"Thank you. I don't have any belief system. I don't have any creed, dogma. My whole approach is existential.

"Right now, you are there, I am here – and this is enough. You may have prepared your questions, I have not prepared my answers."

Yes, I can see that.

"So you can ask your questions. And I am a crazy man, I may say anything that comes in the moment. I don't care for any consistency, and I don't care for any respectability. My whole responsibility is to this moment. Beyond that, there is nothing."

How's this moment going for you?

"Beautifully."

Great.

"Your mustache is giving me great joy!Thank you.

"You are only missing a beard. It is half-hearted – just go the whole way!"

Well, one is coming up. I've been thinking about growing one, you know.

"Do it! A man without a beard and mustache is just like a woman with a mustache and beard."

Osho,
I have to thank you. About a year and a half ago, I had a really dark time in my life, and somebody suggested to get into meditation. I bought your Orange Book on meditation. Some of them I couldn't use, some of them I could, and the one that changed what was happening for me was the laughter meditation. I would get up everyday and I'd say, 'Do I have to get up again?' And with the laughter meditation, as soon as I knew I was awake and I started laughing, the whole day went completely differently. So I need to thank you for showing me this meditation.

"Just one meditation has done that much for you. If you try a few others, you will not find words to thank me.

"I have 112 methods of meditation. If a person can manage even 10 out of those, his life will be a sheer joy with no dark moments, with no frustration, with no tension, no anxiety. Whatsoever happens, he will be able to accept it without any grudge, without any complaint. His gratitude toward existence will be infinite.

"We are very ungrateful to existence. It has given so much to us, and without our asking."