Is the Grass Really Greener...? - Discourses Series by Osho

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"Is the Grass Really Greener...?" is a profound exploration of the perennial human tendency to seek fulfillment outside oneself, a theme recurrent yet uniquely dissected in Osho's discourse series. Through his eloquent dialogues, Osho invites listeners to delve into the essence of desire and discontent that fuels the age-old adage of greener pastures. With his characteristic blend of wit and wisdom, he challenges the conventional pursuit of happiness through external acquisition and instead redirects attention inward. Osho navigates the landscape of human longing with a spiritual compass that points to the present moment's richness. He underscores mindfulness and self-awareness as keys to transcending the illusion of "elsewhere," promoting a life anchored in the present. His teachings emphasize the cultivation of inner silence and meditation as means to discover the innate joy buried beneath layers of societal conditioning and material aspirations. This series not only deconstructs the illusion of comparative grass greenness but also offers a roadmap to genuine contentment, grounded in a deeper understanding of one's own consciousness. Ultimately, Osho's perspective fosters liberation from the cycle of endless craving, revealing the profound truth that true fulfillment sprouts from within.

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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #1 1 December 1980
Meditation reverses the mind’s outward striving—turn inward to discover God, live here-and-now, drop competition and desire to find true contentment.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #2 2 December 1980
Transcend the mind-body prison through meditation to rediscover inner sky, creativity and eternal bliss; wake from dreaming to live anew and whole.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #3 3 December 1980
Truth is an inner, experiential awareness; drop conditioning, witness thoughts to purify consciousness and meet the essential question 'Who am I?'
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #4 4 December 1980
Finding inner light by meditation, dropping ego and living with love, silence and cheerfulness; transform daily life into prayer and relaxed celebration.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #5 5 December 1980
Bliss is the home: pure, clean, clear. Rebel against conditioned misery, overflow by sharing, drop the mind into meditation to awaken and be content.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #6 6 December 1980
Transcend the ego—sannyas means conquering yourself through egoless love, meditation and freedom; try many doors until you awaken to your divine source.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #7 7 December 1980
Love must reawaken the heart; sannyas creates a heart-oriented, Zorba-Buddha civilisation where bliss, friendliness and meditation bridge earth and sky.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #8 8 December 1980
Transcend the lion within: shed inherited myth, cultivate inner, fluid character and blissful compassion; move from outer conscience to living consciousness.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #9 9 December 1980
Meditation opens your center from darkness to light; trust, love and playfulness yield bliss, the master guides the twilight into irreversible samadhi.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #10 10 December 1980
Sannyas embraces life and silent meditation: transform aggressive mind into receptive feminine, celebrate laughter and new birth to discover inner flame.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #11 12 December 1980
Meditation frees you from conditioning and institutions—transcending the father/family, restoring inner nobility and natural experiential bliss through enquiry.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #12 13 December 1980
Eternal joy arises through meditation: transcend desire and body-mind to discover inner bliss, love and god as presence rather than a person.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #13 14 December 1980
Go beyond ego and war: choose love, meditation and inner fire to rediscover unity with consciousness, drop separateness and become oceanic now.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #14 15 December 1980
Meditation is silence; remove barriers to spontaneous bliss and prayer, transcend ego, possessiveness and time to live aware and present and open to existence.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #15 16 December 1980
Turn inward: meditation is the existential proof of God and the sannyas gamble that transforms mud into a lotus of bliss, a religionless religiousness and courage.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #16 17 December 1980
Life's meaning is discovered through sannyas: drop the past, stop creating misery, open to bliss; awareness, love and present-moment living lead to true victory.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #17 18 December 1980
Risk everything to trust your own existence; sannyas means individual growth, unlimited love, meditation to return to the source — be wild, not a carbon copy.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #18 19 December 1980
Transcend the mind to awaken intelligence and bliss: choose roses not thorns, give love without asking, let meditation kindle the blue flame opening lotus.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #19 20 December 1980
Misery closes you; meditation opens like a flower, returning you to the inner kingdom of bliss, beyond mind and definitions—how to become king within.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #20 21 December 1980
Meditation dehypnotises conditioning, restoring self-trust so love, intelligence and communion can flower; how will you invite truth into your being?
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #21 22 December 1980
Shift energy from head to heart: surrender fear, live adventurously, let love and meditation kill the ego so beliefs fall away and inner truth rises.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #22 23 December 1980
Love as egoless surrender reveals immortality; shed acquired knowledge, wait in wordless silence, and patience births bliss that makes the universe beautiful.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #23 24 December 1980
Awakening is the synthesis of bliss and peace: watchful meditation transcends body, mind, heart; drop the ego, live in love and the present.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #24 25 December 1980
Empty the old, die to the self and be reborn into bliss through watchful meditation, love and surrender—can paradise be created here and now?
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #25 26 December 1980
Emptiness as a fertile womb; truth needs courage and a loyal heart; balance love and meditation as two wings to awaken beauty, peace and nobility.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #26 27 December 1980
True, living peace comes through meditation - awareness, innocence, love and creative energy free you from past war, wasted striving, and egocentric living.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #27 28 December 1980
Bliss is a flowering: opening to life via sannyas yields light, love, virtue and divine experience. Say a total yes and misery ceases to be.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #28 29 December 1980
Drop the mind and ego: meditation trusts courage, not cunning; love, creativity and surrender to the whole unleash bliss and make life a living song. How long will you be here?
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #29 30 December 1980
Love dissolves the ego: surrender, dedication, worship and non-attachment make love eternally new and give life meaning—only love can avert global despair.
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Is the Grass Really Greener...? #30 31 December 1980
Drop the 'I' and all desire to create an inner zero; meditation clears rubbish so bliss becomes boundless and compassion follows—find bliss by becoming empty.

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