Swami Chaitanya Keerti
People ask me often about Osho and the meaning of his name. My reply is simple. To me, Osho means an ocean of love--and nothing else.
11th December happens to be Osho's birthday which will be celebrated by millions of people around the world. Osho is an oceanic experience which his lovers around the world feel in their being. On one such occasions of his birthday, Osho spoke: My beloved ones, I love you. Love is my message – let it be your message too. Love is my color and my climate. To me, love is the only religion. All else is just rubbish, all else is nothing but mind-churning dreams. Love is the only substantial thing in life, all else is illusion. Let love grow in you and God will be growing on its own accord. If you miss love you will miss God and all.
Osho expressed his views further on this topic of Love and God:There is no way to God without love. God can be forgotten – if love is remembered, God will happen as a consequence. It happens as a consequence. It is the fragrance of love and nothing else. In fact there is no God but only godliness. There is no person like God anywhere. Drop all childish attitudes, don’t go on searching for a father. Divineness is, God is not. When I say divineness is, I mean whatsoever is, is full of God. The green of the trees, and the red and the golden – all is divine. This crow crying, and a bird on the wing. and a child giggling, and a dog barking – all is divine. Nothing else exists.
Osho does not like talking about God as a person or a certain personality--it is a presence of godliness in all forms of life. It is the inherent capacity of all of us humans that we can feel it within us. He gives a beautiful method also. He says: Sitting alone in your room, be loving. Radiate love. Fill the whole room with your love energy, as if you are in an ocean of love. Create vibrations of love energy around you. And you will start feeling immediately that something is happening, something in your aura is changing, something around your body is changing. A warmth is arising around your body... a warmth like deep orgasm. You are becoming more alive. Something like sleep is disappearing. Something like awareness is arising.
