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Christopher Calder: RE:Reporting From New York City on Sw. Christ and others.
WWW: home.att.net/~meditation
Email: calderhome@yahoo.com
Date: Mar 8, 2006, 23:55
Christop Schnelle,

I don't think Osho intentionally tried to hurt his disciples. He was self-deluded because he did not understand what he was in fact. He only knew the myths he created about himself. Rajneesh was born with a brain perfectly suited for cosmic consciousness. Being Indian, he was exposed to all the myths of soul, reincarnation, great enlightened teachers, etc. He assumed he was the reincarnation of some great soul and invented stories of past lives and the occult to gain power. The occult is sexy and seductive and sells well. He rationalized his lying as a way to help people, in part because he assumed that he was so great that he could do no harm. Anything he touched, he thought, would turn to gold.

Unfortunately, this is a case of the 1960s slogan, "If it feels good do it." Osho-Rajneesh felt good lying so he did it, every day of his life. He loved to lie and manipulate people. That was his thing. Drugs feel good just like Osho's presence felt good. Does that mean you should act on any urge that you get in your head during a LSD trip? No. Life is more complicated than that, and just because Osho-Rajneesh was cosmically conscious does not mean that he was wise, honest, and truthful. His daily lying ended up hurting many people and giving meditation a bad name. Cosmic consciousness, while highly enjoyable, is not a cure-all for all that is wrong with the human mind/brain. The lost nation of Tibet is proof of that. Osho-Rajneesh had good intentions, but he did not understand his own neurology and the fact that his gift was DNA based, not soul based, because there is no soul. That is why the more you look into the phenomena of gurus, the more you will find hypocrisy, fraud, theft, lies, deceit.

Most gurus want money, power, willing disciples to have sex with, and some even want drugs. Osho-Rajneesh wanted and got all of that, and he rationalized it all in the name of spirituality, which does not exist because there is no soul/spirit. That is what J. Krishnamurti was trying to tell people when he called "spirituality" an ugly word. When J. Krishnamurti said "Do not think about soul and reincarnation," what he really was saying is that there is no soul and there is no reincarnation. J. Krishnamurti could not just come out and say the truth because Indian society would not listen to him if he just bluntly stated that the very basis of Hinduism was wrong. He had to be diplomatic and use subtle words to transfer his message. J. Krishnamurti realized late in life, as did Osho-Rajneesh, that it is all in the brain. Soul is a beautiful idea, but soul is not a fact. Soul is wonderful and hypnotic fiction. UG Krishnamurti finally broke the truth taboo and spilled the beans about the mystical business and all its lies. Mysticism is a fraud and that is why gurus turn bad, become drug addicts, liars, thieves, and sometimes even murderers. If the myths of great souls were true, history would not be so littered with scandals of gurus committing every crime in the book.

A sense of humor is great, but lying to people is no joke. If your disciples engage in germ warfare, an apology is the least you owe society. Osho-Rajneesh's ego was so big he could not even apologize for that. He hooked people on the losing the ego/enlightenment scam, all the while his ego was fully functional, because all of us need a central controlling force (ego) to survive. If you actually lost your ego you would physically die. Osho's teachings were wrong and a fraud from A to Z, but they were euphoric lies and most people are so unconscious and irresponsible they embrace euphoric lies over the difficult truth. That is why George Bush was re-elected by an oblivious flag waving American public, and that is why Osho's people still cling to his robes long after his lies and ethical crimes were exposed for all to see.

Christopher Calder
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