Lost on a hike

A rabbi, a Hindu priest and a politician are old friends. They go for a hike and they get lost. They are worried they will have to sleep in the cold, maybe freeze. But thank God they see a farm on a hill. They rush to get there before it …...Read More

Free Your Inner Artist

Ailon’s discovery of his creativity in a painting group in Pune. Now a facilitator himself, his next workshop will be at Osho Leela UK, 11-14 July 2024 Do we all have an artist within ourselves? Perhaps I’m blinded by the speed with which my own appeared, but I am tempted …...Read More

5 Hidden Fears That May Be Secretly Sabotaging Your Life

“Sometimes what you’re most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free.” ~Robert Tew I like to say I don’t regret much in life, because I know I’ve always done the best I could and have learned from every experience. But I’d be lying if I …...Read More

Embracing Aging: I Want to Be Shiny from the Inside

“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt Yesterday my son called me from college and asked about my day. I told him about my morning, which entailed celebrating my friend’s birthday with her daughter. My friend passed away almost two …...Read More

Osho Viha moving to San Diego

A letter (with good news!) from Dhanyam & Avinasho Dear Friends, After 38 years of running Viha, Avinasho and I have decided to retire. After all, I turned 90 last August, and Avinasho just hit 75. But no worries, please: Osho Viha will continue, and that includes the Viha Connection. …...Read More

Art Exhibition: Playground

Avinasho opens her very first art exhibition, running from 2 to 30 May 2024, at the Freie Galerie Munich, Germany Freie Galerie München im Forum Schwanthalerhöhe, ground floor, Theresienhöhe 5, 80339 München (U5 Schwanthalerhöhe / S-Bahn Hackerbrücke) Opening times: Thursdays and Fridays: 3-7pm (15:00-19:00 h); Saturdays: 12noon-4pm (12:00-16:00 h). The …...Read More

From Anger to Forgiveness to Peace

By Noelle Sterne Too often we hold onto hurts, slights, annoyances, insults, betrayals, wrongs, resentments, and outright anger for months, years, and decades. Before we blink, it’s our lifetime. You know the stories: Brothers estranged for twenty-five years over an argument they can’t remember, mother and daughter who exchange only …...Read More

The Tremendous Pain and Beauty of Letting Things Die

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” ~Joseph Campbell My husband Jake and I sit in anguish on our beautiful new linen couch, inches away from each other, yet worlds apart. Hours of arguing have left us at another impasse, the stalemate now a decade long. …...Read More

Spiced sweet potato chips in coconut oil

A recipe from Maria-Carin’s cookbook, Lick Your Plate! It includes a recipe for a Tomato Harissa Salsa to go with the chippies If I would have known about the fact that one can make chippies out of sweet potatoes earlier in life, things would have been different. As a matter …...Read More

6 Reasons We Ignore Our Needs and How to Stop

“If you feel that you are missing out on fulfillment and happiness, but cannot put your finger on why, perhaps there is something deeper going on. Believe it or not, anyone can develop an unconscious habit of self-deprivation. Usually, this habit begins in childhood.” ~Mike Bundrant For all my adolescence …...Read More