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Part X : 1987-1990 Poona-Two : Notes about
Osho until he leaves his body 19 Jan 1990
19 May: in a General Meeting in Buddha Hall it is announced that
Osho will not speak publicly again.
23 May: Announcement of message from Osho: he will come to darshan
in the evenings. When he arrives everyone can celebrate with him.
This is followed by a period of silent meditation, after which
Osho leaves. A video of one of Osho's discourses is then shown.
Osho also says that the Buddhafield energy is at a new and higher
level.
June: Multiversity formed: the Centre for Transformation, Mystery
School, Osho School of Creative Arts, Osho School of Martial Arts;
Osho gives message about wearing white robes for darshan with
him.
July: Gurupurnima Festival of Full Moon begins: Osho comes out
for 7 minutes. This is the first appearance of the White Robe
Brotherhood.
Three-day meditation camps on the second weekend of each month
start, under Zareen's supervision.
Osho answers written questions from journalist Pritish Nandy
which are read to him by Satya Vedant (last615)
August: Osho School of Music starts; Osho Global Connections
starts; Osho dictates letter to Literaturnaya Gazeta (Russian
paper); An electronic rooster, which emits a very loud 'cock-a-doodle-doo"
every hour on the hour was sent to Osho as a gift, and he enjoys
it so much he wants them installed in the ashram as an awareness
device.
18 August: Message from Osho via Anando at the evening video:
"Few have understood my words"
20 August: announcement that Osho will be coming out every evening
from tomorrow; Osho tells Anando of a vision of blue light Aum
sign. According to tradition, this vision intimates that the person
will soon leave their body.
22 August: message from Osho that the poisoning in Oklahoma jail
has weakened him but he will be coming to the evening meeting,
which is the highlight of whole day for the commune.
23 August: Osho talks to Anando about the mystical gathering of
energy into white robes. Maroon robes are to be worn in future
for meditations and groups; black robes with white belt to be
worn by group leaders during groups and sessions.
24 August: Anando announces about the 4 layers of energy, and
about keeping the absolute silence during darshan with Osho.
25 August: announcement that maroon robes are to be worn by everyone
in the ashram during work hours as well as for meditations.
31 August: Osho moves into his new Chuang Tzu bedroom, which is
lined with marble and lit by a large chandelier. The one-way floor
to ceiling windows overlook the garden and newly landscaped white
marble waterfall and rock pools.
September: Osho is sick for two weeks, he continues to have
dental sessions nearly every day. He is not well. The dentist,
Dr Modi, makes a statement regarding Osho being radiated.
12 September: Osho drops 'Rajneesh' from his name, and will
from now on be known simply as 'Osho'
14 September: Osho moves back to his former bedroom, and the Chuang
Tzu bedroom is used for Mystic Rose and No-Mind groups. The new
glass walkway which has been built for Osho to take walks in the
garden, will be used for Vipassana and Zazen-type groups. Several
new groups are developed including a Women's Liberation Group,
and the Neo-Zen group run by Avirbhava, whose new title of 'high
priestess' is announced before darshan.
October: all the buildings in the Commune are painted black.
5 October: Osho creates "Born Again" group: one hour
playing like a child, followed by one hour silent sitting.
15 October: the mantra salute Yaa-Hoo! which is shouted before
darshan is now changed to "O-sho!"
17 October: Osho sends a message that the commune is to be called
a Multiversity Campus
22 October: Announcement that "Osho" can be used as
a mantra
November: Osho begins the "Stop exercises to create silence":
Osho dances with hands and stops suddenly with hands raised; everyone
to stop with hands raised also.
17 November: Osho gives instructions about when he leaves his
body; he asks for a group to be formed to translate his Hindi
books into English; Osho says "Nobody will be my successor;
the Inner Circle will be the successor." He gives further
instructions on how the Inner Circle will function.
23 November: Men's Liberation group created
28 November: there is a message from Osho that people buy and
read his books. From now on the reading of Osho's books will become
an integral part of the groundwork for all ashram groups.
29 November: Tan-san, the Japanese woman enlightened master, visits
the ashram in order to give Osho healing energy as, she indicates,
the world needs his continuing presence in the body. During darshan
Osho showers her with rose petals.
1 December: Rev Ryoju Kikuchi, Japanese enlightened master,
visits
Throughout December, Osho repeatedly comments, to his attendants,
on the silent meditation during darshan: "the silence is
becoming so solid you can almost touch it."
5 December: Osho creates new group "Osho Reminding Yourself
the Forgotten Language of Talking to Your Body", and gives
instructions for the first group
9 December: Nirvano (Osho's long-time companion, also known
as Gudiya and Vivek) leaves her body. Osho arranges a memorial
for her: "Nirvano, who died an untimely death". This
is placed on the new Osho House building.
12 December: Osho comments on the Birthday celebration: "The
celebration went really well. It was the best celebration ever."
16 December: Osho requests a photo session with Videha and Veeresh,
who have both been very active in helping Osho's work in Europe.
Swami Veeresh is a long-time sannyasin therapist, and the founder
of Humaniversity in Holland. Swami Videha has translated into
Italian and published many of Osho's books, which have been widely
distributed in Italy and become best sellers in the non-fiction
category of books. These photos are published in Osho Times International
24 December: The Sunday Mail, UK, prints an article about Cardinal
Ratzinger and the Vatican being partly responsible for expulsion
of Osho from the USA.
16 January 1990: Osho's last darshan in Buddha Hall which includes
dancing followed by silent meditation. Osho has had severe pains
in his arms for some time and will not move his arms in future,
but everyone should continue to celebrate and dance when he arrives.
Osho sends a message that during darshan someone is using black
magic against him, Osho could defend himself, but since the attacker
would thus be harmed, Osho will not do so. Steps are taken to
discover who is involved, without success.
17 January: Dr Amrito announces Osho's message that Osho will
only come and namaste from now on, "Now your meditation is
going to go deeper than ever."
18 January: Osho remains in his room during darshan, but sends
a message that his presence would be felt as if he was there.
19 January: Osho leaves his body at 5:00 pm. Dr Amrito makes
the announcement after people have gathered for evening darshan.
Before dying, Osho calls Jayesh and tells him, "I leave you
my dream." He also says, "Anando will be my medium."
Osho requests the same format of death celebration which he set
up for sannyasins: His body is brought into the Hall for ten minutes
celebration, then carried in procession to the nearby burning
ghats, where the celebration continues through the night.
21 January: Osho's ashes are brought to his samadhi, which is
in the Chuang Tzu auditorium, which was renovated into a bedroom
for him, and then used for groups. Now the samadhi room is used
for silent meditations. The inscription over his ashes says:
Osho
Never Born
Never Died
Only visited this planet earth between
1931 - 1990
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