Recently, someone sent me a question: How does meditation reduce anxiety and increase concentration. Here’s my answer based on my own experience. The state of anxiety affects your centering, and when you lose the centering, you cannot focus on any work that you are supposed to do. In such a space, you are not able to remain […]
Author Archives: Chaitanya Keerti
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May
May
Recently someone who was having a certain difficulty in meditation sent me a question and wanted some help: “What forms of meditation are as effective as Zen in helping one become mindful? I have mild cerebral palsy and sitting still, relaxing and focusing on my breath is hard. The thought of sitting down to relax […]
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May
May
This beautiful neo-sannyas was conceived by Osho on 28th September 1970, when he was talking on “Krishna The Man and His Philosophy” during a meditation retreat in Manali.
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May
May
A friend has written to me: What is your advice on becoming a meditation teacher/practitioner? These days, it is a common question many people ask because they think that meditation has a big market. It has become a flourishing business in India and all over the world. And the people who meditate themselves rarely, are teaching […]
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May
May
Picture courtesy Osho Nisarga, Dharamshala Swami Chaitanya Keerti Last month, I facilitated the Neo Zen retreat at Osho Nisarga in Dharamshala. On the last day of the retreat, a sincere seeker, Tomas Andrade from New Zealand took sannyas initiation and as he had asked for a new name, he was given the name: Swami Dhyan […]
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May
May
“I’m one of those people who just want to make everybody’s day. I love humanity! Each man’s joy is joy to me! ” says Martha Beck on Oprah.com Yes, most of us think in this way that we can make everybody around us happy, also we can make the whole humanity happy. This kind of thinking […]
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May
May
You must have heard about the beautiful Sufi legend of Majnu and Laila. It is not an ordinary love story. The word Majnu means mad, mad for god. And Laila is the symbol of god. Sufis think of god as the beloved; Laila means the beloved. Everybody is a Majnu,
09
May
May
Recently a friend, a sincere seeker, sent me a query on Quora: What is the difference of involvement, participation, and witnessing in relation to meditation? What is the difference between totality and concentration? This is certainly a genuine question of all the seekers on the path. My response is based on my experience and my understanding: […]
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May
May
in another discourse, Osho says: The death of an enlightened being like J. Krishnamurti is nothing to be sad about, it is something to be celebrated with songs and dances. It is a moment of rejoicing. His death is not a death. He knows his immortality. His death is only the death of the body. But J. Krishnamurti will go on living in the universal consciousness, forever and forever.
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May
May
“The child loved to dance. She didn’t respond to any therapy or treatment that her parents had arranged for her, but whenever she would see dance shows and/or hear upbeat music, she would dance,”