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Superconsciousness with Osho and more...
WHAT IS the central element in the normal life of human beings? God? Soul? Truth? No. It's sex, declared Osho, the man as infamous for his controversial concepts like `humanity born out of celibacy' as he is famous for his extemporaneous talks transcribed into books as "From Sex to Superconsciousness" where in he spoke about transcending sex to attain super consciousness - re-released by Full Circle recently. But ironically, a panel discussion in New Delhi, supposedly to make the book popular started with eulogizing sex.
"Gujarat would not have happened if Narendra Modi had had sex," punched Suhel Seth CEO, Equus. He went on to inform the audience that Indians think about sex every second but decry it in public. We know that sex sells in his profession but going by his premise Sachin could not have scored a single century, certainly in Tests and Suhel, himself would not have reached the venue if his chauffeur is Indian. Realising he had gone a bit too far, he said permissiveness is not about copulating in public but about liberalizing our heads. More importantly, the organisers should think before distributing free commercial time, as there is no point in trivialising a sensible if not a serious discussion.
Sanity was restored when danseuse, Sonal Mansingh emphasised the middle path. She said: "as to play a veena, the strings have to be just right, neither too tight nor too loose, similarly too much pleasure or too much penance will not help us. There has to be a balance between the two."
She pointed out that the Sanskrit for sex is krira - play - not an act as its English translation makes us believe. Asserting that the book takes a uni-dimensional view of sex, noted psychotherapist Dr. Achal Bhagat said that the reality was multifaceted. We are sexual beings and we have to accept our strengths and weaknesses.
But the panellist closest to Osho's thought, was Ayurveda-charya Dinesh Sharma. "Path to divinity is multi-folded. To reach there either you have to be a great yogi or surrender yourself to someone. But you have to rise above sex or lust. Love is not a means to use each other's body," he explained. Answering a question he said: "Principle of marginal utility applies to lust and not to love."
But if sex is more than foreplay than attaining super consciousness is definitely more than word play.
ANUJ KUMAR
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