moves around you, it passes. But don’t allow it just to pass you; allow it to move within you and pass through you. Just close your eyes, and as it is passing through the tree and there is a rustling of the leaves, feel that you are also like a tree, open, and the wind is …” Osho |
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Do I Really Want to Be Alone? |
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In a world getting busier by the minute it can be very appealing to get away from it all, to find somewhere out of range of Wi-Fi, and perhaps even out of range of other people. So why is it that the bliss of such a place can wear off pretty quickly and we find ourselves calling friends and family to tell them what a great time we’re having? What is so scary about being alone? |
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