The Lunatic Meditation

The Lunatic Meditation is a lunar, ecstatic method of surrender attributed to Osho’s playful, transformative approach. Practiced under the open sky in the days just before the full moon, it invites you to give yourself over to the moon’s pull and let the body move as if possessed by a larger rhythm. You do not direct the experience; you become an instrument, and movement, voice, and feeling arise on their own.

Across the three nights leading into fullness, you gaze at the moon, relax, and declare your availability to it. Then you allow whatever happens—swaying, dancing, singing—to happen by itself. As the moon waxes, the sense of energy and "being played upon" naturally intensifies. The meditation’s core insight is simple and radical: you are not the doer; when you release control, life moves through you with innocence, power, and joy.