Man is a bridge, between the animal and the divine – and our awareness of this dual aspect of our nature is what makes us human. — Osho
Embracing the Eternal Now
As we step into June, the theme of "Being & Beyond" invites us to pause and turn inward, to explore the vastness of existence that lies both within and beyond us. At the heart of this journey is the timeless wisdom of Osho, who reminds us that true living unfolds in the present moment—the eternal now. To be fully here, unshackled by the past or the pull of the future, is to touch the essence of being itself.
Osho often spoke of the mind as a restless wanderer, endlessly weaving stories of yesterday and tomorrow. Yet, he urged us to transcend this chatter, to slip beneath the surface of thought into a silence where existence reveals its deeper pulse. "The moment you are in the present," he said, "you are not the mind—you are consciousness." This shift is not a rejection of the material world but an awakening to something more—a cosmic connection that binds us to the infinite.
"Being & Beyond" is thus a call to shed the layers of distraction and dive into self-awareness. It’s about feeling the aliveness of this very breath, this fleeting heartbeat, and sensing the thread that links us to the stars. As we embark on this exploration, let us embrace the now—not as a fleeting escape, but as a gateway to the boundless. Here, in the stillness, we may find that the self and the universe are not so separate after all.
Beyond the Self: Osho on the Dance of Being
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Existence, in Osho’s vision, is not a fixed destination but a fluid, living process—a cosmic dance in which all beings are participants. It is not something we master or conquer, but something we are. To live in tune with existence is to surrender to this dance, to recognize that life flows like a river—ever-changing, ever-renewing, and eternally present.
In works like The Journey of Being Human and Beyond Enlightenment, Osho invites us to explore this sacred flow by stepping out of the rigid boundaries of ego and identity. He speaks of human beings not as final products, but as processes—as bridges. On one side, we carry the instincts of our animal past: survival, fear, desire. On the other, we hold the potential of the divine: love, awareness, transcendence.
To be human, Osho teaches, is to walk this bridge with awareness—to neither reject the animal nor fantasize the divine, but to integrate, observe, and evolve. The moment we become conscious of this dynamic within us, we begin to participate in a greater unfolding. We stop striving to become something, and start being more deeply, more fully, more authentically.
June, with its blossoming warmth and lengthening days, mirrors this inner journey. It is a time of transition—no longer the fresh promise of spring, not yet the fullness of summer. Like us, nature is in motion, expanding toward light. In this unfolding, we are invited to expand, too: to soften the grip of our limitations and open to the vastness within.
Osho’s wisdom gently reminds us that existence does not demand perfection—it only asks for presence. When we become aware of our dance—when we stop resisting life and start moving with it—we touch something timeless. We begin to live not as isolated selves, but as part of the whole. Not as beings trying to control the rhythm, but as music itself.
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