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Osho

The Further Shore

Jun 1977 Chuang Tzu Auditorium 28 talks

About this series · summary by Osho Live

"The Further Shore," a compelling discourse series by Osho, invites the seeker on an introspective journey towards self-realization and inner transcendence. Osho dismantles conventional spiritual dogmas, urging listeners to look beyond the surface and societal conditioning. With his characteristic blend of wisdom and humor, he illuminates the path towards a deeper understanding of self, encouraging a move away from external validation and toward inner fulfillment. Key themes include the dissolution of ego, the embrace of impermanence, and the recognition of the interconnectedness of all life. Osho teaches that true spiritual awakening lies not in the rejection of the material world but in the transcendence of its limitations. He emphasizes meditation as a cornerstone in unraveling the layers of illusion that obscure the true self. Osho's unique perspective challenges traditional religious paradigms, asserting that enlightenment is a personal journey marked by awareness, presence, and direct experience rather than adherence to prescribed beliefs. "The Further Shore" is an invitation to explore the depths of one's consciousness, encouraging the awakening of an innate wisdom that leads to a life of authenticity, joy, and profound understanding of the greater cosmic dance.

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    Blessings on your journey to the further shore beyond darkness 1 June 1977

    Choose joy and inner music: settle two inches below the navel to hear the primal sound, transform animal impulses into a higher synthesis so love can grow.

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    To be with a master is just a device 2 June 1977

    Wavering between staying or leaving reveals the mind's perpetual postponement; being with a master is a device to silence the mind so you can taste no-mind.

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    In this community everything is allowed 3 June 1977

    Primal therapy frees authentic childhood spontaneity: be courageous, allow play and full-bodied sexuality to heal, wait for true love to arise.

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    Religion is a courting, not a conquering 4 June 1977

    Religion is courting, not conquering: choose poetic feminine intuition and clear witnessing; feel without ego; freedom comes as the disappearance of the self.

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    I accept you as you are. I love you 5 June 1977

    Astrology reads unconscious patterns; befriend, not dictate—guide people to responsibility and true meditation beyond ego visions and false prophets.

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    Love utterly, totally... Love madly 6 June 1977

    Drop control, risk being alive: allow body and instinct, love madly; transform fear into life through mouth-breathing meditation and wholehearted risk.

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    Even in your deepest sleep I am there 7 June 1977

    Choosing spiritually out of love makes remembrance permanent; fear of forgetting is natural yet unfounded—accept confusion as the bridge from old habit to inner freedom.

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    You are entering a chaos 9 June 1977

    Drop masks, embrace authenticity and enter a creative chaos to be born: live truthfully, love without return, face your depths; let meditation transform you.

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    Meditation is a way of living 10 June 1977

    Meditation is a new way of living: experience precedes logic, trust the irrational; match methods to your energy, let intuition and waiting replace intellect.

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    When the time is right, the fruit falls down 11 June 1977

    Even when all seems fine a subtle lack persists - the missing Ultimate; patience and inner preparation are needed, and laughter and awakening will arrive.

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    Nature is the temple of god 12 June 1977

    Grow two wings—bliss and consciousness—to awaken the third eye and know truth; nature is the true temple, surrender cannot be forced, it must happen.

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    Each individual is a gift of god 13 June 1977

    True silence (neerava) is inner stillness that lets the whole flow through; relate widely, value depth over length in love, maturity dissolves dependency.

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    Unless you meet god how can you be satisfied 15 June 1977

    Tension and sadness are energy blocks to be felt and dissolved in meditation; lifelong dissatisfaction stems from longing for God—nothing worldly satisfies.

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    Become a child, full of wonder 16 June 1977

    Accept life's mystery; drop the compulsive need to solve and become childlike in wonder—turn confusion into living mystery through meditation and trust.

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    To have to risk all 17 June 1977

    To transform, one must risk everything: choose decisively between safety and wild adventure; authenticity in love and surrender to the divine bring real growth.

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    There are not golden rules 18 June 1977

    Relax intellectual control, trust your energy and step beyond self-drawn boundaries; cultivate inner discipline, embrace wildness without forming new rules.

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    Allow nothing to happen 19 June 1977

    Embrace nothingness: drop mind, ego and ideals, relearn nature's language, allow nothing to happen; true creativity and inner freedom arise and suffering ends.

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    In the darkest night, search for and find a star 20 June 1977

    Cultivate a bliss-mind: interpret darkness as the mother of stars; through love, courage and daring meditation penetrate the unknowable to awaken fully.

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    The courage of a madman is needed 21 June 1977

    Drop the past as a dream, awaken the inner witness, trust you're pregnant with God; with the 'courage of a madman' choose rebirth and finish your work.

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    Become an instrument to me 22 June 1977

    Acceptance transforms: bringing unconscious into light dissolves hang-ups, frees relating to strangers; become an instrument to love and deepen bonds.

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    People who are full of wonder are people of god 23 June 1977

    Hold feeling, not memory; before sleep relive the presence, embrace non‑knowing so life becomes wonder — people full of wonder are people of God.

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    Walk, enter -- the way is here 24 June 1977

    Art and inner music open the way inward; protect the growing rose of consciousness from weeds of fear and trivia, choose courage and enter now.

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    Doing is okay -- non-doing is okay 25 June 1977

    Doing and non-doing are both valid: act as an instrument so things happen through you, not by ego. When desire arises, allow action without becoming the doer.

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    The beginning is half the journey 26 June 1977

    Tat twam asi cannot be grasped intellectually; it must be lived. Lose yourself in dance, love and presence, and scriptures only confirm the inner knowing.

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    We are coming closer to a better world 27 June 1977

    Life and death mirror each other; focused devotion transforms any name into God. Love flourishes with freedom—mini-divorces renew relationships; allow graceful expression and witness energy.

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    To me, this and that world are not separate 28 June 1977

    Monastic training can't replace inner freedom; drop striving and the monastic mind-this world is nirvana. Are you truly 'already there' or merely escaping?

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    Love is the bridge between the human and the divine 29 June 1977

    Love transforms the human into the divine: Krishna's feminine passivity shows action absorbed in inaction; surrender and acceptance create a small world of bliss.

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    The more you flow into existence, the more it flows into you 30 June 1977

    Flow into existence: give energy and love and you will be replenished; love is true power—humble, blissful and ego‑less—how to gain power? Lose yourself in giving.

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