Dr. John Andrews
Part 1 OSHO Evening Meeting: An introduction
OK. Hello all
To begin with, we only go through
the background of the
‘Evening Meeting’. That gives you
a good idea of how it was developed,
why it is so valuable and
in which context that took place.
The story begins with Osho, who gets up
from his chair at the end of a talk.
gets in his car, and then explains
the one who sat with him in the car, that he
had a strange sense of disruption
his center, and that he is no longer
talks.
So that was real for everyone
shocking, because after all he was the
pivot that everything revolved around.
But you never knew for sure with Osho.
Do not speak anymore? This week? This month?
Forever?
So everyone fell into a void.
And Osho does like everyone else
is in such a void and this was a whole
successful emptiness.
Because … Some of you are new to Osho?
Unlike what people do you
say, you are very lucky. And I will
explain why.
And we’re talking about something good here.
So at that time the only Osho was the one we knew,
the Osho who speaks.
And when he says, “I am coming
no longer outside, “
That was a hole in everyone’s life.
But, everyone knows what Osho means
if it concerns himself?
Does anyone know what it means?
So you can still have fun if you are people
-visibly walking around here for a long time-
appeals and says: “I hear you
often use the word ‘Osho’ …
And I was wondering
what it means like it
is about him? “
And then see people becoming uncomfortable
because at least you pick out,
is what the word means.
So, you notice that everyone has something like: Ehh..osh..osh … oshoey …? Something like that, right?
And then you make it even more embarrassing
say: “I have heard that he
only one thing has said about it. “
Even more uncomfortable.
Everyone hoping then …. oshi … oshio …
something like that, right?
And it is an interesting story, because actually
Osho did not want a name and he only got it
accepted when everyone insisted.
And then, at a certain moment,
after he always changed his name and
everyone was completely confused,
then the publication department already had
printed tens of thousands of books
with the wrong name on it.
So we were busy all night
stick with stickers; English in English books,
Hindi books in Hindi … with a short one
explanation, a message from Osho,
namely: “The name comes from
William James ” oceanic ” – what most
people still remember.
Yet?
And then he says: “Comes from William James’ ‘oceanic’,
what -The experience- describes. “
And the message goes on: “But what about
the experience?
For this we use the word ‘osho’. “
So that was the only thing
what Osho ever explained about it.
directly, about the meaning of Osho in
its context, not as the sound in the
Dynamics or anytime. Just as a name.
Yet?
He did not want that, as I said.
So what you can understand from this is that
we only knew the state of Osho
as he showed up.
He defines ‘Osho’ as: The experience, the viewer, the witness.
What he’s talking about the other evening.
So actually it is for you
very simple.
You want to get close to Osho,
show your love, show your dedication
to Osho … Hóe.
Simple, the viewer, the witness.
It has nothing to do with things
outside of us.
But we, we had
that does not benefit. We did not know anything about it
about.
So for us, ‘Osho’ was sort of like that
outside of us.
That game
you do not have to play.
There is nothing
out there.
Osho devoted all his time to explaining
that the search is within. And now you see
that the circle is round again
So it is very important
that you understand that.
So all those people
who sees you making rugby tackles in Chuang-tzu,
go the wrong can.
The direction is this way …. not that way
which makes your life very easy,
easy, direct and clear.
Not stuffed with all the other stuff
what we are saddled with.
So, Osho does not speak anymore, he is kind
sick and nobody knew exactly what was going on
was going on. All his teeth were
pulled from one side of his teeth.
Then it was clear that he would no longer speak.
What would happen?
And then..
there was that long void and there followed
an announcement that there is a new one
evening meditation would come.
The first
message said: “All … we will each
dressed in a white robe “
And then it was: “White robes? What is
this?”
And it was called:
The ‘Evening Meeting of the White Robe
Brotherhood ‘!
So I thought, is the Ku Klux Klan coming?
What kind of joke does Osho get now
back out?
Then he says, I will come and we will
start with a celebration.
I will sit in the chair and we will
hear three pieces of Indian music,
three drum strokes – as now.
And then, he says,
I will leave and you will go to
watch a video.
Everyone went from: “Watch a video? No, no!”
I came here
to be with you. Not to look at
a video…
In any case, I was in the video.
So the first evening, after Osho leaves
the half-room leaves.
So from the day after that begins
a series of rather urgent messages.
The first is: “From each of you
leaving earlier, Zareen – a great lady-
record your name at the exit
and you will never again
To be admitted”.
So it was not: “Try Nadabrahma and see what you think …”
This was: “You have to be there”.
That was the message that you were
always heard.
Osho wanted to impress everyone on the importance
of this process.
The message was
that it was the highlight of the day,
whether you were in the Multiversity,
or meditating in the auditorium,
or Work in Meditation did, this was the climax
of the day. The highlight of
day.
And of course there are only three
things that are always exclusive to it
program: One is Dynamic,
one is Kundalini and the other is the Evening
Meeting.
And during the Evening Meeting
further everything is closed, to
emphasize that this is the most important
moment of the day. That was repeated
in various messages from Osho.
And when we got a message – At that time
it was Osho’s idea for it at 7 o’clock
local time, worldwide –
We could not yet stream, as now,
but we got a message
Amsterdam, that was: “Is 6:30 good too?”
Just check, it will be good. Seven
hours!
Just through you
social life, understood?
Good.
So this was, as we actually only heard Osho
say, this must be at the top
your laundry list.
You know, you’ve run
fiddling around, and just sitting meditation
but you really do not really apply it
on your own.
It’s about time.
That was the content of all messages
He then stepped into the car and said, “Where was that-and-that?”
No idea?
And then he asked at 4 o’clock
in the morning for a Coke and said: “Have you checked
where was that? “
It was not about those-and-that, but of course about us
Stupid heads to penetrate the importance.
And then we got
messages from the proverbial ‘Swami Cleverhead’
of the Multiversity
writes: “You know, I listened
all your audio recordings and
I have read all your books ….
But of course this is not about me … “
So then the bat reappears.
What do you think are these?
Detective novels?
Who picks you up and throws you away again?
Every time you go, you become understanding
deeper and deeper.
“Yes, but you know … I have this video
seen already”
There are many, many layers
So that was the tenor at the time.
and very interesting, many years later
We discovered that Osho already spoke years earlier
about how people like him,
maybe everyone, but people like him,
to feel a strange disruption
in their center, just as long as
the period that they spent in the womb.
before they get their bodies
leave.
Aha, so you can count on …
Nine months and nine days after
he left the auditorium
his car stepped and said:
“I will never speak again.”
Osho is no longer there.
Then you look back and realize
those “nine months” – you see that now
in a completely different light, especially
that importance of understanding
the Evening Meeting
And especially then
you realize that everything about this
campus … how it is organized,
everything was changed throughout
that period and then you think: “Aha,
Logically, now I understand. “
And what was special,
there was a meeting in the Buddha Grove where
Osho ‘list’ for the new one
campus was listed.
And you can hear the recordings, that people
laughed, did not really believed in it
the arrival of a huge one
swimming pool, jacuzzi and sauna
and a gym, a restaurant and café, and
a disco and a new meditation hall.
It was shocking for everyone!
In addition, you can also do some
to perceive resistance in the course of events,
because we are not so good at change.
Yet?
And this was a huge change!
Do you ever hear the term ‘ashram’ here?
Do you ever hear the word ‘ashram’? Yes.
The word ‘ashram’?
That is interesting…
Come and join the Slow Learners
Club, because it was exactly in this time,
just think about how long ago that Osho
explains: “This is not an ashram.”
We are no longer an ashram, we are not
commune and all the energy out there
comes with.
And he talked about a holiday resort, the energy of a resort,
a resort atmosphere …
We would go for that.
He was pretty good
Clearly, that this new place
the energy would have Zorba the Buddha.
Why do people like an ashram?
And how do you keep hanging like that?
You would think … 25 years. That is
long enough to hear only one simple request
from Osho and yet … are we listening?
No. Why?
Because our conditioning
is always of … there is something
special with spiritual ..
Spiritual is always better than material …
“Spiritual” …. that is ‘the’
Yet?
And ashram is spiritual. That’s why we love ashram.
Yet?
And the idea of separating into it
Spiritually and materially, Osho thinks ridiculous.
How can you cut the existence in two?
For him … the only holy thing, if there is any,
is at least ‘whole’.
Ask yourself, if you’re pooping in the morning,
is that spiritual or non-spiritual?
How can you answer that question?
Maybe Kabir would say: if you
in now, it will be a spiritual turd, but come on …
It is such a madness for Osho.
And for others who do a ‘resort’,
it does not really mean spiritually.
Kind of touristy … bit commercial.
You see? It is all conditioning
what you see.
Osho wants to combine both spiritually and materially
as Zorba and Buddha. And rubs it nicely
because if you have to choose,
between Zorba and Buddha,
then choose Zorba. Because Zorba is always possible
still become Buddha.
Buddha will never become Zorba.
No way out, but together.
And that goes against you
conditioning.
It is difficult to accept and
you still see some people struggling with it
even after years.
Simple request … it is like picking …
Change?
A meditation resort?
Hmm! Uncomfortable.
As always, Osho knows exactly where our conditioning is
crashes and goes exactly to that point.
So it is important to understand that
Look at the Evening Meeting
It is not spiritual and holy
and full of meditation and serious.
It is exactly this quality.
Every meditation is that. The
This whole place is that.
And it is an integral, absolutely revolutionary
part of his message.
It is therefore important to understand that.
So nine months later,
nine months and nine days had passed,
and personally I had no idea.
I really did not understand what that meant
Evening Meeting was.
It was kind of religious
something spiritual? A TEDtalk?
I was wondering whether
it was a super lecture by a professor.
You know, I was real
from .. how? What…?
Then I started a research project,
because I wanted to understand it.
I looked for every possible starting point
from Osho speaks about Osho speaks ..
What is the point?
What is it about?
What is actually happening there?
And there are many, many references.
And I advise you to do exactly the same. Go to osho.com/library
and enter: “listen * space
“me” and you can start with that
or hundreds of references.
And can you dig into where this is
all about.
I will give you this evening
a few previews of that.
I did a session a few years ago
with someone and, as I normally did,
I asked him: So the Evening Meeting went well,
everything OK?
And I had the idea that there was no light
went on. He responded
not at all.
So I said, “I did some research for myself,
to see what Osho explains.
and I want to share that with you,
if you want to. “He said,” Fine. “
So I did.
A week later he came back …
This man had been involved for a long time
Osho’s work, for about 40 years. A long time.
Then he comes back a week later
and says, “You know, I meditated for the first time,
three days ago?
So beware, it’s easy to get the hang of it
to miss
Continues in Part 2 …
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