Osho Sakshi and the Science of Awakening is one of seven modules in A Course in Witnessing. This module consists of 16 meditation programs. Each program has two parts, Listening Meditation (Osho discourse) and Satsang Meditation.
A Course in Witnessing is a collection of 144 Meditation Programs which are grouped into seven modules. The Osho discourses in the listening meditations in this module are mostly from discourses in which Osho was speaking on the Upanishads and were given at various meditation camps held in India between 1972 and 1974.
Osho spent his whole life working to awaken as many individuals as possible through the practice of meditation. In addition to teaching the 112 ancient meditation techniques of the Vigyan Bhairava Tantra, Osho also devised new “active” meditation techniques designed specifically to overcome the complexities and busyness of the modern mind. Osho, however, also says that the very core of meditation is witnessing.
“This word sakshi is very beautiful and very valuable. The whole philosophy, genius and wisdom of the East is implied in this small word. The East has contributed no other more important word than sakshi, the witness, to the world.
What does sakshi mean? Sakshi means the seer, the witness. Who is this who is experiencing that “I am not the body”? Who is this experiencing that “I am not the mind”? Who is this who goes on denying that “I am not this, I am not this”? There is an element of seeing, of watching, of the watcher within us which sees, which observes everything.
This seer is the sakshi, the witness.”
-Osho
From Fingers Pointing to the Moon, Discourse #3
“Real meditation is not a technique. Real meditation is just relaxing, sitting silently, letting it happen, whatsoever it is. Allowing the whole anxiety to come up, to surface. And watching it, watching it. And doing nothing to change it. Witnessing it is real meditation.
In that witnessing your Buddhahood will become more and more powerful. Witnessing is the nourishment for your Buddhahood. And the more powerful your Buddhahood is, the less anxiety there is. The day your Buddhahood is complete, all anxiety is gone.”
-Osho
From The Perfect Master, V.1, Discourse #8
The individual meditation programs are approximately 2 hours in length. They are divided into two parts so that you can take a short break in between if you wish. The first part is a listening meditation and the second is a satsang meditation. You can begin the program with Amido giving the invocation.
The Listening Meditation is simply an invitation to remain here and now, to Be present, to be in silence. And the way to enter this silence is through right listening, samyak shravan. Here is what Osho has said about samyak shravan.
The Satsang Meditation is comprised of alternating periods of silence, music and Osho’s spoken word. The satsangs begin with one bell and end with three bells and is an opportunity to sink ever more deeply into stillness, into silence.
The satsangs give us an opportunity to explore witnessing. From this place of silence, with closed eyes, we watch, we witness whatever appears within our consciousness. It may be sensations in the body, it may be thoughts in the mind, and it may be feelings in the heart, all or any of these are allowed to reveal themselves without us judging and without analyzing. Our job is to discover the witness.
The Listening Meditations in the following programs include discourses given by Osho from 1972 – 1973 in the following discourse series.
Program #1: The Psychology of the Esoteric
Program #2-5: That Art Thou, Sarvasar Upanishad
Program #6-8: That Art Thou, Kaivalya Upanishad
Program #9-12: That Art Thou, Adhyatama Upanishad
Program #13-16: The New Alchemy to Turn You On, Mabel Collins
MP3 audio files of the complete discourses can be downloaded from Osho.com or you can read the entire books online at the Osho Library.
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