Swami Detective // Mar 23, 2010 at 1:40 am

Alok John’s proposed response to the assessment that the resort management acted improperly is that with Osho life is about living in insecurity. It is my personal viewpoint that this aspect of Osho’s vision concerns the removal of our fixed beliefs about ourselves and the world around us – in other words, to live more and more in a state of not-knowing rather than in a state of falsely believing. If it is that to live in a state of physical insecurity is an integral part of Osho’s vision, and the resort is acting in accordance with that, then I think that it would be nice to know. The official line is that the resort has the utmost regard for the physical well-being of visitors. If they do not because they hold onto a disturbing and false interpretation of Osho, then please inform the sannyas community, and the world at large. To put out an official line and to secretly and knowingly act otherwise is both hyprocritical and unethical. Of course if the conduct which it is argued was not in the best interest of resort visitors was inadvertent rather than intentional, then what is required is an honest self-appraisal. What we have instead is blind reaction to anything that appears to be criticising the resort authorities. Are the resort authorities beyond reproach on all managerial matters, not to mention matters of spirit (of which they have absolutely no authority over)? Alok John, unless you are a hypocrite, you would not lock your door during your stay in Pune.