Question : Beloved Osho, Who was the master who discovered or invented the Latihan meditation technique? Would you like explain this meditation technique? Latihan is a unique method -- unique in the sense that it is the only method that has come out of this century, and unique also because it happened to a man who was not searching for truth, who was not a se...

[A sannyasin said that he was feeling much better since last darshan, when Osho had suggested he undertake much physical activity – running, walking, swimming, or whatever he enjoyed.] You have much energy and you had not been using it creatively. Whenever energy is not used creatively it becomes destructive, stagnant, and by and by a prison of solid rock is ...

Gurdjieff used to create situations in which he would force anger upon you, or hatred, or any other mood, and that was a created phenomenon. You would not be aware of what is going to happen. Gurdjieff is sitting with his disciples, and as you enter you are not aware of what is going to happen, but they are ready to create anger in you. They will behave in su...

Question 3 If one experiences kundalini -- the rising of energy up the spinal passage -- does not it deplete one's meditative energies to have orgasm? All the questions are basically without understanding of what the tantric sex act is. Ordinarily, it is so. If your energy, your kundalini, goes up, rises and rushes up towards the head, you cannot have an ordi...

Question : Osho, I am not always clear on the difference between leaking and overflowing. Could you give a few pointers please? Mind is always trying to confuse you — because in your confusion is the power of the mind. The more confused you are, the more you have to listen to the mind. If you attain clarity, then the very function of the mind is finished. Tha...

Osho on Psychic Binding during Shaktipat Question 2 Is there a Possibility of Psychic Binding between the Meditator and the medium in Shaktipat? Can it be detrimental to the Meditator or is it helpful for him? Ties that bind can never be useful, because ties are bad in themselves. The deeper the attachment, the worse it is. Psychic binding is a very bad thing...

Osho on Shaktipat or Energy Transmission Question 4: What is Shaktipat or Energy Transmission? And is it possible that someone Can transmit Divine Energy? No one can do shaktipat, no one can transmit energy; but someone can be a vehicle for such transmission. It is true that no one can do it. And if some body claims that he can do it, he is indulging in sheer...

Question 5 : Is there any relationship between understanding and energy? Santosh, yes. There is great relationship. In fact, to call it relationship is not right – because energy IS understanding. They are not two things. What kind of energy is understanding? When the energy is unoccupied, it becomes understanding. When energy is occupied, it remains ignoranc...

on Psychic & Spiritual Exploitation by Fake Gurus Question : Is Psychic Exploitation possible in the name of Shaktipat? How is it possible And how is the Meditator to guard against it? It is possible. Much spiritual exploitation is possible in the name of shaktipat. In fact, where there is a demand, a declaration, there is always exploitation. When a person d...

Deva means divine or godly, and kalyani means one who brings blessings. The full name will mean: one who brings divine blessings... and each of us has the power to become a blessing to the world. The same energy can become destructive and a curse. The energy is the same; whether it becomes destruction or creation depends on one’s choice. The energy in itself ...

Whenever in-breath and out-breath fuse, at this instant touch the energy-less, energy-filled center. We are divided into the center and the periphery. The body is the periphery; we know the body, we know the periphery. We know the circumference, but we do not know where the center is. When the out-breath fuses with the in-breath, when they become one, when yo...

Meditation means becoming absolutely silent, still, serene, as if nothing moves inside, everything stops — the mind, time. There comes a full stop to all movement. In that full stop, when the ordinary movement of the mind stops, you start moving into a now dimension. The ordinary movement of the mind is horizontal. When it stops, the energy cannot stop. Energ...