Get Out of Your Own Way - Discourses Series by Osho

About this series · summary by Osho Live

"Get Out of Your Own Way" is a transformative series where Osho invites seekers to explore the clutter of self-imposed barriers that hinder authentic living. At the heart of these discourses is the idea that our perceived limitations are often illusions created by our conditioned mind. Osho eloquently guides his audience to recognize and dismantle these constructs, encouraging a journey inward where true freedom resides. Emphasizing the power of awareness, he argues that by stepping aside from ego-driven narratives, individuals allow life to unfold naturally, with spontaneity and serenity. Osho delves into the concept of 'ego' as the central obstacle to self-discovery, illustrating how societal conditioning fosters an illusionary self that obscures our true essence. His teachings reflect a profound understanding that liberation comes not from changing the world, but from shifting one's own consciousness. Through humor and wisdom, Osho challenges listeners to embrace uncertainty, cultivate mindfulness, and ultimately live with authenticity and grace. This series is a call to transcend habitual patterns and evolve beyond the confines of self-inflicted boundaries, leading to a life of profound joy and fulfillment.

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Get Out of Your Own Way #1 7 April 1976
Visual media and group togetherness can awaken collective, creative consciousness; drop drugs and secrets, cultivate non-dreaming meditation and musical unity.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #2 8 April 1976
Respectful hesitation and loving touch, not mere knowledge; human mystery is ultimately unknowable, so healers must treat bodies as temples and balance yin-yang.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #3 9 April 1976
A father challenged to become both father and mother: transform duty into love, reconcile inner masculine and feminine through caregiving and meditation.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #4 10 April 1976
Drop the mind’s dramas, stop fighting the crowd and control, trust the unknown; let the teacher become your blood—silent flow replaces excitement and fear.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #5 11 April 1976
Discipline must be empty of repression: combine catharsis and Yoga, drop resistance in love and prayer, come close to the master to awaken and be weightless.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #6 12 April 1976
Confront recurring nightmares by deliberately recreating them to exhaust their energy; remember 'This too will pass'—most problems fade with time.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #7 13 April 1976
Be selfish: find wholeness alone so relationships can enrich rather than enslave you; have courage to leave any triangle or misery and ground yourself.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #8 14 April 1976
Relationships mirror your inner states: take responsibility for anger or unhappiness, turn toward inner happiness, and use love as growth's sustaining ground.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #9 15 April 1976
Balance disciplined yoga with cleansing groups and open awareness: love and meditation must both flow; heal mother-wound to free love energy.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #10 17 April 1976
You cannot lose what is attained; fear is of growth and change. Keep meditating and join groups so silence and love mature together — let change free you.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #11 18 April 1976
Synthesize meditation and love: build an inner silent home that renews you, then face relationships fearlessly, accept death, and avoid clinging.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #12 19 April 1976
Accept your nature, including sexuality; surrender to life, use 'mad' methods and groups to free mind/body patterns, and balance aloneness with togetherness.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #13 20 April 1976
Life is a drama of bliss—be blissful now; courageously face your inner darkness as kundalini rises through chakras, transforming fear into growth.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #14 21 April 1976
Devote to music as meditation: surrender so player disappears, inner chakras sing; let experiences root in life; don't force change, understand and implement.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #15 22 April 1976
Love must lead knowledge; daily meditation cleans the past and fosters spontaneity; surrender opens relationship and dissolves the question 'why am I here'.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #16 23 April 1976
Healing happens when the healer stops doing; allow inner dialogue—talk it out freely to finish it; live by floating into insecurity and simply watch thoughts.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #17 24 April 1976
Follow your inner feeling, not society's rules or reactive opposites; be willing to stand alone and ask, 'Would I do this if I were the only person left?'
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Get Out of Your Own Way #18 25 April 1976
Trust life and take absolute responsibility to open; drop fear of the inner emptiness, use groups, movement and music to revive the body and be free.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #19 26 April 1976
Break numb lukewarmness: include both poles of life - let anger and joy complete you; abandon hope-driven fantasy, be present and become whole, not fragmented.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #20 27 April 1976
Bring inner vagueness into expression—write, act or speak to flower feelings into clarity; accept what can't be solved and balance love with meditation.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #21 28 April 1976
Stir your bio-energy to surface repressed pains: diagnose before cure, travel inward not outward, let breath and surrender dissolve fear and conditioned control.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #22 29 April 1976
Allow space in love: honor solitude, avoid possession and taking for granted; meet like friends and strangers so absence deepens longing and truer intimacy.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #23 30 April 1976
Share freely and open like a flower; a master's problem-free presence lets the mind drop naturally; accept weakness, use every condition, and live intensely in the present.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #24 1 May 1976
Drop past identities and be reborn - awareness dissolves the mind; methods prepare but cannot cause truth; exhaust technique, surrender, and rest in shunyam.
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Get Out of Your Own Way #25 2 May 1976
Silence breeds bliss; cathartic Encounter groups release repressed violence into compassion—risk theoretical; choose cleansing Dynamic meditation over TM.

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