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For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind)

Apr 1977 Chuang Tzu Auditorium 30 talks

About this series · summary by Osho Live

"For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind)" is a transformative discourse series by Osho that delves into the profound journey of self-realization, challenging conventional wisdom and societal norms. Osho invites the listener to embark on an inner odyssey where the true price of admission is the willingness to let go of the conditioned mind. The discourse dismantles the illusions of the rational mind and encourages a leap into the unknown, where genuine freedom and enlightenment lie. At the heart of this series is Osho's radical idea of 'madness'—a state beyond the constraints of logical thought and societal conformity. He juxtaposes the so-called insanity of the enlightened against the mundane madness of everyday life bound by ego and fear. Through humor, paradox, and incisive clarity, Osho redefines madness as a gateway to authentic living, urging individuals to embrace the chaotic beauty of existence without resistance. Spanning themes of surrender, love, and the transcendence of duality, Osho's discourse is a call to adventure for those brave enough to abandon their mental shackles. It is an invitation to live with intensity and purpose, embracing the wondrous tapestry of life with an open heart and a liberated spirit.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #1 1 April 1977

    Prem kutera: rebalance reason with love — sannyas asks you to give up the reason-dominated mind (the price of admission) and lose yourself in the divine.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #2 2 April 1977

    Human beings are "love unborn" - seeds yearning to flower; discard useless questions, balance inner and outer, and let the ego's fragments re-integrate.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #3 3 April 1977

    Vulnerability and strength coexist: accept weakness as life's truth, cultivate openness and playful role-play in relationships to deepen love and meditation.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #4 4 April 1977

    Surrender to the god of love, not to one another; open authentically, transform passion into a cool, prayer-like union—what is true surrender?

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #5 5 April 1977

    Follow your energy outward rather than forcing inner meditation; embrace creative risk over secure repetition, and cherish homeless, centerless freedom as goal.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #6 6 April 1977

    Become an island: remain utterly alone within relationships like a lotus; drop identification, see life as Deva-gatha, meditate to reveal God's hand.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #7 7 April 1977

    Put aside personal problems to serve others; problems are self-made beliefs. Let go of fear, embrace sannyas, and love yourself to forgive parents and know God.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #8 8 April 1977

    Conditioning traps us as East or West; shedding cultural shells grants true freedom. It's natural to return West sometimes—use it to loosen attachment.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #9 9 April 1977

    Be rather than do: celebrate each moment, drop 'God knows' as an excuse, choose the highest truth of surrender to life's perfection, and live effortlessly.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #10 10 April 1977

    Move from head to heart to navel: cultivate feeling and love as the doorway to being and bliss; balance masculine–feminine energies (polarity massage helps).

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #11 11 April 1977

    De-materialisation is real: matter alternates with emptiness. Spiritual growth requires surrender, releasing control of energy, and cultivating conscious bliss through freedom.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #12 12 April 1977

    Beautiful relationships are fragile: pour positive energy but release negativity alone or in scheduled 'negative hours' so love survives. Practice it consciously.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #13 13 April 1977

    God rains life each moment; surrender the ego through discipline to be truly free and secure. Ecstasy is an experience; enlightenment is beyond the ego.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #14 14 April 1977

    A glimpse of God cannot be revisited; after a master's spark one must move forward to kindle one's own lamp and see love as absence of suffering.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #15 15 April 1977

    Divinity is already you — growth is awareness, not becoming: like finding a diamond in your pocket. Balance spontaneity and discipline, and let surrender grow.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #16 16 April 1977

    Shift from thinking to feeling—prem madhi: love-mind makes life whole. Lead from heart, not ego; are you ready to guide groups? Love and care for the body.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #17 17 April 1977

    Give freedom, accept what is, watch problems with alert awareness, use every responsibility as a path to growth, drop ego and allow love to possess you.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #18 18 April 1977

    Let children erupt then sit silent to restore balance; sadness is repressed anger—turn it outward and release; surrender personal negativity to belong.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #19 19 April 1977

    Consciousness must flow like a river: give freely, love as an ever-renewing garland, use meditation, understand seven-year cycles to dissolve fear of death.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #20 20 April 1977

    Victory lies in union with the whole: life blooms through cooperation, love and regular meditation. Trust your heart, cultivate interest, and choose love.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #21 21 April 1977

    Sannyasin feels lost and trapped; energy is flowing but greed for fast change risks breakdown—accept slow, content growth; a master guides the process.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #22 22 April 1977

    Love is the path to the divine; marriage often kills love by sacrificing freedom — be truthful, courageous, and commit to love itself for happiness.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #23 23 April 1977

    Divine is near: drop ego-effort and move from root-work to flower-play; invite grace by relaxed being, say yes to love, be real and drop rejection.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #24 24 April 1977

    Existence is an eternal song: tune to its mantra through sound, music, love and surrender; love dissolves ego, fear and ecstasy together mark real growth.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #25 25 April 1977

    Trust (shraddhan) means dropping the armour and living vulnerably with existence; creativity and surrender, not fear or clinging, open the path to truth.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #26 26 April 1977

    Finish your psychology degree as a useful foundation; don't dissect inner experiences with the mind, let meditation and love unfold with understanding and trust

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #27 27 April 1977

    Projection of childhood fear makes disciples see anger in the master; healing requires crying, love, intimacy and surrender—becoming small frees true being.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #28 28 April 1977

    Bliss is the inner diamond; catharsis clears the container but only mysticism/Tantra can fill it—action analysis helps, but is catharsis alone enough?

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #29 29 April 1977

    Return to childlike innocence through sannyas, abandon society’s masks, stake all on trust, and live prayerfully—seeing every step as encountering the divine.

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    For Madmen Only (Price of Admission: Your Mind) #30 30 April 1977

    Do Kundalini mornings and a five-minute nightly 'death' meditation to drop body-mind, glimpse a blue third-eye awareness, and welcome death as the divine door.

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