Osho Zen Tarot 

Major Arcana
0: The Fool 8: Courage 16: Thunderbolt
1: Existence 9: Aloneness 17: Silence
2: Inner Voice 10: Change 18: Past Lives
3: Creativity 11: Breakthrough 19: Innocence
4: The Rebel 12: New Vision 20: Beyond Illusion
5: No-Thingness 13: Transformation 21: Completion
6: The Lovers 14: Integration The Master
7: Awareness 15: Conditioning

The Card Osho's

Teachings

0 -  The Fool A fool is one who

goes on trusting;
Moment to moment, a fool is one who
and with every step, the goes on trusting
Fool leaves the past against all his
behind. He carries experience. You
nothing more than his deceive him, and
purity, innocence and he trusts you;
trust, symbolized by the and you deceive
white rose in his hand. him again, and
The pattern on his he trusts you;
waistcoat contains the and you deceive
colors of all four him again, and
elements of the tarot, he trusts you.
indicating that he is in Then you will say
harmony with all that that he is a fool,
surrounds him. His he does not
intuition is functioning learn. His trust is
at its peak. At this tremendous; his
moment the Fool has trust is so pure
the support of the that nobody can
universe to make this corrupt it.
jump into the unknown. Be a fool in the
Adventures await him in Taoist sense, in
the river of life. the Zen sense.
Don't try to
The card indicates that create a wall of
if you trust your knowledge
intuition right now, your around you.
feeling of the 'rightness' Whatsoever
of things, you cannot go experience comes
wrong. Your actions to you, let it
may appear 'foolish' to happen, and then
others, or even to go on dropping it.
yourself, if you try to Go on cleaning
analyze them with the
rational mind. But the your mind
'zero' place occupied by continuously; go
the Fool is the on dying to the
numberless number past so you
where trust and remain in the
innocence are the present, here-
guides, not skepticism now, as if just
and past experience. born, just a babe.
In the beginning
it is going to be
very difficult. The
world will start
taking advantage
of you...let them.
They are poor
fellows. Even if
you are cheated
and deceived and
robbed, let it
happen, because
that which is
really yours
cannot be robbed
from you, that
which is really
yours nobody can
steal from you.
And each time
you don't allow
situations to
corrupt you, that
opportunity will
become an
integration
inside. Your soul
will become more
crystallized.

Osho Dang Dang

Doko Dang
Chapter2
1 - Existence
You are not
accidental.
This naked figure sits on
Existence needs
the lotus leaf of
you. Without you
perfection, gazing at the
something will be
beauty of the night sky.
missing in
She knows that "home"
existence and
is not a physical place in
nobody can
the outside world, but
replace it. That's
an inner quality of
what gives you
relaxation and
dignity, that the
acceptance. The stars,
whole existence
the rocks, the trees, the
will miss you. The
flowers, fish and birds--
stars and sun and
all are our brothers and
moon, the trees
sisters in this dance of
and birds and
life. We human beings
earth--everything
tend to forget this, as
in the universe
we pursue our own
will feel a small
private agendas and
place is vacant
believe we must fight to
which cannot be
get what we need. But
filled by anybody
ultimately, our sense of
except you.
separateness is just an
This gives you a
illusion, manufactured
tremendous joy,
by the narrow
a fulfillment that
preoccupations of the
you are related to
mind.
existence, and
existence cares
Now is the time to look
for you. Once you
at whether you are
are clean and
allowing yourself to
clear, you can
receive the
see tremendous
extraordinary gift of
love falling on
feeling "at "home"
you from all
wherever you are. If
dimensions.
you are, be sure to take
time to savor it so it can
Osho God is
deepen and remain with
Dead: Now Zen
you. If on the other
is the Only Living
hand you've been
Truth Chapter 1
feeling like the world is
out to get you, it's time
to take a break. Go
outside tonight and look
at the stars.
2- Inner Voice
If you have found
your truth within
The Inner Voice speaks
yourself there is
not in words but in the
nothing more in
wordless language of
this whole
the heart. It is like an
existence to find.
oracle who only speaks
Truth is
the truth. If it had a
functioning
face, it would be like the
through you.
face at the center of this
When you open
card--alert, watchful,
your eyes, it is
and able to accept both
truth opening his
the dark and the light,
eyes. When you
symbolized by the two
close your eyes,
hands holding the
it is truth who is
crystal. The crystal itself
closing its eyes.
represents the clarity
This is a
that comes from
tremendous
transcending all
meditation. If you
dualities.
can simply
The Inner Voice can also
understand the
be playful, as it dives
device, you don't
deep into the emotions
have to do
and emerges again to
anything;
soar towards the sky,
whatever you are
like two dolphins
doing is being
dancing in the waters of
done by truth.
life. It is connected with
You are walking,
the cosmos, through the
it is truth; you
crescent-moon crown,
are sleeping, it is
and the earth, as
truth resting; you
represented by the
are speaking, it is
green leaves on the
truth speaking;
figure's kimono. 
you are silent, it
is truth that is
There are times in our
silent.
lives when too many
This is one of the
voices seem to be
most simple
pulling us this way and
meditation
that. Our very confusion
techniques.
in such situations is a
Slowly, slowly
reminder to seek silence
everything settles
and centering within.
by this simple
Only then are we able to
formula, and then
hear our truth.
there is no need
for the technique.
When you are
cured, you throw
away the
meditation, you
throw away the
 medicine. Then
you live as
truth--alive,
radiant,
contented,
blissful, a song
unto yourself.
Your whole life
becomes a prayer
without any
words, or better
to say a
prayerfulness, a
grace, a beauty
which does not
belong to our
mundane world,
a ray of light
coming from the
beyond into the
darkness of our
world.

Osho The Great

Zen Master Ta
Hui, Chapter 23

3 - Creativity
Creativity is the
quality that you
From the alchemy of fire
bring to the
and water below to the
activity that you
divine light entering
are doing. It is an
from above, the figure
attitude, an inner
in this card is literally
approach--how
'possessed by' the
you look at
creative force. Really,
things....
the experience of
Not everybody
creativity is an entry
can be a
into the mysterious.
painter--and
Technique, expertise
there is no need
and knowledge are just
also. If
tools; the key is to
everybody is a
abandon oneself to the
painter the world
energy that fuels the
will be very ugly;
birth of all things.
it will be difficult
This energy has no form
to live. And not
or structure, yet all the
everybody can be
forms and structures
a dancer, and
come out of it. It makes
there is no need.
no difference what
particular form your But everybody
creativity takes--it can can be creative.
be painting or singing, Whatsoever you
planting a garden or do, if you do it
making a meal. The joyfully, if you do
important thing is to be it lovingly, if your
open to what wants to act of doing is not
be expressed through purely
you. economical, then
Remember that we it is creative. If
don't possess our you have
creations; they do not something
belong to us. True growing out of it
creativity arises from a within you, if it
union with the divine, gives you growth,
with the mystical and it is spiritual, it is
the unknowable. Then it creative, it is
is both a joy for the divine. You
creator and a blessing become more
to others. divine as you
become more
creative.
All the religions
of the world have
said God is the
creator. I don't
know whether he
is the creator or
not, but one
thing I know: the
more creative
you become, the
more godly you
become.
When your
creativity comes
to a climax, when
your whole life
becomes
creative, you live
in God. So he
must be the
creator because
people who have
been creative
have been closest
to him. Love
what you do. Be
meditative while
you are doing it--
whatsoever it is!
 Osho A Sudden
Clash of Thunder,
Chapter 4

4 - The Rebel
People are afraid,
very much afraid
The powerful and
of those who
authoritative figure in
know themselves.
this card is clearly the
They have a
master of his own
certain power, a
destiny. On his shoulder
certain aura and
is an emblem of the
a certain
sun, and the torch he
magnetism, a
holds in his right hand
charisma that can
symbolizes the light of
take out alive,
his own hard-won truth.
young people
Whether he is wealthy
from the
or poor, the Rebel is
traditional
really an emperor
imprisonment....
because he has broken
The enlightened
the chains of society's
man cannot be
repressive conditioning
enslaved--that is
and opinions. He has
the difficulty--and
formed himself by
he cannot be
embracing all the colors
imprisoned....
of the rainbow,
Every genius who
emerging from the dark
has known
and formless roots of
something of the
his unconscious past
inner is bound to
and growing wings to fly
be a little difficult
into the sky. His very
to be absorbed;
way of being is
he is going to be
rebellious--not because
an upsetting
he is fighting against
force. The
anybody or anything,
masses don't
but because he has
want to be
discovered his own true
disturbed, even
nature and is
though they may
determined to live in
be in misery;
accordance with it. The
they are in
eagle is his spirit
misery, but they
animal, a messenger
are accustomed
between earth and sky.
to the misery.
The Rebel challenges us
And anybody who
to be courageous
is not miserable
enough to take
looks like a
responsibility for who
stranger.
we are and to live our
The enlightened
truth.
man is the
greatest stranger
in the world; he
 does not seem to
belong to
anybody. No
organization
confines him, no
community, no
society, no
nation.

Osho The Zen

Manifesto:
Freedom from
Oneself, Chapter
9

Buddha has
chosen one of the
really very
5 - No- potential words--
Thingness shunyata. The
English word, the
Being "in the gap" can English
be disorienting and even equivalent,
scary. Nothing to hold "nothingness", is
on to, no sense of not such a
direction, not even a beautiful word.
hint of what choices and That's why I
possibilities might lie would like to
ahead. But it was just make it "no-
this state of pure thingness"--
potential that existed because the
before the universe was nothing is not
created. All you can do just nothing, it is
now is to relax into this all. It is vibrant
no-thingness...fall into with all
this silence between the possibilities. It is
words...watch this gap potential,
between the outgoing absolute
and incoming breath. potential. It is
And treasure each unmanifest yet,
empty moment of the but it contains all.
experience. Something In the beginning
sacred is about to be is nature, in the
born. end is nature, so
why in the middle
do you make so
much fuss? Why,
in the middle,
becoming so
worried, so
anxious, so
 ambitious--why
create such
despair?
Nothingness to
nothingness is
the whole
journey.

Osho Take it
Easy, Volume 1,
Chapter 5

6 - The Lovers
These three
things are to be
What we call love is
taken note of:
really a whole spectrum
the lowest love is
of relating, reaching
sex--it is
from the earth to the
physical--and the
sky. At the most earthy
highest
level, love is sexual
refinement of
attraction. Many of us
love is
remain stuck there,
compassion. Sex
because our
is below love,
conditioning has
compassion is
burdened our sexuality
above love; love
with all kinds of
is exactly in the
expectations and
middle.
repressions. Actually the
Very few people
biggest "problem" with
know what love
sexual love is that it
is. Ninety-nine
never lasts. Only if we
percent of
accept this fact can we
people,
then really celebrate it
unfortunately,
for what it is--welcome
think sexuality is
its happening, and say
love--it is not.
good-bye with gratitude
Sexuality is very
when it's not.
animal; it
Then as we mature, we
certainly has the
can begin to experience
potential of
the love that exists
growing into love,
beyond sexuality and
but it is not
honors the unique
actual love, only
individuality of the
a potential....
other. We begin to
If you become
understand that our
aware and alert,
partner often functions
meditative, then
as a mirror, reflecting
sex can be
unseen aspects of our
transformed into
deeper self and
love. And if your
supporting us to
meditativeness
become whole. This love
becomes total,
is based in freedom, not
expectation or need. Its absolute, love
wings take us higher can be
and higher towards the transformed into
universal love that compassion. Sex
experiences all as one. is the seed, love
is the flower,
compassion is the
fragrance.
Buddha has
defined
compassion as
'love plus
meditation'.
When your love is
not just a desire
for the other,
when your love is
not only a need,
when your love is
a sharing, when
your love is not
that of a beggar
but an emperor,
when your love is
not asking for
something in
return but is
ready only to
give--to give for
the sheer joy of
giving--then add
meditation to it
and the pure
fragrance is
released.
That is
compassion;
compassion is the
highest
phenomenon.

Osho Zen, Zest,

Zip, Zap and
Zing, Chapter 3
7 - Awareness
Mind can never
be intelligent--
The veil of illusion, or
only no-mind is
maya, that has been
intelligent. Only
keeping you from
no-mind is
perceiving reality as it
original and
is, is starting to burn
radical. Only no-
away. The fire is not the
mind is
heated fire of passion,
revolutionary--
but the cool flame of
revolution in
awareness. As it burns
action.
the veil, the face of a
This mind gives
very delicate and
you a sort of
childlike buddha
stupor. Burdened
becomes visible.
by the memories
The awareness that is
of the past,
growing in you now is
burdened by the
not the result of any
projections of the
conscious "doing", nor
future, you go on
do you need to struggle
living--at the
to make something
minimum. You
happen. Any sense you
don't live at the
might have had that
maximum. Your
you've been groping in
flame remains
the dark is dissolving
very dim.
now, or will be
Once you start
dissolving soon. 
dropping
thoughts, the
Let yourself settle, and
dust that you
remember that deep
have collected in
inside you are just a
the past, the
witness, eternally silent,
flame arises--
aware and unchanged.
clean, clear,
A channel is now
alive, young.
opening from the
Your whole life
circumference of activity
becomes a flame,
to that center of
and a flame
witnessing. It will help
without any
you to become
smoke. That is
detached, and a new
what awareness
awareness will lift the
is.
veil from your eyes.
Osho A Sudden
Clash of Thunder,
Chapter 1
 The seed cannot
know what is
8 - Courage going to happen,
the seed has
This card shows a small never known the
wildflower that has met flower. And the
the challenge of the seed cannot even
rocks and stones in its believe that he
path to emerge into the has the
light of day. Surrounded potentiality to
by an aura of bright become a
golden light, it exposes beautiful flower.
the majesty of its tiny Long is the
self. Unashamed, it is journey, and it is
equal to the brightest always safer not
sun. to go on that
journey because
When we are faced with unknown is the
a very difficult situation path, nothing is
we have a choice: we guaranteed.
can either be resentful, Nothing can be
and try to find guaranteed.
somebody or something Thousand and
to blame for the one are the
hardships, or we can hazards of the
face the challenge and journey, many
grow. are the pitfalls--
The flower shows us the and the seed is
way, as its passion for secure, hidden
life leads it out of the inside a hard
darkness and into the core. But the
light. There is no point seed tries, it
fighting against the makes an effort;
challenges of life, or it drops the hard
trying to avoid or deny shell which is its
them. They are there, security, it starts
and if the seed is to moving.
become the flower we Immediately the
must go through them. fight starts: the
Be courageous enough struggle with the
to grow into the flower soil, with the
you are meant to be. stones, with the
rocks. And the
seed was very
hard and the
sprout will be
very, very soft
and dangers will
be many. There
was no danger
for the seed, the
 seed could have
survived for
millennia, but for
the sprout many
are the dangers.
But the sprout
starts towards
the unknown,
towards the sun,
towards the
source of light,
not knowing
where, not
knowing why.
Great is the cross
to be carried, but
a dream
possesses the
seed and the
seed moves. The
same is the path
for man. It is
arduous. Much
courage will be
needed.

Osho Dang Dang

Doko Dang,
Chapter 4

9 - Aloneness
When you are
alone you are not
When there is no
alone, you are
"significant other" in our
simply lonely--
lives we can either be
and there is a
lonely, or enjoy the
tremendous
freedom that solitude
difference
brings. When we find no
between
support among others
loneliness and
for our deeply felt
aloneness. When
truths, we can either
you are lonely
feel isolated and bitter,
you are thinking
or celebrate the fact
of the other, you
that our vision is strong
are missing the
enough even to survive
other. Loneliness
the powerful human
is a negative
need for the approval of
state. You are
family, friends or
feeling that it
colleagues. 
would have been
better if the other
If you are facing such a
was there--your
situation now, be aware
of how you are choosing friend, your wife,
to view your your mother,
"aloneness" and take your beloved,
responsibility for the your husband. It
choice you have made. would have been
The humble figure in good if the other
this card glows with a was there, but
light that emanates the other is not.
from within. One of Loneliness is
Gautam Buddha's most absence of the
significant contributions other.
to the spiritual life of Aloneness is the
humankind was to insist presence of
to his disciples, "Be a oneself.
light unto yourself." Aloneness is very
Ultimately, each of us positive. It is a
must develop within presence,
ourselves the capacity overflowing
to make our way presence. You are
through the darkness so full of
without any presence that you
companions, maps or can fill the whole
guide. universe with
your presence
and there is no
need for
anybody.

Osho The
Discipline of
Transcendence
Volume 1,
Chapter 2
10 - Change
Life repeats itself
mindlessly--
The symbol in this card
unless you
is an enormous wheel
become mindful,
representing time, fate,
it will go on
karma. Galaxies spin
repeating like a
around this constantly
wheel. That's why
moving circle, and the
Buddhists call it
twelve signs of the
the wheel of life
zodiac appear on its
and death--the
circumference. Just
wheel of time. It
inside the circumference
moves like a
are the eight trigrams of
wheel: birth is
the I Ching, and even
followed by
closer to the center are
death, death is
the four directions, each
followed by birth;
illuminated by the
love is followed
energy of lightning. The
by hate, hate is
spinning triangle is at
followed by love;
this moment pointed
success is
upward, toward the
followed by
divine, and the Chinese
failure, failure is
symbol of yin and yang,
followed by
male and female,
success. Just see!
creative and receptive,
If you can watch
lies at the center.
just for a few
It has often been said
days, you will see
that the only
a pattern
unchanging thing in the
emerging, a
world is change itself.
wheel pattern.
Life is continuously
One day, a fine
changing, evolving,
morning, you are
dying and being reborn.
feeling so good
All opposites play a part
and so happy,
in this vast circular
and another day
pattern. 
you are so dull,
so dead that you
If you cling to the edge
start thinking of
of the wheel you can
committing
get dizzy! Move toward
suicide. And just
the center of the
the other day you
cyclone and relax,
were so full of
knowing that this too
life, so blissful
will pass.
that you were
feeling thankful
to God that you
were in a mood
of deep
gratefulness, and
today there is
great complaint
 and you don't see
the point why
one should go on
living....
And it goes on
and on, but you
don't see the
pattern. Once
you see the
pattern, you can
get out of it.

Osho Take it
Easy, Volume 1,
Chapter 7

11 -
To transform
Breakthrough breakdowns into
breakthroughs is
The predominance of the whole
red in this card indicates function of a
at a glance that its master. The
subject is energy, power psychotherapist
and strength. The simply patches
brilliant glow emanates you up. That is
from the solar plexus, his function. He is
or center of power on not there to
the figure, and the transform you.
posture is one of You need a meta-
exuberance and psychology, the
determination. All of us psychology of the
occasionally reach a buddhas.
point when "enough is It is the greatest
enough." adventure in life
At such times it seems to go through a
we must do something, breakdown
anything, even if it later consciously. It is
turns out to be a the greatest risk
mistake, to throw off because there is
the burdens and no guarantee that
restrictions that are the breakdown
limiting us. If we don't, will become a
they threaten to breakthrough. It
suffocate and cripple does become, but
our very life energy these things
itself.  cannot be
guaranteed. Your
If you are now feeling chaos is very
that "enough is ancient--for
enough," allow yourself many, many lives
to take the risk of you have been in
shattering the old
patterns and limitations chaos. It is thick
that have kept your and dense. It is
energy from flowing. In almost a universe
doing so you will be in itself.
amazed at the vitality So when you
and empowerment this enter into it with
Breakthrough can bring your small
to your life. capacity, of
course there is
danger. But
without facing
this danger
nobody has ever
become
integrated,
nobody has ever
become an
individual,
indivisible.
Zen, or
meditation, is the
method which will
help you to go
through the
chaos, through
the dark night of
the soul,
balanced,
disciplined, alert.
The dawn is not
far away, but
before you can
reach the dawn,
the dark night
has to be passed
through. And as
the dawn comes
closer, the night
will become
darker.

Osho Walking in
Zen, Sitting in
Zen, Chapter 1
12 - New Vision
When you open
up to the
The figure on this card
ultimate,
is being born anew,
immediately it
emerging from his
pours into you.
earthbound roots and
You are no longer
growing wings to fly into
an ordinary
the unbounded. The
human being--
geometric shapes
you have
around the body of the
transcended.
figure show the many
Your insight has
dimensions of life
become the
simultaneously available
insight of the
to him. The square
whole existence.
represents the physical,
Now you are no
the manifest, the
longer separate--
known. The circle
you have found
represents the
your roots.
unmanifest, the spirit,
Otherwise,
pure space. And the
ordinarily,
triangle symbolizes the
everybody is
threefold nature of the
moving without
universe: manifest,
roots, not
unmanifest, and the
knowing from
human being who
where their heart
contains both.
goes on receiving
energy, not
Now you are presented
knowing who
with an opportunity to
goes on
see life in all its
breathing in
dimensions, from the
them, not
depths to the heights.
knowing the life
They exist together, and
juice that is
when we come to know
running inside
from experience that
them. It is not
the dark and the
the body, it is not
difficult are needed as
the mind--it is
much as the light and
something
easy, then we begin to
transcendental to
have a very different
all duality, that is
perspective on the
called bhagavat--
world. By allowing all of
the bhagavat in
life's colors to penetrate
the ten directions
us, we become more
....
integrated.
Your inner being,
when it opens,
first experiences
two directions:
the height, the
depth. And then
slowly, slowly, as
 this becomes
your established
situation, you
start looking
around,
spreading into all
other eight
directions.
And once you
have attained to
the point where
your height and
your depth meet,
then you can look
around to the
very
circumference of
the universe.
Then your
consciousness
starts unfolding
in all ten
directions, but
the road has
been one.

Osho Zen: The

Diamond
Thunderbolt,
Chapter 9

13 -
A master in Zen
Transformation is not simply a
teacher. In all the
The central figure in this religions there
card sits atop the vast are only
flower of the void, and teachers. They
holds the symbols of teach you about
transformation--the subjects which
sword that cuts through you don't know,
illusion, the snake that and they ask you
rejuvenates itself by to believe,
shedding its skin, the because there is
broken chain of no way to bring
limitations, and the those
yin/yang symbol of experiences into
transcending duality. objective reality.
One of its hands rests Neither has the
on its lap, open and teacher known
receptive. The other them--he has
reaches down to touch believed them;
the mouth of a sleeping
face, symbolizing the he transfers his
silence that comes when belief to
we are at rest. somebody else.
Zen is not a
This is a time for a deep believer's world.
let-go. Allow any pain, It is not for the
sorrow, or difficulty just faithful ones; it is
to be there, accepting for those daring
its "facticity". It is very souls who can
much like the drop all belief,
experience of Gautam unbelief, doubt,
Buddha when, after reason, mind,
years of seeking, he and simply enter
finally gave up knowing into their pure
there was nothing more existence without
that he could do. That boundaries. But it
very night, he became brings a
enlightened. tremendous
Transformation comes, transformation.
like death, in its own Hence, let me say
time. And, like death, it that while others
takes you from one are involved in
dimension into another. philosophies, Zen
is involved in
metamorphosis,
in a
transformation. It
is authentic
alchemy: it
changes you from
base metal into
gold.
But its language
has to be
understood, not
with your
reasoning and
intellectual mind
but with your
loving heart. Or
even just
listening, not
bothering
whether it is true
or not. And a
moment comes
suddenly that you
see it, which has
been eluding you
your whole life.
Suddenly, what
Gautam Buddha
 called 'eighty-
four thousand
doors' open.

Osho Zen: The

Solitary Bird,
Cuckoo of the
Forest, Chapter 6

14 - Integration
The conflict is in
man. Unless it is
The image of integration
resolved there, it
is the union mystica,
cannot be
the fusion of opposites.
resolved
This is a time of
anywhere else.
communication between
The politics is
the previously
within you; it is
experienced dualities of
between the two
life. Rather than night
parts of the mind.
opposing day, dark
A very small
suppressing light, they
bridge exists. If
work together to create
that bridge is
a unified whole, turning
broken through
endlessly one into the
some accident,
other, each containing
through some
in its deepest core the
physiological
seed of the opposite.
defect or
The eagle and the swan
something else,
are both beings of flight
the person
and majesty. The eagle
becomes split,
is the embodiment of
the person
power and aloneness.
becomes two
The swan is the
persons--and the
embodiment of space
phenomenon of
and purity, gently
schizophrenia or
floating and diving upon
split personality
and within the element
happens.
of the emotions, entirely
If the bridge is
content and complete
broken--and the
within her perfection
bridge is very
and beauty. We are the
fragile--then you
union of eagle and
become two, you
swan: male and female,
behave like two
fire and water, life and
persons. In the
death. 
morning you are
very loving, very
The card of integration
beautiful; in the
is the symbol of self-
evening you are
creation, new life, and
very angry,
mystical union;
absolutely
otherwise known as
different. You
alchemy.
don't remember
your
morning...how
can you
remember?
Another mind
was functioning--
and the person
becomes two
persons. If this
bridge is
strengthened so
much that the
two minds
disappear as two
and become one,
then integration,
then
crystallization,
arises.
What George
Gurdjieff used to
call the
crystallization of
being is nothing
but these two
minds becoming
one, the meeting
of the male and
the female
within, the
meeting of yin
and yang, the
meeting of the
left and right, the
meeting of logic
and illogic, the
meeting of Plato
and Aristotle.

Osho Ancient
Music in the
Pines, Chapter 1
15 -
Unless you drop
Conditioning your personality
you will not be
able to find your
This card recalls an old individuality.
Zen story, about a lion Individuality is
who was brought up by given by
sheep and who thought existence;
he was a sheep until an personality is
old lion captured him imposed by the
and took him to a pond, society.
where he showed him Personality is
his own reflection. Many social
of us are like this lion-- convenience.
the image we have of Society cannot
ourselves comes not tolerate
from our own direct individuality,
experience but from the because
opinions of others. A individuality will
"personality" imposed not follow like a
from the outside sheep.
replaces the Individuality has
individuality that could the quality of the
have grown from within. lion; the lion
We become just another moves alone. The
sheep in the herd, sheep are always
unable to move freely, in the crowd,
and unconscious of our hoping that being
own true identity. in the crowd will
feel cozy. Being
It's time to take a look in the crowd one
at your own reflection in feels more
the pond, and make a protected,
move to break out of secure. If
whatever you have been somebody
conditioned by others to attacks, there is
believe about yourself. every possibility
Dance, run, jog, do in a crowd to
gibberish--whatever is save yourself.
needed to wake up the But alone?--only
sleeping lion within. the lions move
alone.
And every one of
you is born a
lion, but the
society goes on
conditioning you,
programming
your mind as a
sheep. It gives
you a personality,
 a cozy
personality, nice,
very convenient,
very obedient.
Society wants
slaves, not
people who are
absolutely
dedicated to
freedom. Society
wants slaves
because all the
vested interests
want obedience.

Osho One Seed

Makes the Whole
Earth Green,
Chapter 4

16 -
What meditation
Thunderbolt does slowly,
slowly, a good
The card shows a tower shout of the
being burned, master,
destroyed, blown apart. unexpectedly, in
A man and a woman are the situation
leaping from it not where the
because they want to, disciple was
but because they have asking some
no choice. In the question, and the
background is a master jumps
transparent, meditating and shouts, or
figure representing the hits him, or
witnessing throws him out of
consciousness. You the door, or
might be feeling pretty jumps over
shaky right now, as if him....
the earth is rocking These methods
beneath your feet. Your were never
sense of security is known. It was
being challenged, and purely the very
the natural tendency is creative genius of
to try to hold on to Ma Tzu, and he
whatever you can. made many
people
But this inner enlightened.
earthquake is both Sometimes it
necessary and looks so
tremendously hilarious: he
important--if you allow threw a man
it, you will emerge from
the wreckage stronger from the window,
and more available for from a two-
new experiences. After storey house, and
the fire, the earth is the man had
replenished; after the come to ask on
storm the air is clear. what to meditate.
Try to watch the And Ma Tzu not
destruction with only threw him,
detachment, almost as he jumped after
if it were happening to him, fell on him,
somebody else. Say yes sat on his chest,
to the process by and he said, "Got
meeting it halfway. it?!" And the poor
fellow said,
"Yes"--because if
you say "No," he
may beat you or
do something
else. It is
enough--his body
is fractured, and
Ma Tzu, sitting on
his chest, says,
"Got it?!"
And in fact he got
it, because it was
so sudden, out of
the blue--he
could never have
conceived it.

Osho Isan: No
Footprints in the
Blue Sky,
Chapter 4
17 - Silence
The energy of the
whole has taken
The silent mirrorlike
possession of
receptiveness of a star-
you. You are
filled night with a full
possessed, you
moon is reflected in the
are no more, the
misty lake below. The
whole is. This
face in the sky is deep
moment, as the
in meditation, a goddess
silence
of the night who brings
penetrates in
depth, peace and
you, you can
understanding. Now is a
understand the
very precious time. It
significance of it,
will be easy for you to
because it is the
rest inside, to plumb the
same silence that
depths of your own
Gautam Buddha
inner silence to the
experienced. It is
point where it meets the
the same silence
silence of the universe.
that Chuang Tzu
There's nothing to do,
or Bodhidharma
nowhere to go, and the
or Nansen.... The
quality of your inner
taste of the
silence permeates
silence is the
everything you do. It
same.
might make some
Time changes,
people uncomfortable,
the world goes on
accustomed as they are
changing, but the
to all the noise and
experience of
activity of the world.
silence, the joy of
Never mind; seek out
it, remains the
those who can resonate
same. That is the
with your silence, or
only thing you
enjoy your aloneness. 
can rely upon,
the only thing
Now is the time to come
that never dies.
home to yourself. The
It is the only
understanding and
thing that you
insights that come to
can call your very
you in these moments
being.
will be manifested later
on, in a more outgoing
Osho Zen: The
phase of your life.
Diamond
Thunderbolt,
Chapter 1
18 - Past Lives
The child can
become
The hands of existence
conscious only if
form the shape of the
in his past life he
female genitals, the
has meditated
opening of the cosmic
enough, has
mother. Revealed within
created enough
are many images, faces
meditative
from other times. While
energy to fight
it might be entertaining
with the darkness
to fantasize about
that death brings.
famous past lives, it is
One simply is lost
just a distraction. The
in an oblivion and
real point is to see and
then suddenly
understand the karmic
finds a new
patterns of our lives,
womb and
and their roots in an
forgets
endless repetitive cycle
completely about
that traps us in
the old body.
unconscious behavior.
There is a
The two rainbow lizards
discontinuity.
on either side represent
This darkness,
knowing and not-
this
knowing. They are the
unconsciousness
guardians of the
creates the
unconscious, making
discontinuity. The
sure that we are
East has been
prepared for a vision
working hard to
that might otherwise be
penetrate these
shattering.
barriers. And ten
A glimpse into the
thousand years'
eternity of our existence
work has not
is a gift, and
been in vain.
understanding the
Everybody can
function of karma in our
penetrate to the
lives is not something
past life or many
that can be grasped at
past lives. But for
will. 
that you have to
go deeper into
This is a wake-up call;
your meditation,
the events in your life
for two reasons:
are trying to show you a
unless you go
pattern as ancient as
deeper, you
the journey of your own
cannot find the
soul.
door to another
life; secondly,
you have to be
deeper in
meditation
because, if you
find the door of
 another life, a
flood of events
will come into the
mind. It is hard
enough even to
carry one life....

Osho Hyakujo:
The Everest of
Zen, Chapter 7

19 - Innocence
Zen says that if
you drop
The old man in this card
knowledge--and
radiates a childlike
within knowledge
delight in the world.
everything is
There is a sense of
included, your
grace surrounding him,
name, your
as if he is at home with
identity,
himself and with what
everything,
life has brought. He
because this has
seems to be having a
been given to you
playful communication
by others--if you
with the praying mantis
drop all that has
on his finger, as if the
been given by
two of them are the
others, you will
greatest friends. The
have a totally
pink flowers cascading
different quality
around him represent a
to your being--
time of letting go,
innocence. This
relaxation and
will be a
sweetness. They are a
crucifixion of the
response to his
persona, the
presence, a reflection of
personality, and
his own qualities.
there will be a
The innocence that
resurrection of
comes from a deep
your innocence;
experience of life is
you will become a
childlike, but not
child again,
childish. The innocence
reborn.
of children is beautiful,
but ignorant. It will be
Osho Dang Dang
replaced by mistrust
Doko Dang,
and doubt as the child
Chapter 7
grows and learns that
the world can be a
dangerous and
threatening place. But
the innocence of a life
lived fully has a quality
of wisdom and
acceptance of the ever-
changing wonder of life.

20 - Beyond
This is the only
Illusion distinction
between the
The butterfly in this card dream and the
represents the outer, real: reality
that which is constantly allows you to
moving and that which doubt, and the
is not real but an dream does not
illusion. Behind the allow you to
butterfly is the face of doubt....
consciousness, looking To me, the
inward to that which is capacity to doubt
eternal. The space is one of the
between the two eyes greatest
has opened, revealing blessings to
the lotus of spiritual humanity. The
unfoldment and the religions have
rising sun of awareness. been enemies
Through the rising of because they
the inner sun, have been cutting
meditation is born. the very roots of
doubt, and there
The card reminds us not is a reason why
to look outside for what they have been
is real, but to look doing that:
within. When we focus because they
on externals, we too want people to
often get caught up in believe in certain
judgments--this is good, illusions that they
this is bad, I want this, I have been
don't want that. These preaching....
judgments keep us Why have the
trapped in our illusions, people like
our sleepiness, our old Gautam Buddha
habits and patterns. been so insistent
Drop your opinionated that the whole
mind, and move inside. existence--except
There, you can relax your witnessing
into your own deepest self, except your
truth, where the awareness--is
difference between just ephemeral,
dreams and reality is made of the
already known. same stuff as
dreams are made
of. They are not
saying that these
trees are not
there. They are
not saying that
 these pillars are
not there.
Don't
misunderstand
because of the
word "illusion"....
It has been
translated as
illusion, but
illusion is not the
right word.
Illusion does not
exist. Reality
exists. Maya is
just in between--
it almost exists.
As far as day-to-
day activities are
concerned, it can
be taken as
reality. Only in
the ultimate
sense, from the
peak of your
illumination, it
becomes unreal,
illusory.

Osho The Great

Zen Master Ta
Hui, Chapter 12

21 - Completion
This is the way of
Zen, not to say
Here the last piece of a
things to their
jigsaw puzzle is being
completion. This
put into its place, the
has to be
position of the third eye,
understood; it is
the place of inner
a very important
perception. Even in the
methodology. Not
ever-changing flow of
to say everything
life there are moments
means to give an
in which we come to a
opportunity to
point of completion. In
the listener to
these moments we are
complete it. All
able to perceive the
answers are
whole picture, the
incomplete. The
composite of all the
master has only
small pieces that have
given you a
occupied our attention
direction... By the
for so long. In the
time you reach
finishing, we can either
be in despair because the limit, you will
we don't want the know what is
situation to come to an going to remain.
end, or we can be This way, if
grateful and accepting somebody is
of the fact that life is full trying to
of endings and new understand Zen
beginnings. intellectually he
Whatever has been will fail. It is not
absorbing your time and an answer to the
energy is now coming to question but
an end. In completing something more
it, you will be clearing than the answer.
the space for something It is indicating
new to begin. Use this the very
interval to celebrate reality....
both--the end of the old The buddha
and the coming of the nature is not
new. something far
away--your very
consciousness is
buddha nature.
And your
consciousness
can witness these
things which
constitute the
world. The world
will end but the
mirror will
remain, mirroring
nothing.

Osho Joshu: The

Lion's Roar,
Chapter 5
The Master
Masters don't
teach the truth;
The Master in Zen is not
there is no way
a master over others,
to teach it. It is a
but a master of himself.
transmission
His every gesture and
beyond
his every word reflect
scriptures,
his enlightened state.
beyond words. It
He has no private goals,
is a transmission.
no desire that anything
It is energy
should be other than
provoking energy
the way it is. His
in you. It is a
disciples gather around
kind of
him not to follow him,
synchronicity....
but to soak up his
You have to
presence and be
approach the
inspired by his example.
master with great
In his eyes they find
love, with great
their own truth
trust, with an
reflected, and in his
open heart. You
silence they fall more
are not aware
easily into the silence of
who you are. He
their own beings.
is aware who he
The master welcomes
is, he is aware
the disciples not
who you are. The
because he wants to
caterpillar might
lead them, but because
be said to be
he has so much to
unaware that it
share. Together, they
may become a
create an energy field
butterfly. You are
that supports each
caterpillars--
unique individual in
bodhisattvas. All
finding his or her own
caterpillars are
light. If you can find
bodhisattvas and
such a master you are
all bodhisattvas
blessed. If you cannot,
are caterpillars. A
keep on searching.
bodhisattva
Learn from the
means one who
teachers, and the
can become a
would-be masters, and
butterfly, who
move on. Charaiveti,
can become a
charaiveti, said Gautam
buddha, who is a
Buddha. Keep on
buddha in the
moving.
seed, in
essence....
The
master/disciple
relationship is the
relationship
between a
caterpillar and a
butterfly, a
friendship
between a
caterpillar and a
butterfly. The
butterfly cannot
prove that the
caterpillar can
become a
butterfly; there is
no logical way.
But the butterfly
can provoke a
longing in the
caterpillar--that
is possible.

Osho Ah, This!,

Chapter 1