The Ranch Rajneeshpuram

After watching Wild Wild Country, the Netflix documentary about the Ranch, Rajneeshpuram, I want to add to the perspective I wrote 25 years ago you can read on my web site, https://www.2b-one.com/index.php/rajneeshpuram/

I was on the Ranch for most of 3 years and I loved the Ranch. I got what I came for there, which was to learn. I came as the seeker of truth I had been for 10 years previously. I knew no one at the Ranch, because I had not been to India. In a way that was healthy, I was in no clicks, I had no friends to hang with. I was alone and happy for that, to allow the place to work its magic. I was amazed at how it functioned, it was the most fascinating place I had ever been, designed by a living master to test us constantly and challenge us to wake up.

I was shocked to learn years later, that many sannyasins had big problems being there and actually disliked their time there. Many of these people are on Facebook groups commiserating with each other. I observe that this world is almost totally allergic to any truth; sannyasins per se are no different.

What follows is my take on the end of the Ranch. No one really knows the truth about Sheela and her alleged crimes. My perspective is from an insight I had there about how dangerous it was for us to be there. This was about the time when we were winning lawsuits and US fighter jets buzzed our airfield to scare us.

Osho is alive in all of us, still teaching us to wake up. The Ranch has proved to be another wonderful device, and like all devices, we each learn only what we are ready to learn next. One lesson I learned was that the Ranch was created just for me. And just for each of us. I also learned the Ranch was never meant to be permanent. The drama of impermanence we experienced at the end of the Ranch taught a myriad of lessons for us all and the world.

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The following is my perspicacious perspective (my Facebook page’s name) on what possibly happened at the end of the Ranch, that clearly exonerates Sheela and her gang. I loved these wonderful witches who helped me wake up there. They deserve the highest praise.

After Sheela left the Ranch, Osho began talking again. He blamed Sheela and her gang for crimes against him and the Ranch. Everyone easily believed him, not only because we trusted Osho, but because many had resented Sheela. I was on the ranch for years and everyday I saw the wisdom of the Ranch and how beautifully it functioned. The ranch was run by Osho thru Sheela; she was the one we saw making decisions. Sheela was Osho’s scapegoat for years before the end. No one had a problem hating her when they couldn’t deal with one of Osho’s devices. The ranch was only about us awakening to take responsibility for ourselves and how we think, feel and behave. Sheela was blamed, because Osho could not be.

I did not believe Osho when he blamed Sheela and her gang for crimes againt him and the Ranch. His attitude, words, and blame did not fit his enlightened consciousness. I saw through the farce and saw the only one plausible reason why Osho blamed Sheela and called into the Ranch the FBI, all kinds of police and the media. That reason was to prevent an imminent threat to us all. In my earlier writing piece, I imagined a nerve gas attack to kill us all, strewn with cool-aid wrappers to convince the world Jonestown happened again.

I do not believe the story about crimes. I knew there were wire taps; I think we all knew. All the other crimes was a well orchestrated charade. All Osho had to do was bring all the players into Jesus Grove and give them the plot. This play worked well, the FBI believed what they wanted to believe. Lots of drama ensued. A few with Sheela pleaded guilty to crimes, not because there were crimes, but because they was the scapegoats. All served served short sentences, most likely because there was no hard evidence.

If there were crimes, there is no reason why we would not have handled it internally. Why would we bring police and media into our beautiful Ranch? Osho must have realized the experiment was over and wanted us all to leave safely and alive. Sheela and her so called gang deserve high praise for being scapegoats. Sheela joyfully accepted this role of service. Nothing was blamed on Osho. He reputation remains as the master of masters.