The Light of Higher Consciousness – Osho
Dharana, concentration, is confining the mind to the object being mediated upon. Dhyan, contemplation, is the uninterrupted flow of the mind to the object. Samadhi is when the mind becomes one with the...
View ArticleThe Inside of the Inside – Osho
Samyama is to be employed in stages. These three — dharana, dhyan, and samadhi — are internal compared to the five that preceded them. But the three are external compared to seedless samadhi. Nirodh...
View ArticlePiling Up the Zeros of Being – Osho
Samadhi parinam, the inner transformation, is the gradual settling of distractions and the simultaneous rising of one-pointedness. Ekagrata parinam, one-pointed transformation, is the condition of the...
View ArticleThe Meeting of Sun and Moon – Osho
By performing samyama on the light under the crown of the head comes the ability to contact all perfected beings. Through pratibha, intuition, knowledge of everything. Performing samyama on the heart...
View ArticleBeyond the Error of Experiencing – Osho
Experience is the result of the inability to differentiate between purusha, pure consciousness, and sattva, pure intelligence, although they are absolutely distinct. Performing samyama on the...
View ArticleInstantaneous Cognition – Osho
Performing samyama on their power of cognition, real nature, egoism, all-pervasiveness, and functions brings mastery over the sense organs. From this follows instantaneous cognition without the use of...
View ArticleAbsolute Aloneness – Osho
Liberation is obtained when there is equality of purity between the purusha and sattva. The Chhandogya Upanishad has a beautiful story. Let us begin with it. Satyakam asked his mother, Jabala, “Mother,...
View ArticleThe Witness is Self-Illuminating – Osho
The modifications of the mind are always known by its lord, due to the constancy of the purusa, pure consciousness. The mind is not self-illuminating, because it is itself perceptible. It is impossible...
View ArticleKaivalya – Osho
When one has seen this distinction, there is a cessation of desire for dwelling in the atma, the self. Then the mind is inclined toward discrimination and gravitates toward liberation. In breaks of...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Samadhi – Osho
Samprajnata samadhi is the samadhi that is accompanied by reasoning, reflection, bliss and a sense of pure being. In asamprajnata samadhi there is a cessation of all mental activity, and the mind only...
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