Never Born - Never Died
Only Visited this Planet Earth between
December 11, 1931 - January 19, 1990

The Master functions like a catalytic agent - his presence helps. It is like the sun rising in the morning, and the birds start singing. They are awake, flying around, enjoying the new day, welcoming the new day with songs. The sun has not done anything directly to them, but something has happened: a milieu has been created by the sun in which the birds are feeling fresh, young, alive. The flowers start opening. The sun is not coming to each flower and forcing it to open - not in that direct way, but its rays are dancing around the flower. It is giving warmth to the flower, it is encouraging the flower, but in a very delicate way. Flowers have to be tackled in a delicate way; if you force their petals to open you will destroy them. You may be able to open them, but in the very opening you will have killed them; they will not be alive. The sun simply creates a climate in which they can open, in which they feel like opening. An inner feel arises in them; some inner instinct synchronizes with the warmth of the sun. And the flowers open and they start exuding their fragrance. Exactly so is the work of the Master. He cannot hand you over what he knows, but he can create a certain energy field in which your petals can open up, in which your seeds can be encouraged, in which you can gather courage enough to take the jump, in which a quantum leap becomes possible.
Hence, enlightenment is not a direct work of the Master. It happens through him, through his grace but not by him.

Osho

Osho wurde am 11. Dezember 1931 in Indien geboren. Am 21. März 1953 realisierte er seine Erleuchtung. Bevor er als spiritueller Meister hervortrat, war er Philosophieprofessor an der Universität von Jabalpur. Seit den sechziger Jahren entwickelte und lehrte er spezielle Meditationstechniken, die insbesondere westliche Sucher in zunehmendem Maße zu ihm führten. 1974 gründete er in Pune/Indien ein Zentrum für Meditation und Selbsterfahrung. Von 1981 bis 1987 lehrte er in Oregon, USA. Er starb 1990. Die Londoner Sunday Times zählt Osho zu den "1000 Gestaltern des 20. Jahrhunderts", und der indische Sunday Mid-Day reihte ihn unter die zehn Menschen, die das Schicksal Indiens in neue Bahnen gelenkt haben - zusammen mit Gandhi, Nehru und Buddha.

Osho auf Wikipedia