Meditation and “Worldly Things”

Stepping out of Old Concepts of Right and Wrong

By: OSHO

Narrated by: OSHO

Here Osho responds to questions about whether enjoyment of music, women, sensory perceptions, and all kinds of "worldly things" can interfere with meditation. Religious conditioning certainly urges people to avoid the pleasures of the flesh, but what does Osho have to say about it?

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Decent

Subpar for Osho talks:
Q&A styled talk difficult to pin a theme on, the result is generic but insightful answers that meet Osho's general standard but lack specificity. From the title, was Hoping for something about practice in secular Life or meditation but the content wasn't very focused.
Don't know what it was with this talk, maybe the size of the audience, but Osho took more detours, pauses and longer story breaks than usual. The tone suffered a bit, felt much less vital than his engagingly playful enthusiasm and intimacy. Very long stories, told at length with many pauses.
However much Osho may be appreciated, would recommend a different 'single' lecture.

This was all about the state of mind and how to maintain equilibrium.

The world is filled with bad things and good things. According to Osho it's where you place your awareness that changes your experience. If everywhere you look you see roses and are counting the roses than your experience is going to be positive. If everywhere you look you are focusing on counting the thorns your hands are gonna get pricked by the thorns while counting them and your experience is negative. Both of these examples is the same bush so the question is what are you focusing on? The person counting the roses is gonna love life and the person counting thorns is going to start to lose interest and not want to do it anymore. Seek out the good things in life and place your focus on them. This Osho talk also cotained a few other things about meditation and awakening. If you are intelligent: once you have had your fill of worldly things than your interest will naturally proceed within towards awakening. This was a good Osho talk however it's more about the state of mind and less about meditation but from Osho's viewpoint all of life should be a meditation. Maintain a meditative state and a positive mind at all times this is the way to finding joy and equanimity.