“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” ~Steve Jobs In 2017, I stood at a crossroads. Armed with a law degree but burdened by uncertainty, I faced a future that felt both daunting and …...Read More

By Francis Shaw, author of The Blessing Book “The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” A little gift from the heavens is how tradition has explained blessings, which makes the words above, penned by the atheist philosopher, Eric Hoffer, an invitation to look …...Read More

A short story by Madhuri The old lady sat in the big chair in the corner with Elvis in her lap. She was nearly blind, but her voice was still strong and clear, and she seemed to have a sixth sense about what was going on in the house. Elvis …...Read More

A new, yet unpublished poem by Prartho Sereno We’d sung it, merrily, as we row-row-rowed across childhood, but today my brother looks at me askance. I’m fresh from India—in kurta and dupatta the colors of marigold, a rosewood mala, redolent of the faraway. Feathers and crows’ caws in my hair. …...Read More

A story by Christo As the hot summer sun began its languorous descent, thick-leafed shadows flickered through narrow pathways and over bamboo-thatched rooftops. The bass chorus of awakening bullfrogs was joined, as if on cue, by chattering flocks of roosting parrots. From somewhere nearby came the rhythmic tinkle of tiny …...Read More

Osho, You say you are trying to deprogram the whole world. Specifically, what do you recommend for America? “The process of deprogramming is the same; whom you are deprogramming does not matter. “He may be American, he may be German, he may be Hindu. “It is just like cleaning the …...Read More

Ageh Bharti hears a story from Ma Dharm Jyoti, about Ma Bhagwati from Mumbai When Osho lived in Woodland, Mumbai, there was around him a group of young sannyasin women, including Ma Bhagwati and Ma Dharm Jyoti. Ma Bhagwati was very active, yet serene, and, as I noticed, very helpful …...Read More

A review by Nityaprem of Sarito Carroll’s memoir In the Shadow of Enlightenment by Sarito Carroll – saritocarroll.com Heroine Publishing LLC (13 November 2024) Kindle and paperback, 314 pages ISBN-13: 979-8991686617 ASIN: B0DM2LN2ZR Links to buy from: saritocarroll.com/buy In the Shadow of Enlightenment both is and is not an easy …...Read More

“Take a little time to be amazed by something you won’t enjoy unless you consciously choose to focus on it. See the things you can’t see when you’re rushing. Hear the things you can’t hear when you’re stressing. Get so caught up in your senses that everything else seems to …...Read More

While Ailon introduces his School of Playfulness, he says that if he hadn’t had access to the psychic muscle of laughter, he wouldn’t have been able “to ride out the waves, nor come up with the creative ideas that have arisen.” Seriousness is simply sickness of the soul, and only …...Read More