Rebellious Flower

I have watched it in 2016 with osho's lovers. It was lovely experience to watch osho's childhood in cinema hall. I request to all of you to watch it at least once.

"the map is not the territory'' - general semantics.

All spiritual pointers point beyond themselves, they are maps. All maps point to the territory.

In this case the territory is 'enlightenment/moksha/nirvana/self-realization/no-self,anatta/' whatever you want to call it.

''the word is not the thing'' as OSHO once quoted the general semantic song in 'Nirvana : The Last Nightmare'.

This movie has some extraordinarily striking spiritual pointers. I'm not sure many people will understand it, it is indeed very rare to understand Zen.

I've never written a review, probably will never write a review all my life.

But if you're a spiritual practitioner, or a 'sannyasin', you will understand the movie. OSHO once said 'by Sannyas I mean TOTAL SURRENDER'. So a sannyasin simply means one who surrenders, who says YES to the present moment.

If you're familiar with Eckhart Tolle's teachings, this movie will show you the ''GRACE'' OSHO experiences as a child, his 'crucifixion',metaphorically speaking, in the form of adversities or calamities he faced, but they are calamities or adversities only on the surface, go a little deeper and you will understand they are 'Grace'. Out of the suffering arises Surrender.

And through surrender one goes beyond the form, one is transformed. TRANCE-FORM. Transcending form. And knows oneself as the formless.

OSHO continuously had his sannyasins 'on the cross', for their 'growth'. growth happens through surrender.

Sannyas is total surrender.

This movie points to the obvious : surrender.

So there are 2 significant things in the movie : Surrender, and spiritual pointers or Signposts of enlightenment. the spiritual pointers are extraordinary.

Particularly one in which he drinks out of an empty cup. Drinking emptiness.

"space consciousness'' as Eckhart Tolle would say. Consciousness of the UNMANIFESTED dimension. remarkable. This was VERY POWERFUL. There are a few more very powerful pointers.

OSHO is invaluable to the spiritual awakening of humanity. Without him I would have had no chance.

It is truly said by someone, "We are not Human Beings that having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings that having a human experience." This film that is based on Osho's early life till the age he got his Enlightenment,proves it on a very pure note. Shot in the real locations where Osho was born and brought up,adds authentic taste to the film's visuals. Amazing film with amazing dialogues written by Swami Jagdish Bharti and additional dialogues by Krishan Hooda. The young Intellect Osho played by Prince Shah has played the character with pure innocence. I'm sure it would connect deep within and will take on the spiritual journey of self.

This movie is probably made by no more than high school students. It is such a shame that for such a charismatic and enlightened person, this is what the movie makers could deliver. Very poorly made with no depth., no flavor of what Osho's flavor. It is abrupt with individual scenes without any connectivity, or sense of timing or authenticity. The creators hardly did any research on Osho's early life and underlying spiritual theme which ran in his life. I am waiting for a real Director and set of actors to create Osho's life story. I wonder if a talented director would find courage to make a movie on Osho, with sufficient professional input.

My review isn't of too much significance as I don't know that much about Osho. What I read showed that he was a very special man even if one doesn't look at it from spiritual perspective.

The movie is going through his younger years and how it went to his enlightenment.

I especially liked the part of him being a child. It was very well done, some great scenes and Prince Shah is a very charismatic child who did a great job portraying the rebellious nature and thirst for knowledge.

After the movie started losing me a bit. Maybe it is due to me not being spiritual myself it was harder to connect.

Yet the movie is pretty enjoyable. And the beautiful scenery of the nature and the small village where he was born were also a good addition.