◎Jade Tablet - 06 - 34
◎The Vertical Path of Youth - 34
OSHO Bhagwan, of course, did not start out as an enlightened great religious figure. He went through a period of about two years resembling mental illness before his first encounter with light, and when another body separated from his physical body for the first time, he was utterly astonished.
His birth family were devout Jains, and his father was a considerably accomplished meditator who meditated for four to five hours daily, not an ordinary person.
In this life, due to circumstances, he was raised by his maternal grandparents until the age of seven. When he was seven, his grandfather became unable to speak. As they were in a rural village with no doctors or Ayurvedic practitioners, they transported him by bullock cart for 24 hours to a town 32 miles away.
OSHO, riding in the bullock cart, closely witnessed the slow progression of death as his grandfather lost his speech, then his hearing, and finally closed his eyes. He experienced the "process of death" described in the Tibetan Book of the Dead firsthand in his childhood.
When they arrived in the town, his grandfather was only breathing. He lived for three more days and then died.
After this, he lost all attachment to others, and OSHO recalled that being alone became his essence.
Being alone is also an important keyword.
