Gyanesha

    My first encounter with Osho was a real shock because I wasn't expecting it. I was still in control mode thinking that I've got to prepare and yet being so excited that I had no control over anything anyway. Still in my mind thinking that I needed to figure something out. And then there I was, sitting in Buddha Hall in Rajneeshpuram, waiting for Osho to come out. He walked out and turned with his hands together and this bolt of energy flew from him to me right into my hara and into my heart area – in between the two chakras, or both. I don't know. I don't know what happened. I just know that this big ball of something hit me and I remember it piercing me, right into my heart. I remember my body falling back and the swami from behind holding me with his hands and supporting me. Oh my God! I don't really know what happened. It was like an energy session. All in silence but so profound. I knew that I was really happy and very grateful to be there. I didn't need to know anything more. It just stripped me of all my outer needs and brought me right inside. It was very simple there, very crisp and clear at the same time. Simple, vast and very mysterious. I was crying. I was laughing. I was shaking. I felt that energy and I almost fell completely back. It was like I was on a road and I came to a fork in the road. I didn't take either path. I stood right in the middle and that's where I met my Master.

(excerpted from Gyanesha's article in Osho Pulse)

Ma Gyanesha, Canadian