Oshobotomy or why do I detest Osho?
India's one time best-selling author with over 2,000 publications translated into 44 languages was an impostor pretending to be an enlightened guru.
Osho was a corrupt and astute businessman who made himself fabulously wealthy by preying on the naive flood of Westerners seeking spirituality. He had a Master’s with a distinction in Philosophy, and taught Philosophy, therefore was perfectly capable of expounding classic Eastern and Western philosophy. The key was to use this knowledge to make a fortune off all of the gullible young Westerners flocking to India, after the example of the Beatles, in search of spirituality and an alternative to what they saw as a stultifying Western fixation on money and security. And who is easier to rip off than people investing everything in being trusting in an effort to become better and more evolved people? Osho (at that time “Bhagwan Rajneesh”) came up with the brilliant formula of releasing them of the bonds of money by having them give it to him.
And the show goes on even these days. This type of pre-packaged, consumer spirituality is designed to not only appeal to the masses, but also packaged to make up for what it lacks. This is spirituality all dolled up for the retail market.
Osho, is also known for a string of sexual allegations and his fleet of Rolls Royces - 90+; many people still worship him as a living Buddha without bothering to find out anything about him, or look at some of the ridiculous things he said.
On this note...use your fucking brain before you interpret the words written by other people.
Image: Art of Eric Wayne
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