The OSHO Experience

People and things that are interesting can be controversial. Things that are controversial are often misunderstood. I like to form my own opinions though experience rather than someone elses account...Futhermore perceptions often stay fixed when everything constantly changes...Take a father who always sees their daughter as a little girl even at age 30, people stuck replaying the past like a broken record rather than embracing the present or a someone who knows you as who you were not who you have become.

Recently I ventured to OSHO's meditation resort in Pune. His story is a fascinating one some might say interesting...One of the many of books he wrote : From Sex to the

Superconscious propelled him sky high. This was back in the age of Aquarius, bell bottoms, the merry pranksters, and free love. I have heard interesting stories of once upon a time at his centers where people were very open and free with their expression of sexuality. Well those were the 70's and thirty years later things have changed, drastically.

I bring this up due to the fact that before you enter his meditation resort in Pune you must take an AIDS test. Which of course brings people back to the idea that there is a orgy going on inside the gates. His point in doing this was to increase AIDS awareness in the world as he predicted in the early 80's it was going to be a epidemic in the future.

It is also been called "the Armani of ashrams" as it is compared to most ashrams very lavish and expensive. With that cost comes an amazing zen environment with great facilities. There is the omnipresent sound of water, an abundance of flora, conscious design and incredible programs.

During the day everyone wears crimson robes, for an evening meditation white robes and than at night people dress "normally"...this was interesting.

My time there was filled with various types of meditation, dancing, philosophical lectures, a diet of vegetarian food, interesting encounters and an overwhelming sense of actually living as a human being not a human doing.

You can learn more about the center and OSHO @ http://www.osho.com/Main.cfm?Area=MedResort&Language=English