Atma Svarupa Mahadeva

OSHO : TALK ON RELIGION SEVEN TYPES OF RELIGION From the book The Beloved   part 2.   Pune 1976 RELIGION is a very complex phenomenon. Its complexity has to be understood. There are seven types of religions in the world.  THE FIRST TYPE: IGNORANCE-ORIENTED The first type is ignorance-oriented. Because people cannot tolerate their ignorance , they hide it. Because it is difficult to know that one does not know, it is against the ego, people believe. Their belief systems function to protect their egos . They are helpful, but in the long range they are very harmful. In the beginning they seem to be protecting, but finally they are very destructive. The very orientation is in ignorance. Religion is light, religion is understanding, religion is awareness, religion is authenticity. But a major part of humanity remains in the first type of religion. It is simply to avoid the reality, to avoid the gap that one feels in one's own being, to avoid the black hole of ig

Osho, What is the difference between doing meditation, and being in meditation? It is the same difference I am already explaining to you. If a person is doing meditation, he is trying to make a confused mind peaceful. What will he do? He will attempt to make his mind quiet. When an individual is being in meditation, he is not trying to quiet down his mind; instead he is slipping away from it. If it is sunny outside, you may see a man trying to open his umbrella - and umbrellas can be opened outside in the sun; one may stand under its shade, or any other shade. But such umbrellas can never be opened within the mind. The only kind of umbrella there can be in the mind is of thoughts - but they make no difference. It is as if a man were to stand in the sun with his eyes closed, thinking that an umbrella is over his head and that he is not feeling hot now. But he is bound to feel hot. This man is trying to cool down the sun. He is trying to do meditation. Now there i