“Don’t be serious – just play.” Osho
Meditation is not a serious business – cannot be a serious business. Meditation is a profound relaxation into non-seriousness – into that carefree, thoughtless consciousness that is our original state of being.
Creating a distance between you and your mind
Meditative techniques are ways of standing back and gaining distance from the chatter of the mind. The Book of the Secrets, by Osho, contains 112 techniques that will help you become familiar with what Osho calls “the quality of mind that brings meditation.”
We have chosen four of these techniques that can be done anywhere, at any time – on the bus, sitting in front of the computer, taking a walk.
With practice these techniques can be integrated into your life – almost like breathing.
Saturday:
no.67 Change, change, change.
no.20 How to meditate in a moving vehicle – a centering technique
Sunday:
no.38 Bathe in the Center of Sound – a sound technique
no.63 Be Aware who is sensing
“Meditation is a way to go within yourselves to that depth where thoughts don’t exist, so it is not indoctrination. It is not teaching you anything, in fact, it is just making you alert to your inner capacity to be without thought, to be without mind.” Osho
WHY ATTEND THIS COURSE?
Finding the peace within
Whether you are new to meditation or have been meditating for some time, this course will show you ways to bring more tranquility, more silence, more joy, to your life.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
You will receive the following to help you transform your life:
- two invaluable meditative tools to use in your daily life, as a way of growing in awareness.
- an experience of meditation as being much easier than you think.
- the confidence that comes from knowing how to quieten your mind when it is getting out-of-hand.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
Methods to Quieten the Mind consists of the following:
- A LIVE online weekend course. Saturday and Sunday. Approximately 1.5 hours a day
- One meditation each day in 3 or 4 stages, accompanied by the music especially composed for the meditation
- A short introduction and some movement before each meditation
- Directions regarding OSHO Meditations that may help you at this stage of your journey
TIMES ARE SHOWN IN YOUR LOCAL TIME ZONE.
OSHO Dynamic, OSHO Kundalini Meditation, and the OSHO Evening Meeting are beautiful supports for this course. You’re invited to explore them through the iOSHO app, which offers a 7-day free trial.
Course approach
- Meditation
Meet Your Facilitator - Shunyo
Shunyo has been practicing Osho meditation techniques for forty-five years, during which time she has travelled extensively throughout the world conducting courses, trainings and meditation retreats. Shunyo’s training in meditation and awareness began whilst living for fourteen years in close contact with Osho, as part of his personal staff. Music and movement are an important part of Shunyo’s work in her courses, and this, coupled with her intuitive, heartfelt way of working, allows participants to touch very deep levels of peace and silence. Music by Veet Marco has been specifically created as a support in the meditations.
“As you become skillful, as you learn the knack of not getting involved in the mind, as you learn the art of remaining aloof, away from the mind, as you learn the science of creating a distance between you and your own thoughts, more and more meditation will be showering on you. The more it showers, the more it transforms you. A day comes, a day of great blessings, when meditation becomes your natural state.” - Osho