The Silent Explosion is a journey to Pune, India by way of Mumbai and the discovery of the Osho International Meditation Resort: an oasis where the earthy, life-affirmative spirit of Zorba the Greek meets the watchful serenity of Gautama the Buddha. The meditation resort attracts thousands of people from around the world every year. Courses and workshops ranging from creative arts and holistic health to personal transformation are offered, as well as full daily schedule of meditations. Facilities include tennis courts, a gym, sauna, jacuzzi and a nature-shaped Olympic-sized swimming pool. The kitchen serves international gourmet vegetarian meals made with organically grown produce. The nightlife is alive with the buzz of dining under the stars, with friends, music and dancing.

This intimate documentary takes a close look at the Osho Meditation Resort and how it profoundly touches the lives of people: ´Philosophy is speculation, Zen is participation. Participate in the night leaving, participate in the evening coming. Participate in the clouds in the stars. Make participation your lifestyle and the whole existence becomes such a joy, such an ecstasy.´
This place is only for those who have courage to participate in this tremendous experiment of consciousness awakening.
I invite you in the first place to participate, dive deep into this phenomenon, experience it from the inside, and then you will know: nobody is dependent on me. Nobody is dependent because nobody is there.
How one can be dependent if one is not? I am not here, my sannyasins are not there, so who can be dependent on whom? I am dissolved into the existence and they are dissolving, disappearing.
But for the outsider this will appear... And I can understand the outsider's difficulty also, because this will be the logical conclusion: that people are becoming dependent. In fact, to be independent is ugly, to be dependent is ugly not to be is the only beautiful experience.
A sannyasin is neither independent nor dependent. He simply is not, he is part of the organic unity of existence, of this orgasmic celebration of the whole.

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