Tackle the being, not the problem

”It is the mind that is using you. You are being used; the mind has become the master of you, you are a slave, but the mind is very clever, it goes on buttressing you. It says, ‘I am just an instrument, you are the master.’ But watch, look into the mechanism of the mind, how it goes on using you. You think you are using it. You can use it only when you know that you are separate from it; otherwise how will you use it? You are identified with it.”   Osho

A vicious circle

One of the earliest parts of the brain to develop is the limbic or survival brain – its job to keep us out of trouble based on past experience. It does this by feeding memory and emotion to the higher centers of the brain. Our perceptions of the outside world are colored by memories and emotions from the past. This means that we lose the possibility of responding spontaneously to present reality.
As a result, we are ungrounded and insecure – the delicate mechanism of the mind, with all its creative possibilities, gets stuck in hypervigilance, constantly on the look out for threats. This feeds back into the mish-mash of repressed emotion and conditioned belief that is the limbic brain, creating a vicious cycle.
The mind needs a break, but as long as it is co-opted by the blind struggle for survival, it cannot rest.

Mastery of the mind. Taking responsibility

Mastery of the mind is difficult when we try to do it. Easy when we relax and see the truth that the mind is not a thing, it is a process that can be regulated by the energy of our attention. Withdraw energy from the mind and it gradually loses momentum. This is the process of witnessing.

Disidentification, the key to freedom

Your open session aims to give you an experience of the process of disidentification. Allowing you to see the outmoded beliefs and attitudes that are keeping you attached to a particular problem; and to see that they are not you.
With patient, intelligent watching; your so-called problems lose their emotional power and become simply situations to be lived through with spontaneity and intuition.

”Just look next time you are having a trip and riding a problem. Just watch, just stand aside and look at the problem. Is it really there or have you created it? Look deeply into it and you will suddenly see it is not increasing, it is decreasing; it is becoming smaller and smaller. The more you put your energy into observation, the smaller it becomes. A moment comes when suddenly it is not there – and you will have a good laugh.”   Osho

So, the question is: “Is this a problem or simply a molehill I have made into a mountain?” Your facilitator will give gentle experienced support to your process, using whatever modality works best for you: counseling, hypnosis, bodily expression, exploration of past lives and sub-personalities, to name a few. The aim is to support you to regain trust in the intuitive insights that arise with witnessing and to see how letting go of attachment to the mind is the key to freedom.

WHY ATTEND THIS COURSE?

Giving up the fight

Are you ready to give your poor old mind a break from solving problems and defending you against imaginary threats and non-existent enemies? Are you willing to relax and let the universe take care of you? This is not only possible – it easier than you might think.
Why remain in hell when heaven is close at hand?

“One is just a small drop in an infinite ocean. Of course one feels helpless. But once you feel helpless the ego has been dropped, and for the first time, help from every nook and corner of existence rushes toward you. The whole ocean rushes toward you. In your helplessness the drop drops: you become the ocean.”  Osho

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

• That things are not nearly as bad as they seem
• That your only responsibility in life is to be present and aware – master of your mind
• That mastering of your mind can be as simple as removing a pair of spectacles
• That while there are an infinite number of possible problems, there is only one answer – the relaxed awareness that is witnessing.

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

• An individual session of 60, 90 or 120 minutes with an experienced facilitator
• Directions regarding OSHO Meditations that may support you at this stage of your journey

“Grow in consciousness, increase in consciousness, and problems decrease. They exist in the same proportion: if there is a minimum of consciousness, there are a maximum of problems; if there is a maximum of consciousness, there are a minimum of problems. With total consciousness, problems simply disappear just like the sun rises in the morning and dewdrops disappear. With total consciousness there are no problems because with total consciousness problems cannot arise. ”   Osho

Dates:

• Apr 08, 2025 ~ Bela
• Apr 10, 2025 ~ Bela
• Apr 10, 2025 ~ Rakasa
• Apr 11, 2025 ~ Bela
• Apr 11, 2025 ~ Rakasa
• Apr 12, 2025 ~ Rakasa
• Apr 14, 2025 ~ Bela
• Apr 15, 2025 ~ Bela