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Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art, British Museum More than the sum of its parts: an exploration of how the human form was perfected

Centaur and Lapith, marble metope from the south side of the Parthenon, 447-438 BC© British Museum, London

We think we know it when we see it. But how, pray, do we define beauty? The ancient Greeks thought they had the measure of it. In the 4thcentury BC, the "chief forms of beauty," according to Aristotle, were "order, symmetry and clear delineation." A century earlier, during the golden age of Athens, Polykleitos, one of the ancient world's greatest sculptors, set out the precise ratios for the ideal male form in a treatise he called The Canon. And a century before him, Pythagoras instructed that it was numbers that revealed the hidden order of the world – a perfection revealed through an understanding of mathematical ratios. In this way, order may arise out of seeming chaos.

Neither Polykleitos's Canon nor any of the great male nudes he created out of bronze, a material far stronger and more ductile than marble, have survived to the present day. In the ancient world, bronze figures were often melted down in times of war and used for weapon-making; or else they simply didn't survive the iconoclasm of the early Christian era; or they were lost at sea during transportation, to be recovered some millennia later, just like the bearded and naked Riace Warriors were in the Seventies. 

What we are left with are later Roman copies in marble, or in the case of the British Museum's current exhibition, a 20th-century model of Polykleitos's Doryphoros or "spear-bearer". The reconstruction, by German sculptor George Römer in about 1920, looks remarkably kitsch in its smooth and unblemished state, though we may still admire its veiny-armed realism. Here it stands breast to breast with a Roman marble copy of Myron's Diskobolos, or Discus Thrower, a work concerned with bodily perfection expressed through finely held balance and opposition. We see these oppositions, chiefly contraction and muscular relaxation, clearly in the form of the athlete in action. In less exaggerated form we also find it in Polykleitos's deployment of contrapposto, in which one leg bears weight, while the other appears relaxed, and with the hip slightly off centre, suggesting either movement or at least a sense of vitality and presence.  

The classical Greeks were experts in achieving such dynamic effects to heighten the realism of their figures. One very rare example of an original bronze nude is found here, and it is of an athlete just after a game. Dated to around 300 BC, it depicts an Apoxyomenos, a male figure-type representing an athlete, perhaps a wrestler, scraping a mixture of oil, sweat and dust from his upper thigh, his hand just hovering over his genitals, with a metal instrument called a strigil (though the implement is missing). The beautiful bronze figure (detail pictured below; Mali Lošinj, Croatia), boyish and youthfully plump of face, and with his head bowed and eyes alluringly cast down as if with an air of shyness and modesty, was recovered from the Adriatic sea off the coast of Croatia in the Nineties. The lips and nipples are inlaid with copper, the reddish tinge striking a note of sensuality and eroticism, making the figure feel even more keenly present. 

But it's not just idealised humans that Defining Bodies is concerned with, but a whole panoply of gods and goddesses, whom the Greeks also represented in perfected human form. All around are deities and half-deities from the Greek pantheon, as well as heroic mythological figures, such as Hercules enacting his 12 labours, found particularly in the decoration of drinking vessels and bowls. Although Aphrodite is the only female deity to be seen naked, it was usual to depict males – mortals, gods and demi-gods – unclothed, whether in repose or in battle. Unlike other ancient cultures, such as the Assyrian or Persian, nakedness among the Greeks is not associated with weakness or humiliation, but resolutely with moral virtue. 

Defining Beauty is, as its title demands, a gorgeous as well as brilliantly illuminating exhibition, but it's one with a clear message, made even more forcefully in the catalogue's introduction, written by the museum's director Neil MacGregor. In light of the ongoing controversy (given fresh impetus and urgency by Amal Clooney) as to where the Elgin Marbles (or, as we have been tutored to call them, the Parthenon Marbles) truly belong, this is an exhibition wanting to let us know, in no uncertain terms, that the British Museum is the best custodian of these ancient treasures. It is, of course, telling that of its many loans, not one is from a Greek museum. There is no hope of culturalrapprochement just yet, especially since, of course, we find a selection of the BM's freestanding Parthenon sculptures, frieze fragments and metopes (see main picture), taking insouciant pride of place in the display, the splendid over-life-size river god Ilissos among them (pictured below; British Museum). 

Pheidias, the other great sculptor of the 5th-century Athenian golden age, is the brains behind the art works of the Parthenon temple, an artist, we're told, who had a more "intuitive" approach to the human figure. Certainly, the figures carved under his supervision seem to be more naturalistic and perhaps less schematic as exercises in balance and tension than Myron's. But of course, and uniquely, these are originals – blasted, broken, weathered, with missing heads and limbs, but original all the same. And how much ruddier, ruder and alive they appear than the smooth Roman copies that replaced them.

"Man is the measure of all things," wrote the 5th-century BC pre-Socratic philosopher Protagoras. This humanist philosophy of the Classical Greeks certainly contributed to this great and unprecedented flourishing of naturalistic art. Just compare what came later with the thumb-sized bronze figure of Ajax (pictured left; 720-700 BC; British Museum), displayed in the gallery to which the title Giving Form to Thought has been given. It was made three centuries before the Parthenon sculptures, roughly around the same time as Homer was writing his epic poetry. This penile figure – wearing a crude helmet, its rudimentary body stick-like, suggesting, to me at any rate, a slightly curved penis – is depicted at the moment of extreme crisis. He is about to plunge a dagger into his abdomen. And, what do you know, we see that his actual, rather generously proportioned, penis is erect.

You'll not find much speculation here as to just why this roughly modelled figure has an erection, though it's suggested that it might be to better express the trauma of the event. Who knows? Perhaps it's because Ajax's manliness is heightened by such an act of self-sacrifice. Or perhaps the anonymous artist was simply being roguishly playful. It has been known, for if anything lets us know how fully, rudely human the ancients were, this exhibition is it.  

I had sex with my Son.

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My son has walked in on me changing or showering and I have done the same to him. He walked past me to his room, naked. 

I couldn't help myself and I had to stare at it. It was long with a large head. The image of his big cock was stuck in my head. As I sipped my wine I noticed my nipples were rock hard. I was turned on. I don't think I could act on it, but I am not sure I could resist him. 

It was almost 1 am when he came home, I was sitting on the couch. He had been drinking and I was feeling good too. I was in my underwear. I was buzzed and horny from seeing his cock earlier. He stared at me. 

Common sense said, go get dressed but I couldn't. I stood up and took off my bra and panties. He was in shock. I asked him to remove his clothes, he did and was standing in front of me naked and hard. I was staring at his big cock when he pulled me close and kissed me.

This was my son and I wasn't stopping him. He pushed me on the couch. My legs were open. This was really going to happen and I was allowing it. 

I felt his large cock head touch my swollen lips. He started to ease himself inside me and I came wildly. He groaned and went deeper. I knew this was what I had wanted all along. I didn't care about taboo. 

My Son was fucking me with his big cock and I was about to cum again. He said, "Mom I am about to cum." I wasn't on the pill and he wasn't wearing a condom. 

Pumping me deep and hard now I felt him start to go off deep inside me. That set me off too and my pussy went into spasms as we came together. We held each other tight. I had crossed a huge line. By far the best sex I ever had. I lead him to my bedroom for round 2.

My Nephew (Sisters Son) is my Fantasy!!

I MUST get this out because it's not healthy anymore :( I am torn here

I am in my early 50's but still look good. I have been divorced for years, never remarried, and have been dating. And, now, I believe I know the reason why I wasn't interested in remarrying or getting very serious about a man. My older sister has three kids, all grown adults now. The youngest (let's call him "M" for short) grew up to be extremely handsome, and has always turned me on since he was 19. I was sickened to have felt this way, knowing that's my nephew who I have had a relationship with all his life. I went to a psychiatrist/psychologist about this, and it's very common, so I was greatly relieved. She explained why, which is a long story but I felt like it was ok as long as I don't act on it (NOT EASY) Especially when I found that he stole my panties and rummaged through my underwear drawer when he was watching my cats. He was ONLY supposed to feed my cats, not masturbate on his Aunts bed. I was upset at first, then became EXTREMELY TURNED ON. He was 17 at the time so it was imprinted in my head, then he turned 19 and was beautiful, dating gorgeous girls, making great money running a family business. I figured he long ago forgot about me :/ .......
14 years later, he's still so hot, and I am still masturbating to him and thinking about him to orgasm while having sex with my boyfriends through the years. I had tried to flirt with my nephew "M" through the years, even making excuses to get on my knees close to his cock or to not wear panties so he can admire my rather large butt, which I know he LOVES. I felt pathetic because he looked like he wasn't interested. BOY, WAS I WRONG!!! HERE IS THE KICKER, I researched some confession sites and found him confessing about his love and lust for me!! For his favorite Aunt!! I was elated, he was just scared to have acted on feelings for me. He said so many amazing things that most men would never have said, some of the most original, sweetest things a woman could desire to hear From her Lover. WHAT DO I DO?! I have NO CLUE how to approach this. Should I call him? Tell him that I know? I have been like a little girl, excited for Disneyworld. I am beyond horny.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I love him, he loves me but I believe this is just lust. We will see after sex, if we ever do. I have seen him with no underwear and in basketball shorts. I could see the outline, plus I walked in on him as he was getting dried off from a shower. His cock is beautiful, perfect size for me. 7 inches, and it is an appealing, good looking, suckable and fuckable cock. MY NEPHEW!! BLOOD RELATION, MY SISTERS SON!! I'm angry at myself but what if God put us in eachothers lives because we were married in a former life. We love each other and he wants to visit me out west and he's in Florida. I think I have to invite him to stay with me, and just go for it, I know he wants it just as much. I want him to call me Aunt or the French Aunt. Judith loves you, M. I can't wait to suck on that beautiful cock. I want to spend a full 24 hours in bed, M. Your Aunt needs to be taken care of.
Love you M!!! I'm sure he will see this. This is how we have been corresponding about our feeling for each other because we are too embarrassed but now I'm calling him out. Wish me luck.

Love, Aunt J

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10/20/2017 

As child, my mother used me for sex. Abuse you may call it now, but to me it was pleasure.
I cannot remember my mother having man friends, it was just me & her in a small apartment.
She started foundling me at about age 9, when I got hard. Always in the bath and bed (we slept together).
At age 10 she started putting me inside her. First I did not know what is going on and did not like it.
She explained to me and I had to mount her every day. Sometimes she would sit on me.
At age 13, I was really into this game and I started fucking her for real.
Later on, at about age 14, she made me go down on her. Again, first disgusting, later I enjoyed it as much as she did.
This went on until I was shipped out onto my first Tour of Duty.
When I returned, she was sick and did not want to have sex anymore.
This experience did not turn me off woman. Looking back , I see it as learning her as training ground.

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I apologize about his post being so long and so detailed. I don't really expect anyone to read the entire post, but I just need to write my story. I don't know why.

The first memory I have is from the age of 5 (I know this because my mother was married for a year) is of my mother undressing in front of me. She had no shame in showing me her body. I would frequently "catch" my mom in her lingerie. My mother would come into my room at night and she would make me play with her and insist that I rub her clitoris while she "relaxed". Usually, it was through her panties, but sometimes she was completely nude. She would also make me have sex with her. Tell me what to do. Tell me that this is what big people, men, did and that it was completely normal. She would tell me to say certain things that "big people say".

She would also tell me not to tell anyone because people wouldn't understand or that they would take her away. I thought this was relatively normal and did what I was told.

She, and her husband, would also call me into their bedroom sometimes and have me stand in the doorway or the corner and watch them have sex. At first, I thought that he was hurting her. She would scream and cry about what he was doing to her. Then, I realized, that these were the same things that she had me do to her.

When she wasn't home, he (the husband) would make me masturbate him. Usually, he had me masturbate him until ejaculation into the toilet. Sometimes, he would have me make him cum onto their bed or her underwear drawer. He would laugh after it was done and tell me that I will do whatever her wants. If I didn't, he would pick me up by the hair and punch me in the face. He would always tell my mom that I fell off a bike or got into a fight at school.

After a year, she left him. I think he beat her, too. We were all alone then, and she would make me do things to her, every night. She would get shit-faced drunk and pull me into her bed every night. Usually, she had me masturbate her, but sometimes should would make me have intercourse with her. She would say things like " this is what a husband does" or "this is what big people do". I truly thought it was normal.

We moved around a lot. After moving to 3 or 4 cities, we settled in Portland, Oregon. Her sister, Sally, was here. I would frequently stay with Sally and her autistic son (my cousin). I faintly remember my mother saying to her sister that I will do whatever she wants me to. She (my aunt) would make me sleep with her and, just like my mother, masturbate her. She also told her son and I to do things to each other. She had us play/kiss with each other's penis and she would masturbate while we did it. She would also have me have sex with her.

I was used as a sex toy, around the family, until I was 13ish and I moved out. I went to stay with a wonderful family that truly loved and respected each other. Their mom didn't have sex with them and their dad was loving and kind. I thought it was the strangest thing I had ever seen. I still thought, in the back of my mind, that they were just like us, they just hid it better.

My mother had sex with me until I was 13 or so. She made a hole in the wall, from my bedroom to the bathroom. She would make me watch her undress and take a shower and then have me "break in" and do things to her. She seemed to relish her son doing things to her.

I have recently made a list of "traumas" and things that I always thought might be different about me and my thoughts. It's a long list, and again, I apologize for the content and the terms used. I tried to be respectful to others with trauma, but I needed to say these things.

Things I Remember That Are, I Think, Technically Trauma

1) Mother using me for sex from (at least) the age of 5 until I was 13 or so.

2) Mother's Husband, Chuck, using me for sexual gratification. He also would beat and torture me.(Pick me up by the hair, punch me, slap me, tell me that he would kill my mom).

3) Mother and Chuck making me stand in the room and watch them have sex. I didn't know if my mom was being hurt or not.

4) As an older (10ish-13ish) Mother showing me pornographic magazines and acting out scenes from them. She even made a hole in the wall, from my bedroom to the bathroom, and would make me watch her through the hole. She would undress and shower. She would them make me come in and do things to her.

5) My mother, telling her sister, Sally, that I would be willing to do sexual things to her.

6) Sally using me (and her autistic son) as sexual toys for many years. She also made us do sexual things to each other and she would watch.

7) Being told, repeatedly, that I was borne bad or with a piece missing.

8) Falling into a fire when I was 6 or so and getting 3rd degree burns on my leg. The resulting treatment was a horrific experience. The doctor scrubbing my leg with ointment and a large "toothbrush".

9) Being moved from home to home, sometimes for weeks, sometimes for months at a time. Never knowing when I would have to start a new school or make new friends. Also never knowing who would abuse me and who wouldn't.

10) Growing up, living with alcoholics and drug users. Sometimes they would get angry and I had to learn what would "set them off". Sometimes, I was wrong.

11) Being homeless 3 or 4 times when I was with my mother.

12) Being physically abused by mother, Chuck, my uncle Bob, and family friends.

13) Having to (almost) completely take care of myself as a young child. I usually needed to feed and clothe myself as no one around me was capable. I routinely cooked meals for myself and whomever I was living with at the time. I felt completely neglected and alone. If I couldn't do it for myself, it wouldn't get done.

14) Finding my mother after she had slit her wrists. I still remember the blood on the floor in big pools.

15) Having the police arrest my mother multiple times.


Memories That I have of Doing Strange (I think) Things

1) Playing "house or doctor" with girls from kindergarten to 1st grade. I would put a brown mitten on their vagina to mimic hair.

2) Fantasizing about my mom sexually.

3) Stealing my mother's panties and smelling them at night. I still do that today with my girlfriend's panties.

4) Having "sex" with stuffed animals. From the age of 5 or so until my late teens.

5) Mixing violence against women with sexual gratification. I have learned that I am a sadist.

6) Constantly, from a very young age, sexualizing women. I still do to this day. That is all that I see women as.

7) Constantly living with the fear of death. From the time I can remember, I would have to think about all the possible ways that I could die. If I didn't think of something, or some way, it would happen. This is how I fall asleep to this day.

Again, I'm sorry for writing this, but I felt the need to get this stuff "out in the open". Take care to all of you and I wish you nothing but the best.

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What really happens inside of the Osho Ashram in Pune?

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Once I heard it from a person, I met him in a Railway Station. He was carrying a good impression about the place and said its not the sex hotel, its rather a place where you can get some peace of mind. But as they promote touch therapy and mixing of human's so it do happen. At last he said according to Indian social principle's it may not be good place but many goes there even hiding from their family and experience the bliss and beauty of the place and power of touch as well.

This is the reason HIV test is done when you enter the place which is not mandatory to join any organization. Here it is mandatory. But the cost of the place and all it's facilities is very costly and you can always source them from outside while enjoy the beauty inside.

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Here is how Osho Ashram Looks from inside:

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As Mr. Vinod Khanna Ended his life's journey yesterday i am prompted to write on his said experience with OSho, he has spent 8 years of his life in OSHO Ashram. Now here are few Pictures of it. Although its not known in which ashram these images were taken. He spent 8 years of his life's peak time there and faced lot of trouble wtih family and possibly ended his career as well.

Vinod Khanna was Swami Vinod Bharti and worked as a Gardner in Osho Ashram and worked as a cleaner cleaning used dishes and toilet as well. Although doing such a job there is not considered as a mean task all used to participate in them.

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Updated Apr 10 2015

There are many people whUpdated Apr 10 2015o are long intrigued by the mysteries of the place. Let me clear all the doubts by my personal experiences.

 
Registration and AIDS test -
It is more like a paid resort. From the main road you need to walk around 1 km. the road is surrounded by a lot of greenery. You need to check in the Reception center. 
I was greeted by an intoxicatingly beautiful Mexican girl at the counter. She was unable to speak English comfortably, but nonetheless it made her look more petite and charming. She directed me towards the cashier where I paid Rs. 1500 as the entry fee. 
 

She then asked me to wait for some time.  I was required to give my blood sample in the adjacent area where a local person from a testing laboratory was sitting. He took my blood and performed Elissa tests. These tests will be used to determine whether I am carrying HIV virus or not. 
Luckily I passed the AIDS test!
 
I had to wait for some 30 more minutes to get my ID card.
 
Preparation for the meditation -
There is a dress code in the Ashram and everyone has to abide by that. We need to wear Maroon colored robe for most part of the day and white one for an evening meditation. 
Robe was costly in the Ashram so I decided to take it from outside.
I came back to my Hotel Surya which is around 2 km from the Ashram.
I booked the hotel for 1 week at Rs 1000 per day. It is not like that Ashram does not have any accommodation. The accommodation at the ashram starts from Rs  6000 per day and it did not make economical sense to go for that.
After having breakfast in the Ashram, I purchased 2 Maroon Robes  (Rs 400 each) and one white robe (Rs 300).

At this point let me be very clear that I came to the Ashram in the pursuit of spiritual peace. However, given a chance I was ready to socialize with the heart throbbing beauties in the ashram.
 
 Entry into the Ashram -
At the very onset of our spiritual journey, we were given some induction classes on behavior and other etiquettes. We were in a group of 30 people, with 60% foreigners and rest Indians. 
Then started the tour of the Ashram. We kept going from one area to another, doing a lot of interesting meditation exercises along the way.

I would have to admit here that the meditation had a very positive impact on me, I felt very grounded and away from all the worries. However, maintaining the concentration was indeed very difficult as I was surrounded by so many curvaceous Damsels from different countries:  Brazil, Japan, USA, Canada, Australia - you name it and you will find a beautiful fairy sitting just next to you.
Day 1 and Day 2 over. I was feeling some void in my heart. 
 
The Pursuit of real Happiness
It was 23:45 and I was on my bed in the hotel, trying hard to figure out, what is the thing I actually want. Why am I not able to find real peace?
After a lot of contemplation, I finally got the courage to admit that I want to get as close as possible to any of the enchantresses and experience the magic.  
 
The urge to feel that love closely is uncontrollable. It is the feeling you will get when you are standing under a noisy waterfall.  Water hitting each and every part of your body with such a force that you lost control of any other senses. You want to transform your body into water so that you can carry on with the flow. It is a magical feeling and I wanted nothing but to submerge myself within the force of Love. 
 
It is also mentioned in the teachings of Osho that one should not restrain himself/herself from the thing he desperately needs. It is only when you do excess of that thing and reach a high state, it will cease to bother you anymore, you will find the real peace then. 
 
The challenge was how do I befriend any of the belle? 
As a lot of local men come in the Ashram seeking for quick sex; it was natural that Organizers have given instructions to the foreigner females to ignore any advances from the Local men.
Initially I tried to speak with a few ladies. But apart from the exchange of initial smiles, nothing much happened. When I tried to follow them, the next day, either they were with some other foreigner male or they ignored me altogether.
 
I was very demoralized and wanted to go back. The only source of constant support was my friend who lives in Pune. He was not with me, but he kept on guiding me on phone. He asked me to take a different approach. The approach was bold and very risky. I took the challenge as I had nothing to lose. Idea was to ask directly for an intimacy favor. Yes or No and move to the next. 
 
I gathered some courage and saw a cute Japanese women. She was sitting alone near a tree. I went straight to her and said 'Namste'. She smiled and replied 'Namaste' to me.  "I like you very much. Can I kiss you?", I said.
"I don't see any reason for that", she said coquettishly and turned away.
 
The fact that she did not reply angrily gave me a lot of confidence. I kept on trying the same question on several attractive women, some laughed at me, some thought I am a sick person and no one but this Brazilian accepted my offer. 
 
She had an oval face with a defined, slightly pointed chin and profound cheeks. Her brown eyes were small and spaced evenly apart, sitting below thick, trailing eyebrows. She kept her mouth closed with a short smile, resembling to that of a child. Though her hair were very curly, she kept them neatly tucked with a band to reveal a wide forehead. She was five feet six inches with a very athletic body type.  She was looking towards the floor when I approached her.

 

"I like you very much. Can I kiss you?" She give me a long stare. My heart started beating fast. "Why me?" She asked. "I am feeling very alone and I don't have a company here". "But we are strangers aren't we?" she said. "Let us become friends then" I said.  "Ok ! I can accept your friendship" she said. "Thanks a lot!", I opened my arms towards her for a hug. She reciprocated. First level cleared but no kissing business till now. So far so good. 
 

Incidentally she was alone too and looking for a friend which turned out to be me. I enjoyed doing meditations with her in the Ashram. In the evening, I invited her for a dinner near my hotel.
 
She came at 9.30 pm. We had a nice dinner together. Since my hotel room was next to the dinner place, I asked her if she cared for a cup of coffee in my room. She agreed for the proposal. I made coffee for her. She was feeling very tired. I asked her to lay on the bed and feel comfortable. She did the same.  Reluctantly I asked her, If I can hug her once more. Ooh! Sure she replied, "Please come near me". I wasted no time and hugged here tightly for 5-6 minutes. She was very cooperative and it did not take any time to move from hug to kisses. I kissed her deeply. We made a lot of love on that day and rest of the following days. 
 
It was the feeling of heaven!
 
As of now she is in Rio, but she will come in September to Pune again. We intend to remain friends forever.

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I have not been there since 1990.  I was there for 10 weeks in 1990.

Please read all the other answers.  They give a good idea of what happens in the Pune Resort.

Everyone's experience is different, depending on their individual karma.  Many people enjoy their stay at the Resort, but I did not.

My experience was of being hit on the head with a hammer of awareness.  Every negative thought came to consciousness.  It was unpleasant and exhausting.  But I do not think most people experience that.

Some people go the the Resort looking for relationships.  Because meditation begets love,  they may be more successful in the Resort than in the outside world.

That is all I can think of for now.

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Madhu V Menon, lived in Pune, Maharashtra, India (1971-2004)

Updated Mar 15, 2017

I have been there in the late 90s (1998 or 1999) when I was an instructor at an institute in Pune then. I had a student (let us call him Swami X) and I was instructed to teach him some subjects.

He used to come in the evening batch, but used to be regularly late. That was OK. Initially it was manageable to handle him, but eventually he used to pose tough questions (perhaps some inside help from his Osho inmates?).

One day he invited me to the ashram. I was surprised at the invite, but nevertheless, I went with him. Since I was not enrolling myself as a member there, I did not have to go through the rigmarole of blood test and things like that. I was however given a 'visitor's card' to wear, and was asked to follow him.

He showed me the places around, the huge library where the inmates used to 'research' or read, the yoga room where they used to exercise, the meditation room (I was not allowed inside, perhaps because I was not properly attired), the music room (do not remember this vividly), the computer room where the inmates could browse, look up for information (whatever was available then, I mean).

One thing which fascinated me was a huge ball made of pure rock, cut so smoothly that it looked like a huge ball. It was around 2 and half feet in diameter (I think so) and was balancing itself on a powerful jet of water, jutting below the stone which made the stone to revolve like a satellite revolving round the sun! It was revolving in the clock-wise direction when Swamiji told me to make it stop revolving and turn it anti-clockwise. And it turned!

I was also shown the garden and a stream nearby and then we went out. Since it was dinner time, we went to German Bakery and Swamiji ordered for some Veg. Sizzlers. It was awesome.

Using his visiting card which he had given me, my friend and I went once again some other time. But this time it was a restricted entry.

No idea how it is now.

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Sur Dhyan, In Search of myself

Answered Oct 28, 2015

I have not been to Osho Ashram but I regularly listen to his discourses and read his books. The question asked is perhaps to know if one can have sexual pleasure there. Or may be to genuinely know what happens there.

I will strongly recommend that he\she first listen to his discourses first. At least some of them (not just Sex to Super concsiousnes which most people start and stop with). His discources are available free online. Read him on various topics, like The Sceret of Golden flower, Tantra the supreem understanding, Gita etc.

perhaps then you will be more interested to ask "What really happens inside me" than inside Osho Ashram Pune. Believe me that is much more important.

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Abhivyakti Mirajkar, lives in Pune, Maharashtra, India

Updated Dec 24, 2016 · Author has 501 answers and 388.7k answer views

I think I had already answered this earlier in some thread. But not able to find that now.

Meditation happens inside the Osho ashram. There are various meditation techniques that Osho had provided which are still being carried out on a daily basis in the meditation places including Osho commune international. There are cleansing meditations like Dynamic Meditation, Gibberish, Mystic Rose, No-Mind etc. And then there are other meditations like dancing meditation -Natraj meditation, Kundalini meditation is a more for kundalini awakening than dancing. And then there are many more techiques. If you are just an onlooker, you will not experience anything. And this text will be just your gathered knowledge but not experience - if u really want to know what is there in the OIMR you should visit and find it out yourself. :) (I mean experience yourself)

There is meditation hall - general one - that is used for all meditation thru the day including the EVENING MEDITATION. When Osho was in the body, he used to come for Darshan in that duration that time, the music would play, he would sit there in silence for 10 mins or so. And then celebration continues. Once he was gone back from the hall, the audio/video discourse from his earlier talks series would be shown. Every one would listen to it. He had stopped speaking since long long time so the auidio video. When he used to speak, that time people were sitting for hours ( sometimes upto 3 hrs as well ) till he completed his talk.

You can check for more information on osho.org, oshoworld.com etc. There are many ways you can meditate. Osho Resort Pune is just one of the places in India. There are other places in India as well as outside India. What should matter is that you are meditating and not being eaten of by the daily rut of life.

Edit: Thanks for A2A Priya Raman

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Ajay Kumar, I am

Answered Dec 16, 2015

Dear Freind ,Osho Ashram Pune is actually Osho Meditation Resort.It is a resort because it has all amenties of a modern resort.The place is meant for meditation.Those who are seekers, who are thirsty, who want to know the self,who want to experience the unknown ,who want to experience the divine , the place is meant for.For those who can feel it is a temple for rest it is a holiday resort.What really happens there you will know only when you participate there.Spectators will not be able to see what is REALLY happening.

Go , involve and see or be blind and belive in rumors.Its up to you.

Love you.

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Roshan Sharma, Blogger, Author, Spiritual Mentor at ModernAgeSpirituality (2014-present)

Answered Dec 20, 2016 · Author has 2.2k answers and 404.2k answer views

Mr. VIkas and Mr. Abid, anyone can visit the osho ashram without restriction.

I have visited the ashram last to last year, and it was a pleasant experience. If you really wanted to know what happens within, simply plan your holidays in pune and visit the ashram.

It will be a treat of a lifetime.

You can learn different types of meditation in the ashram.

Please are warm and open with their hearts.

You can feel the beautiful vibes of osho in the ashram.

It's a lifetime experience. You can transform your life with different techniques of meditation developed by OSHO himself.

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Rohit Hajare, Writes on spirituality and life...

Answered Dec 15, 2016

I would answer this question based on my and my dad's experience and won't comment on the areas regarding which i don't have any idea.

To make things clear i never went inside the Osho ashram. Although i tried to get in with my friend.

My dad suggested me to go and visit the Oshoashram as i always discussed Osho's books and lectures with him. I have also attended few meditation camps organized independently by Osho's close people. So i wanted to experience or find out how it is like to meditate inside the ashram. So my dad explained us (my friend and I) the procedure to enter the commune and we reached one fine morning only to be asked to wait for one swami. He asked us our reason regarding our interest to get into the commune and i explained him about my inclination towards spirituality and the literature that i read on Osho. It was a short discussion after which the swami told us to read 2 books on meditation by Osho so that we have more understanding of meditation and asked us to come back once we finish the books. We never really went back to the ashram again as my friend moved to US and i got busy with other things. (I would like to visit it though. But its not in my top priorities at the moment). The reason for narrating this incident is to share my experience that its not easy to get in and those people mean business.

And to share my dad's experience (and many others whom i met and whom i personally know); they give you a tour of the ashram and explain how one should behave inside the ashram, there are many meditations lined up from morning till the evening. You can opt for some very specific meditations like the mystic rose for example. You can choose to stay in the ashram or outside in Koregaon Park. So in short nothing fishy has been reported to me. One can argue that these people (including my dad) could be lying but i don't see any reason for it.

You can visit the ashram on your own and find out for yourself. The media library is accessible to all and you get the view of the beautiful ashram from there. Believe me its one of the most beautiful places in Pune. I know there are rumors about sex and what not but i recommend that you listen to Osho's discourses to know about his philosophies and meditation techniques. In my experience it doesn't matter if you visit his ashram or not. Meditate somewhere else if you are not comfortable going there. And may be one day i will go and share my own experience of what really happens there.

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Anonymous

Answered Feb 10, 2017

I went in and spent there 3 months.

The moment i went in, I felt utterly stupid and I really mean it, I wanted to laugh at myself hard. I was jelous of what? Those ladies there? Really? I mean oh comon… ( I was looking for Victoria Secret models there).

You will come across alot of people there from entire world and I actually regret that. Since new people comes there everyday and quite alot of people tend to be very ''open'' there. By that I mean I had to listen to people life stories and problems, Things other people did to them… while I actually dont care at all about other people in the first place.

For three years after my visit there I meditated daily read osho daily , listened to him daily and it finally hit me in the book ''Path of Meditation''

There is a story of a monk who went to beg for alms and the women who shelted him and could hear his thoughts. The monk returned to budda and said he cant go back to that house again, but budda said you have to, that is your meditation this time go with awareness. And he went and experienced Meditation.

Im never going back to that place

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Anand Managoli, There is nowhere to go!!

Answered Aug 4, 2016

Perhaps you are asking this question out of curiosity to know whether there are any sexual activities inside OSHO ashram.This is the biggest misconception people are carrying since decades. Unfortunately people without understanding OSHO have spread this false propaganda. All that OSHO said was to transcend sex to super consciousness. Food & sex are at lowest rungs of human consciousness and one has to move up the ladder by going inwardly.

All that happens inside OSHO ashram is Meditation and nothing else. Different types of Meditation methods are taught. One can stay there on residential basic, enjoy the meditations, laugh, detox.

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Anonymous

Answered Jun 14, 2016

Well Osho Ashram is mainly famous for Meditation. If this is true then why local Pune people are not allowed in meditation center. Its like business running inside ashra. Mainly foreign people are coming to Osho Ashram for meditation. Foreigners comes to stress out from usual life and meditation purpose. But as these people are not like indians and they mostly look for partner inside Ashram. Men are mostly looking for young foreigner females to have company during meditation. As this is personal life so ashram do not interfere in their personal matter. Locals are not allowed inside ashram because they knows the reality behind this. Final conclusion is some people come for true meditation and most of the people come for enjoy. I hope you understand what i mean.

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Vinayak Pakhre, lives in Pune, Maharashtra, India

Answered Oct 2, 2014

I had gone to osho ashram's some 6 months ago as one of my friend from mumbai wanted to join there.
I too had heard a lot about osho ashram before Like its about sex and all the shit that people like spreading about it.
But let me tell u the reality , osho ashram is completely for meditation.
Their per day fee is about 1300 in which they have two meditation session one in morning and then in the evening.
Also there is a hostel facility wherein you can join by taking their monthly package.
 They provide you with osho's books and cd's which talk about meditation, life, osho, etc

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Ashutosh Kumar, On the way to no where.

Answered Dec 14

Spent close to 2 years in ashram in 2000 to 2002 and visted couple of time after that. WHAT HAPPEN THERE: LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE .Many thing may happen, if you let them, its better to read Osho book or listen Osho Discource which are free and available on you tube before visiting there, experience is always experience it can't be shared in words, I don't know what happens now, since its been used as resort, however as per my knowldge still lot many meditation technique are taught there, if you curiosity is towards sex, then answer is you are not the result of prayer, it is not considered as taboo but accepted as reality of life, if you are willing to know about the facility provided by commune which is now Resort, you will get all the information on the official website. Visit the place if you are unable to find questiona arising within you or read Osho ob the topic and then experience the place and energy.

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Vishal Ingle, lives in Pune, Maharashtra, India

Answered Jan 18, 2016

Well it seems you have not heard rumours, you might have heard the reality of Osho Ashram.
 
You will get to know all about Osho, just visit these links:
 
1) Sex, Lies and Osho  - Reality Sandwich
 
Some of the secrets revealed by Osho's so called love "Ma Anand Sheela" in her book "Don't Kill Him!: The Story Of My Life With Bhagwan Rajneesh"
2) facts of osho rajnish and his ashram-ये हैं दुनिया के सबसे विवादित गुरु, शिष्या ने किए थे बड़े खुलासे

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Jackson Debbarma, lives in Pune, Maharashtra, India

Updated Jul 13, 2016

I have been staying at Koregaon Park since last 2 years, in case you don't know this is the place where Osho centre is situated in Pune. To my furthest knowledge what i know is that it is rehabilitation center where people from around the come to gain the knowledge of Osho's teaching who is dead already , which in general is about living a simple happy life, learning to let go , embrace change etc etc blah blah. they meditate, read. I have some friends who are admitted there, in simple word they describe that inside, what they do is attend lectures, meditate, read.

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Shyam Jha

Answered Apr 1, 2016 · Author has 238 answers and 301.1k answer views

Osho Meditation Resort provides best environment for mediators. Many different kinds of meditations are practiced in the guidance of meditations teachers. You can meet different people and know their experience. There is a beautiful park in which you can sit silently and be close to nature. They also provides creative sessions such as dancing, music, painting and many more things.

Check the this video here to know more:

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Satish Mehta, lives in Pune, Maharashtra, India

Answered Aug 4, 2016

it is generally v decent place - nothing like obscene or immoral activities - just friendly embraces which r common all the world - but it v clean place - all the day vdo/ discourses / exercises / stretching / yoga / meditation / good people to guide / watch / decent guards to ensure nothing goes out of control / good foods / music / dances - starting from almost —5/6 am to 11–12 night - generally an heavenly experience if you go there with clean mind and with these expectations only — but if u go there to see less dresses beautiful girls/ or their those scenes / postures - then may be u will be disappointed - generally u have to wear full covering robe as discipline - so it depends - generally no one messes / or pokes noses with other's matters - everyone is there with some aim of salvation/ spiritual curiosity / u have to have latest AIDS CERTIFICATE FOR ENTRY / no drugs etc — but as exceptions everywhere in world there may be few rare case/ incidents of all bad things - those get blown up of sex/drugs -

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Aditya Agrawal, studied at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Answered Apr 22, 2016

I have already written a detailed reply (What is the eligibility criteria and procedure for membership of Osho Ashram Pune?). I have been to the Ashram 4 times now and I had variety of meditations to choose from. 

There is nothing scandalous going on and the idea is to mind one's business; Live and let live. 

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Prasad Murthy N, lives in Pune, Maharashtra, India

Answered Aug 24, 2016 · Author has 58 answers and 25k answer views

I am a firm believer in and practitioner of "The Circle of Concern & The Circle of Influence", as propounded by the late Dr. Stephen Covey. What happens at the Osho Ashram doesn't concern me.

Even when the Osho was alive, the Ashram's goings-on were shrouded in mystery and Pune's 'original' citizens were somewhat disdainful of the foreigners that would throng the Koregaon Park area that housed the Ashram. With only the Osho's memories now lingering, gossip has it that mystery has turned to murky. So, less the said about the once popular spiritual retreat, the better.

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Sourav Sain, Follower

Answered Aug 28, 2016

Please go and visit. That's the best way to find. There is section "Plan your Visit". it will show programs available during particular days.

But I will recommend you read\listen to his discourses (form topics you like), before reaching the meditation resort. At least read\listen to 3–4 topics he has spoken on…. its all available free on the net.

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Andras M. Nagy, Jack of many trades - Master of none

Answered May 5, 2016 · Author has 1.2k answers and 390.8k answer views

I have never been there but SOME eye witness accounts claim, impersonal bad service and overpriced, crassly commercialized ashram with no soul. If you must visit the following is to be considered;

1. stay in a nice hotel around the ashram (the rooms outside as half price, double the size and have WiFi, AC etc)
2. buy your robes outside (half the price)
3. eat outside as I hear the food inside is shit (try the food but also try  it outside)

You will be nickel and dimed, the pool cost extra (where on earth you'd imagine paying for a resort but the pool is not included? I seriously doubt Osho would have approved the bad service and money grabbing....

Osho International Meditation Resort and Guesthouse (Pune, India) - Specialty Hotel Reviews - TripAdvisor

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Rohit Kapoor, Spent 22 month here

Answered Sep 6, 2016 · Author has 1.7k answers and 17.5m answer views

I understand your curiosity about the place. It's natural.

You've heard a lot and nothing is clear. A guy has written his own experience in this thread.

I've never been there but I can say one thing for sure. Different people are going to get different experiences out there. Those who abide by the philosophy of it, will find it natural. Those who don't, won't.

I don't think the place is worth the hype or wonderment.