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A following or a cult ... it does not really matter what you call it. Osho was all about de-programming. Not having a belief system. Every time someone asked

A following or a cult ... it does not really matter what you call it. Osho was all about de-programming. Not having a belief system. Every time someone asked him a question, he would give an answer which always showed how misguided the question was, that, and an incredible amount of insight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQFUpOOINd8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQFUpOOINd8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8gtLtaNTwo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8gtLtaNTwo Imagine a Buddha with 99 Rolls-Royces and a collection of diamond encrusted watches. Thats Osho! A contradiction.

davidw 15y ago
People who are "de-programmed" do not stand around in orange robes in the middle of the eastern Oregon desert, miles away from anything else (I've driven through the former site of their ranch, and it is extremely remote), waiting for The Leader to drive by in one of the 90 some odd Rolls Royces that they have given up all their money to purchase for him.
- powertower 15y ago
  I have no idea what someone that's becoming "de-programmed" should wear. Neither do you. Those where mere students waiting to get close to someone they considered to be a rock-star. They're just going the distance.
  - davidw 15y ago
    Part of the difference between a religion and a cult is that 'normal' religions are a part of people's lives, but coexist with the other things they have going on. Cults, like the Rashneesh group, are all-consuming. Those people lived out there in the middle of the desert, and "Rashneesh" was their entire life. They weren't just lining up at the Apple store for fun, or going to see the pope come to town or something.
    - powertower 15y ago
      Don't know where you're getting all that non-sense. They had a community building-out there on a ranch, which they wanted to turn into a city. Osho was the center peace.
    - trumpcard 15y ago
      Every Religion started out as a cult.
- 1110101001 15y ago
  People who are deprogrammed don't upgrade a device that still works fine every few months, or stand in line outside of retail stores to buy such devices. Most companies don't upgrade their hardware every few months, even though many of them could afford to. We're all programmed to a certain degree one way or another. The question is what is acceptable programming and what is not. No idea who Osho was, but Apple customers do seem "cultish" sometimes. Apple should be selling casings for PC's and smaller devices. Because as the NYT published eulogy said, Mr. Jobs did not value novelty. If you crack open an Apple product there's nothing novel on the inside. Anyone could build a more powerful machine themselves. It's the Apple design they could not easily replicate.
ceejayoz 15y ago
> Imagine a Buddha with 99 Rolls-Royces and a collection of diamond encrusted watches. Thats Osho! A contradiction. That's not a contradiction. That's evidence staring you in the face.

davidw 15y ago

People who are "de-programmed" do not stand around in orange robes in the middle of the eastern Oregon desert, miles away from anything else (I've driven through the former site of their ranch, and it is extremely remote), waiting for The Leader to drive by in one of the 90 some odd Rolls Royces that they have given up all their money to purchase for him.

powertower 15y ago
I have no idea what someone that's becoming "de-programmed" should wear. Neither do you. Those where mere students waiting to get close to someone they considered to be a rock-star. They're just going the distance.
- davidw 15y ago
  Part of the difference between a religion and a cult is that 'normal' religions are a part of people's lives, but coexist with the other things they have going on. Cults, like the Rashneesh group, are all-consuming. Those people lived out there in the middle of the desert, and "Rashneesh" was their entire life. They weren't just lining up at the Apple store for fun, or going to see the pope come to town or something.
  - powertower 15y ago
    Don't know where you're getting all that non-sense. They had a community building-out there on a ranch, which they wanted to turn into a city. Osho was the center peace.
  - trumpcard 15y ago
    Every Religion started out as a cult.
1110101001 15y ago
People who are deprogrammed don't upgrade a device that still works fine every few months, or stand in line outside of retail stores to buy such devices. Most companies don't upgrade their hardware every few months, even though many of them could afford to. We're all programmed to a certain degree one way or another. The question is what is acceptable programming and what is not. No idea who Osho was, but Apple customers do seem "cultish" sometimes. Apple should be selling casings for PC's and smaller devices. Because as the NYT published eulogy said, Mr. Jobs did not value novelty. If you crack open an Apple product there's nothing novel on the inside. Anyone could build a more powerful machine themselves. It's the Apple design they could not easily replicate.

ceejayoz 15y ago

> Imagine a Buddha with 99 Rolls-Royces and a collection of diamond encrusted watches. Thats Osho! A contradiction. That's not a contradiction. That's evidence staring you in the face.