Sharing: the Essence
It must be understood that man consists of two parts: essence and personality. Essence in man is what is his own, personality in man is what is 'not his own'. Not his own means what has come from outside, what he has learned .... all words and movements that have been learned, all feelings created by imitation - all this is 'not his own', all this is personality ...
G.I. Gurdjieff
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intro by Leela: That quotation started up the four-days group on returning to ourselves. Just reading it, something was in fire.
Many people involved in the process towards the real 'i', towards one own's truth, towards the essence, experienced both: first living and recognizing the personality, then experiencing the glimpses of the soft but powerful Real. The process placed us straight into the center of our judgements. Our own, judgements from our parents, friends and other close-by people. Looking straight at all these believes, ideas, convictions, which we have about ourselves, brought us first into a deep despair. But when being 'pinned to the wall' with no way out just to look at all these patterns and programes we carry within ourselves, then remains just one thing: to let them go. Understanding and love that arose after all that touchy proceedings brought a big relief. Barking dogs became quiet and silence, space and understanding appeared. Many people are just asking now, 'how to keep that feeling, that state being alive?'
Here we share some experience that the participants - fellowtravelers lived that days.
Slavek - Sattva
Essence is
meeting many fragments
meeting the whole
meeting the self
meeting sadness, pain, death
meeting happiness, joy, space, peace
meeting life
meeting the Being, where just being is enough
i am.
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Stepanka
I reached the feeling of absolute love towards all people. We are perfect beings but we have just forgotten about it.
I am looking at the picture, at which i was seven years old. I can see a little girl with ponnytails and with a request in her eyes. I do not identify myself with her any more.
I am looking at the picture taken couple of months ago. I can see a woman with a strange smile. No, this is not me.
I look into the mirror and can surprisingly find out, that even the mirror reflects just my idea about myself.
Thank you.
Prapati, the translator
I felt love, compassion and joy to watch them going deep into pain, facing fear and coming out different - lighter; now knowing that there is strength, love, uniqueness inside. They all gathered big courage to go into this process of reconnecting with the essence.
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Jirka
Few weeks ago i saw a sad movie about how Englishmen colonized Australia. One of the most irritating things about these free and happy Aboriginals was: 'why the stupid negroes are laughing all the time?'
After that I and my girlfriend joined Bhagat's group Essence in medicenter Shangri La. During that four days being engaged in death, exercises, meditation, breathing and other techniques, exactly in one moment of SILENCE, when the dogs stopped barking some judgements in my head, something has sticked to my lips. I can't wash it out neither shave it. And as the mirror says, I will have it forever there. Just a need to become more silent and remember it.
Thanks to all of us, who could be present.
Andreas, Zwickau, Germany
With joy and also with some fear I came for the second time to this wonderful place Osho Shangri La in the Czech Republic. The days were filled with love and light but also with a hard work on ourselfes. It was a wonderful group and there was no problem for understanding between me and the Czech friends, because it was possible to reach each other without words on a much deeper level.
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By Bhagat's leading and with the help of the other people it was possible for me to get an imagination what essence seems to be for me. Some days after I am still in fealing of love, peace and my own power.
I want to say my thanks to OSHO for inspirating that work, to Bhagat for his leading with love and strength and to all my friends, especially to a woman, who supported and held me with love.
Michaela
Right at the beginning of my journey towards the Essence I was shuttered by enormous stroke, something like knocking together with the whole world. The 'ok' followed, silence and going into pieces totally... I was shaking and dissolving into thousands of fragments ... I was lost within myself and lurching in the Nothingness.
Anxiety, unsafety, emptiness and silence... and suddenly there in that Space, that was dividing my body into two halves, the big ringlet of Rainbow has arisen. At one moment I felt the connection with the Universe and my body touching the Earth. So simple Unity, Joy and some constant Security had spinned the energy of the ringlet, through which the whole outer world also with the solar system and the wideness of Universe flew out .... the pure Being itself has become alive.
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Otherwise I have to confess, I am not wondering that people like to stay in a narrow but comfortable Unconscious covering. I have already become so insecure, that I touch my physical body many times, if it is still alive ... And what more, I am to become familiar with the life together with a man. Sometimes it is like a dream for me, which is changing into a nightmare right in that moment when I don't expect it.
Martina
Recognizing the light within.
Monika
Meeting the real 'I'.
Veetmanas
My world is shaky. Something is still flowing through me, but I feel it positive, at least now. World has separated into pieces partly, these pieces I am puting back to Osho's (His) feet or into a fire next to His feet. Sometimes it is difficult to put there everything what I have, including my intelligence, past, youth, fear from death... I want to continue if possible in this "cleaning", hope that some love (to Him) will help me not to resign life or outer world but to put all where all belong.
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