Guida Spirituale - Discourses Series by Osho

About this series · summary by Osho Live

"Guida Spirituale" is a profound exploration of spiritual awakening, guided by the enigmatic insights of Osho. Through this series, Osho invites listeners to journey beyond conventional religious practices, encouraging a personal and transformative quest for truth. He challenges traditional notions of spirituality, urging seekers to transcend external dogmas and embrace an inner path of awareness and meditation. This series underscores the importance of self-discovery, asserting that true guidance originates from within when one surrenders to the present moment. Osho's discourse deconstructs imposed identities and societal conditioning, advocating for an authentic existence that is both liberating and enlightening. By shedding layers of ego and illusion, individuals are encouraged to experience a direct communion with the infinite. The essence of "Guida Spirituale" is liberation from the psychological constraints that bind the soul, inviting a playful, conscious, and profound inquiry into the nature of being. Osho’s unique approach combines profound wisdom with a sense of humor and paradox, offering a fresh perspective on spirituality that is vibrant, holistic, and accessible to all seekers on the path of inner transformation.

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1
Go Placidly 26 August 1980
Go placidly amid noise and haste: cultivate silence, discern essentials from nonessentials, hear deeply, avoid compromise on what truly matters.
2
Going Essential 27 August 1980
Seek your essential being, not imposed personality: meditate to hear your inner voice, drop imitation, reject hypocrisy, and follow your unique destiny.
3
The Feel of It 28 August 1980
Thinking creates problems; meditation cuts the mind's root and brings a silent peace that dissolves problems — the transition is a rebirth requiring a Master.
4
Don't Compare 29 August 1980
Don't compare your path to others; silence (via negativa) can be as full as bliss. Emptiness (shunyata) is overflowing — trust your inward way.
5
God Never Repeats 30 August 1980
Remain yourself: avoid loud, aggressive people and comparison; guard your inner being from imposed non-essentials, honor uniqueness and seek an authentic life.
6
The Virtuous Circle 31 August 1980
Names are non-essential tools that point to the essential; new names break identification. Wholeness arises when love and bliss form a virtuous circle.
7
Create a Context 1 September 1980
Centuries of slavery demand a temporary benevolent dictatorship to reshape the social context - only then can genuine democracy, discipline and prosperity grow.
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I say, Rejoice! 2 September 1980
Live life fiercely and joyfully; reject borrowed beliefs and dead religions—embrace life as the only God, be here-and-now, not a mere believer.
9
Be Yourself 3 September 1980
Be yourself: reject imitation and fake affection; cultivate self knowledge and spiritual strength, trust love's perennial power to transform lives and society
10
Doubt is a Sword 4 September 1980
Keep childlike innocence; doubt is a sword that shatters borrowed belief until trust blooms. Love must open the heart against a head-centered society.
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Beliefs are Lies 5 September 1980
Nothingness is not emptiness but overflowing fullness: meditation transforms lonely lack into aloneness and compassion; truth must be experienced, not believed.
12
The Total Man 6 September 1980
Teach the total man: religion must reunite fragmentary specialisms; meditation awakens wholeness, authentic intelligence, and freedom from imposed morality.
13
Child of the Universe 7 September 1980
Beyond wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself: remain a perpetual learner, accept yourself as a child of the universe, stop repressing, meditate.
14
The Only Miracle 8 September 1980
Surrender is the quantum leap from ego to egolessness—waking from the mind's delusion into the unknowable mystery of being, love and pure awareness.
15
Kiss or Kill 9 September 1980
Yearning for permanent love isn't stupidity: the heart seeks eternal, vertical love beyond mind's temporal permanence; it is born in meditation.
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Surprise Me! 10 September 1980
Master is a window to God: surrender fully and then go beyond the Master; drop ego-clinging-use devotion to reach freedom, not worship the teacher.

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