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By chance Veena came across an intriguing website where Osho’s references in his
discourses to China – people and places – have been mapped. ‘Dao Sites in China’ shows beautiful photos of the
Hangu Pass near Lingbao, Henan Province.
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Continuing the Chinese theme we thought you might like to look at Alok’s beautiful, beautiful website featuring his paintings
and calligraphy: www.zencalligraphy.com. Be transported!
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Warwick is now also on the OSHOinUK map of places to meditate. Surmayi is offering regular Osho Active Meditations on
Friday mornings (11-12) but she is open to suggestions regarding other meeting times.
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Rakendra, the one from the Osho Humaniversity AUM writes: "I would like to invite you to the
Puravida Mega Aum we are having in Brighton on Sat 7th June.
We haven’t had one in quite a while and this one even has a PARTY!"
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Also, you might have noticed that the AUM meditation is now available throughout the South of the UK (Exeter, Glastonbury, Isle of Wight and Brighton). Please
check out our "events page" to see dates and locations.
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Are you ready for the second instalment of the serialisation of A Seam for the Master?
It tells the story of how Veena came to design and sow the outfits for Osho’s photo sessions and how she found a clever solution for
his ‘pre-secured’ sleeping garment.
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Changes at Croydon Hall: New housekeepers Dity, Nilaya and Anju. The office is now run by Leela (formerly from
Osho Leela) and by Anada who is also working as a web designer. Last but not least: IT wizard and cook Alesh.
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In July we will celebrate Croydon Hall’s Tenth Anniversary during their traditional ‘Summer
Festival’. It came to mind that it is good to remember that the origin of this celebration
is based on the Hindu tradition of visiting one’s Master on the day of the full moon to show our respect and devotion.
More....
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Amitabh’s Birthday: On Wednesday, 7th May, Amitabh turned 60! He invited many friends to a big party – dinner and
dancing – at Croydon Hall to celebrate. A great time was had by all! (Click on thumbnail to see who helped cut the cake...)
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The Tiny Meditation: An Ocean of Love
Sitting alone in your room, be loving. Radiate love. Fill the whole
room with your love energy, as if you are in an ocean of love.
Create vibrations of love energy around you. And you will start
feeling immediately that something is happening, something in your
aura is changing, something around your body is changing. A warmth is
arising around your body... a warmth like deep orgasm.
You are becoming more alive. Something like sleep is disappearing.
Something like awareness is arising.
Osho – quote thanks to
mySamasati, the daily Osho quote
Cooperate with the conscious
The state of unconsciousness is like the roots of a tree. The roots of the tree remain underground, you don't see them. That's how our unconsciousness
is: underground, we don't see it but it affects everything.
It affects the branches, the leaves, the flowers. Our roots are hidden but they are very important: they are the most important part of the tree. And
unless one understands one's roots one cannot have a real experience of one's total being.
The branches of the tree are like our so-called consciousness; it is very fragile, a very thin layer, and it can be destroyed easily by any accident.
Just a small accident and it collapses. Somebody insults you and you are no more conscious; somebody says something and you forget all about meditation,
your awareness. You are mad! You can do anything in that state of madness.
So just a thin layer of consciousness surrounds our unconscious. It is enough for our day-to-day routine work: going to the office, working on a
typewriter, driving a car, talking to the husband or wife – the same clichés that you have said so many times.
And you will be repeating them without any consciousness. But this is what we think is consciousness: it is so-so, just lukewarm, not enough for any
great flight to the unknown, to the ultimate.
One has to use this small fragment of awareness as a seed and one has to start growing it, nourishing it, helping it in every way, cooperating with it.
Cooperate with it more and more, with the small part of your being which is conscious. And cooperate less and less with the bigger part of your being
which is unconscious. Always choose the conscious, avoid the unconscious. Whichever makes you unconscious is wrong and whichever helps you to become
conscious is right.
And slowly slowly, if you cooperate it grows and as you stop cooperating with the unconscious it becomes shrunken.
The territory of the conscious becomes bigger and bigger and bigger and the unconscious goes on shrinking, disappearing. Finally the whole unconscious
territory is claimed by the consciousness. That is the moment you start growing flowers: for the first time your tree flowers.
Excerpt from Osho, A Must for Morning Contemplation, p.274
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