EVERY 2400 YEARS OR SO, THERE IS A DRAMATIC ENERGETIC SHIFT on the Earth, through what is loosely called the Progression of the Equinoxes. The shift takes place over several hundred years and many generations, and we are in the middle of one of these shifts right now...

One of the best ways we have for describing the energetic shift relates to our comprehension of the Astrological signs that are linked to star fields that appear over our Equator, as a mirror of the changes we experience on Earth. Geographically, the orbit of the Earth swings slowly to align more closely with one after the other of these astrological signs. Presently, we are completing the Piscean Age and everything to do with it, and making the gradual shift into the Aquarian Age. The commencement of this shift probably coincided with the discovery of the Planet Uranus, the “ruler of Aquarius”, in the year 1781 by William Herschel.

“Progressions” from other ages have been documented in various ways; for instance the culmination of the Taurean Age was heralded by the “New Age People” overthrowing “Calf-worship” and marking their doorways with sheep’s blood, as a sign for the entry to the Arian (Sheep) Age. The entry into the Piscean (Fish) Age was recognized by “New Age People”, and marked into the Christian era by signs of a fish.

Whenever there is a progression of the equinoxes, inevitably there is upheaval. Some people, the entrenched status quo, are fearfully attached to the old ways that are departing, and some people, the “New Agers” are attached to the coming ways that will “remove” them from the trials associated with the “Old Age”. Often at the times of these upheavals, messengers, or Spiritual Masters, are born to herald and attempt to explain exactly what the changeover means and what opportunities are arising for a growth in consciousness. Some of these messengers and Masters are born after the equinox shift to try and align everyone with the changes that have occurred. Of all the Spiritual Masters who are born, some, like Gautama the Buddha, who had a 40 year ministry, have been recognized while they were alive, but most, like Jesus the Christ who ministered in Judea for only 3 years, are recognized at some time after they are gone. In times past, communications have been so poor that news of Masters did not travel too far.

In this time of completing the Piscean Age, we are leaving behind an age of Faith, whether that is faith based in God, No-God, Money, Religion, Ideology, Nationality, Comparison of “us” and “them,” “good” and “evil,” or whatever, and we are moving into the Aquarian Age of Individual Consciousness, Individual Responsibility, Rationality, Emotional well-being, Abundance, Spirituality and Godliness. The symbol for Aquarius is the Water-bearer, the one who takes responsibility for him - or herself by upholding his/her own consciousness. The glyph for Aquarius is a pair of synchronized waves... as above, so below.

Osho
Osho, at other times in his life known as Rajneesh and Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, was born in India on December 11, 1931. He was born into the Incarnation of Rulership in which he naturally holds people’s attention because of his inherent grasp of knowledge relating to historical perspective, and also his ability to gracefully take charge in any situation.

With six defined (activated and colored-in) Centers, he is born with the Design of a Splenic Projector. Energetically, projectors need recognition and invitation to be able to engage comfortably with the world around them. Splenic Projectors recognize in an instant whether particular invitations appeal to them or not.

Enlightenment and the Mind
It has been remarked that Osho is the most literate man of all time. He is responsible as the author for the production of between 300 and 400 original books in English, most of which were transcribed from thousands of recorded spontaneous discourses. No one in the whole history of the world has anything like so many books to his name. His own personal reading library contains over 170,000 titles, most of which Osho has read as an accomplished speed-reader. To our knowledge, no one has ever come close to reading so many books.

Osho describes many times in his published books and discourses the instance of his Enlightenment at the age of twenty-one.

In his Design chart, Osho has a mind defined through the Channel 17 - 62, “Acceptance, the expression of the organizing mind.” In his Ajna Center he has the Gate 4 in the 5th line with Jupiter, “the ability to solve issues by being open to all resources.” He also has Gate 47 in the 4th line, “Maintaining one’s way in a confused world,” and 6th line called “Futility : the continuing sense of ‘what’s the point?’” In the Crown Center, he has Gate 61 in the 1st Line of “Occult Knowledge, a deep recognition of the inner workings of life.”

From his birth, Osho thinks with a mind that on one level knows, and on another level inquires, and on yet another level recognizes the futility of mind’s attempts to comprehend life. He studied and taught philosophy at University and at the age of 19 became the all-India debating champion. Some countries hold sports and others hold technology as their highest source of achievement; India, a land of 2 billion philosophers, holds discussion and debate as their highest achievement. They have been philosophizing since the beginning of time. They are the only nation that has never invaded another, but has rather resorted to discussion and debate as a means of appealing to intelligence rather than destructiveness.

So many people consider Enlightenment and “No-mind” to be the same thing. They are and yet they are not. Enlightenment is an ongoing state of being oneself, witnessed as a part of Existence. “No-mind” is the space of not being attached to the workings of the mind. In any Design chart where the Ajna and/or Crown Centers are defined, it indicates that the mind is constrained to be working constantly. The mind likes to function as a continuous commentator, not caring whether its comments are relevant. “No-mind” describes the space of transcending the mind and being able to pay attention to any thoughts if one chooses.

The Talker
During his life, Osho talked at times before single individuals and at other times before audiences in excess of 50,000 people, on every conceivable subject under the sun, and then a few. He traveled throughout India as a guest speaker before audiences made up exclusively of Hindus, or Muslims, or Christians, or Sufis, or Jainas, or Buddhists, or Jews, or many others of the 300-odd religions this planet hosts.

He learned the knack of the great story teller, and found a way to agree with all religions and their doctrines, and at the same time point out the folly of being aligned with any religion whose founder was not even part of that religion. “Buddha”, he would simply point out, “was not a Buddhist”.

In his Throat Center, Osho has Gate 62 of “Details” in the 2nd line of “recognizing the constraints of tradition and logic”. Osho understood the whole nature of logic and how cultures become bound by outdated systems like the Indian caste system, the Western political system, religions and “educational systems” everywhere. He has the Gate 33 in line 6, expressing “Disassociation” and the concept of “Let-go”. His talks always include concepts around realizing and releasing the presence of accumulated problems through meditation. He also has the Gate 45 in line 2, as “the Ruler who trusts in the company he gathers”. For all his life and particularly during the last 20 years of his life, he committed entirely to those who recognized his message for the new age of human consciousness, telling them what they needed to hear to help them grow in their own lives.

But the talking is just a device. In every talk he addresses the subject of meditation as the only sure means to know oneself for oneself, from within. His talks are interspersed with cliff-hanging silences into which the alert listener can “drop” to find their inherent stillness and meditation.

The Survivor
In his Design chart, Osho has a defined Root Center, the Center of our connectedness to Earth through our stillness and joy, ( meditation and celebration ) or alternatively, if we are uncomfortable in our life, through stress and the striving to achieve. The Root Center is defined to the Spleen Center, our place of Physical health and well-being through the 18 - 58, the Channel of Judgment, and insatiability. This particular channel has much to do with our sense of taste, both in that which we eat and also that our surroundings are perceived to be ‘tasteful.’ Osho made it clear how much he appreciated simple but elegant surroundings and never had a problem in accepting the best of everything, indulging a predilection for Rolls-Royce cars, fine jewelry and hand-tailored clothing. Apparently, however, for the last 30 years of his life, his clothing had no pockets, and even after a 5 year stay in the US, Osho had never seen a dollar bill.

From the Spleen Center to the Self Center runs the defined Channel, 57 - 10, Perfected Intuition, the Survivor. Physical health and survival hinge on an alert presence in the Now. Osho’s preference was for silence, and in his Design he is able to remain totally alert provided he attunes to his sense of acoustic harmony (intuition). During his lifetime, Osho was threatened by numerous assailants, eventually succumbing, in his own description, to poison administered while he was illegally jailed in Oklahoma.

The Initiator
In Design we consider the Nodes to make an energetic shift that happens to us at the age of around 40. One lives out the first part of one’s life in the South Node phase, completing any patterns established in previous lives, and moves to the North Node phase as a progression in our potential growth as a soul. In Osho’s conscious South Node phase, in the 46 Gate, line 5, he was carefully completing his own comprehension of spiritual growth through personal meditation and a study of people’s capacity for their own growth. When his Nodal shift happened, the 25 Gate line 5 was energized, bringing strong definition to the Channel 25 - 51, Initiation.

It was at this time in his life that he commenced initiating his disciples into “sannyas,” the Sanskrit term for the spiritual seeker.

In his Design, Osho has the Gate 51 both conscious and unconscious with Uranus, the Aquarian planet, in the 1st and 4th lines of “Dramatic transformation”, and “Calling forth the Spiritual warrior”. The North node in the 25 Gate and 5th line, is called “Recuperation, The healer with the power of Spirit to heal and be healed.”

The wisdom of the undefined Centers
In his Design, Osho has undefined Crown and the Solar Plexus/Emotional Centers, and an open Sacral Center. Undefined and open Centers are typically where we take on the conditioning of the world around us by adopting the behaviors of others who have those Centers defined in their Designs. When one reaches a place of inner clarity, particularly through becoming enlightened, it is possible to recognize all the characteristics of one’s undefined Centers, and moreover, to reflect back to others, the wisdom inherent in the nature of those Centers.

Throughout his discourses, Osho reflected back detailed description of the workings of the mind and inspirations possible in this world (The Crown Center). The use to which he put his own mind is simply staggering and reflected in the books and discourses that are archived. He described in minutest detail the workings of Life force energy at play in the Universe (The Sacral Center). And he chronicled the labors of the emotional body to accept and adapt to all levels of interrelationships, from Sex to Superconsciousness.....and for his troubles, was labeled the “sex guru” by an uncomprehending press, because he insisted that the emotional body can more easily find release and clarity through sex, and the emotional intimacy that sex implies, before it is ready for spiritual growth.

In conclusion
Osho often remarked that he was living ahead of his time and that the true impact of his presence on Earth would only become clear 100 years after his departure. He set in place many of the standards for communal interaction that will become the norm in the Aquarian Age. In his three different communes, two in India and one in the USA, he empowered women to take charge on levels that had been denied them for millennia, often finding himself at odds with, but always encouraging their performance and sense of responsibility. He insisted that women had to rise to their power in a feminine way and not as competitors to men.

Osho insisted that he was the “Rich person’s guru” because the coming ages require wealth to allow each individual space and time to be spiritual. The age of the begging bowl as a prerequisite to being spiritual finishes with the Piscean Age. The collection of 96 Rolls-Royces was a joke, he insisted, because who can possibly drive more than one car at once...? And yet, what an obvious way to draw attention in America, a country obsessed with cars.

Osho highlighted the fact that the Piscean Age had brought an era of “faith-based” suffering through religious and political sectarianism and bigotry. He expounded that the age of war is coming to an end, and an era of peace is coming... but only after the religious, political and racial extremists have examined themselves and their fears, and found the means to love themselves and all life forms. As an example to the world, America, he insisted, would show the way in this. It seems that America has started but still has quite a long way to go!

In his own manner, Osho wrote his own epitaph, which rests above the casket containing his ashes, in his commune in Pune, India:

“Never born, never died, only visited planet Earth.”

Next month: Hillary Rodham Clinton : Typical politician or World Leader.

© Chetan Parkyn, 2002