Osho

 More than 100 seekers from Russia to South America and from Japan to the U.S. are dressed in maroon floor length robes. And still, I don’t feel like I blend into the sea of people who have come to ‘find their true selves’ through partaking in an active meditation. Shaking to bells that jingle without rhythm turns into dancing with no patterns and slowly I find that my inhibitions about looking foolish are melting away.  When the dancing stops and silent meditation begins, I realize that I have never been able to surrender to a religious or spiritual experience without putting up both emotional and mental walls. I decide then and there that I will do what the voice coming from the speakers tells me. I will open my mind and embrace the experience.

 Eyes closed and mind as open as can be, I feel as though the once soft music coming from the speakers is now a roar, and I can feel my other senses becoming more alert. I let my mind wander and I can see what a drop of water actually looks like, what happens when water droplets make contact with the ground and explode, the swimming path of catfish, and the slow growth of a plant. I am so deep within this mental state that I feel as though I’m having an out-of-body experience. 

 After a quick moment of realization as to how far my mind had wandered, I was excited yet scared.  I felt as though I had taken a step into the spiritual and religious world, as I would as a Hindu through meditations and reaching a higher level of consciousness. Yet, I had reached a new level through Osho’s teachings, a man who a few followers had come to worship as guru in their path towards self-realization.