“One of the greatest awakenings comes when you realize that not everybody changes. Some people never change. And that’s their journey. It’s not yours to try to fix for them.” ~Unknown In the journey of life, we often encounter pivotal moments that force us to confront harsh truths about ourselves …...Read More

On the first day, with much sadness, he packed his belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases. On the second day, he had the movers come and collect his things. On the third day, he sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining-room table, by candle-light. He put on …...Read More

Pankaja Brooke’s latest video Watch on Vimeo Just before I went to India last January, I’d seen a series on BBC2 called Streets of Gold: Mumbai, about the vibrant energy of growth and how so many Indians were revelling in the wealth and success of this exciting city! I thought, …...Read More

The excerpt below is reprinted with permission and from Scavenger Hunt, by Michael Raz. The scene is Central Park in New York City. It is the early summer (late June) of 2023. It is noon on a Saturday. Ten people congregate on the Great Lawn for a scavenger hunt. They …...Read More

“Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” ~Elizabeth Gilbert Let’s begin with a simple fact: life is inherently messy. Despite our best efforts to organize, control, and perfect, life has a way of surprising us and tossing our neatly folded plans into disarray. I used to think that if I …...Read More

The Indian Express on July 14, 2024: “The self-appointed owners of Osho’s Intellectual Property Rights – in Zurich – have not allowed Osho’s teachings to spread in India and outside India.” The Osho “rebel” group has alleged that over 200 pages related to their spiritual guru on Facebook have been …...Read More

In Part 15 of Shanti’s series: Friedrich Nietzsche, Rabindranath Tagore, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Ruth St. Denis, Dalai Lama Ruth St. Denis dancer and choreographer “I see myself standing on a hill behind our old farm house in New Yersey, lifting my arms in an unconscious gesture of oneness towards the …...Read More

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” ~Oscar Wilde “Choose me!” I heard the voice clearly as I sat across from my therapist one day in her office. It was my fourth visit, and we were working through this feeling I had, like I was crying on …...Read More

“The deepest core of being is non-being. The foundation of isness is nothingness. And when I say nothingness I don’t mean nothingness – I only mean no-thingness.” On the utility of not-being: Thirty spokes unite around the nave; From their not-being (loss of their individuality) Arises the utility of the …...Read More

Face to face with emptiness As an enlightened being, Osho defies all categories, being a mere absence, or, in other words a total presence. His trade as a spiritual master is exactly that: ultimately selling nothing but nothingness. The method of meditation is a long-term project, coming to fruition and …...Read More