The Traditional Osho Meditation
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was born in 1931 and died in 1990 and changed his name to Osho toward the end of his life. He never subscribed to any religion during his life although he had a following that believed he was ‘one with God’ at all times.
Osho meditation begins with strenuous physical exercise and then ends with rest and peaceful celebration. These different types of meditations were developed to help lower ones personal inhabitations, help overcome repressions, develop a state of emptiness and attain enlightenment. The goal was to have the person have no past, no future, no ego, no mind, no attachments and no self.
Osho has 112 Tantra meditations; each beginning with a specific music produced by Osho himself and one begins with a physical dance or movement of some sort followed by a brief period of silence. According to Osho, meditation is a long journey and one cannot reach it merely by silence alone. Some of the meditations are therapies, however therapy is not the answer to someone’s problems, it is merely a tool in a line of methods to help a person to cope and become a better person, not the single answer.
Before 1985 the followers of Osho wore red robes and beaded necklaces with exactly 108 beads on them to represent the various disciplines and a photograph of their beloved leader, Osho. Osho taught that God was in everyone and everything, even his parents became cult-followers of his. Osho also believed in Jesus Christ, that he found enlightenment and survived the crucifixion and moved to India where he died at the age of 112.
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