OETI Testimonials

WHAT PEOPLE SAY
about their experience of joining the seminars of OSHO Energy Transformation Institute
Testimonials and Feedback

From Aleksey, Head of IT-department in a bank - Ufa, Russia

It was a “mere accident” that I heard about Sarovara’s trainings. Two phrases dropped by someone in a small talk were enough for me to decide:
I will be there, I need it. It was some kind of an inner inexplicable impulse. I was having a happy life at that time: a beloved wife and son, an interesting and well-paid job, things to occupy
myself with etc.

Nevertheless, I attended the training course “Body-Types Training” in September 2007. All the meditations and exercises that I got to know there had been unfamiliar to me. Some of
them were easy for me to perform, others took a lot of time and efforts to master. It was very important to follow the recommendations of the group leader to achieve good results in any
meditations and exercises. I believe, the results that are to be obtained directly depend on the way you do your practical exercises, desire to cognize and change oneself as well as to be
honest with oneself.
In other words, they depend on the eagerness to be completely absorbed by the very process of doing the exercises.
Otherwise, what do you want the training for!

It is necessary to stress that the results of the training largely depend on the group leader – Sarovara. An Englishman by birth, he has very cosmopolitan views. I was deeply impressed by
him. He seemed to me an artistic, wise and cheerful man as well as an experienced and attentive leader. There were times when he was rather strict to us as far as successful results were
concerned but very patient to endless questions. 

During the training sessions my inner sensibility got very acute enabling me to understand myself and my behavior patterns in a way I had never experienced in my day-to-day life before
and in a way I would never do afterwards. It was not an easy task to grasp the essence of my personal sides often accompanied by some kind of internal resistance because encounter with
my personal fears, and acceptance of them was a serious test, that can often be rather painful. It was also very painful for me to realize what a negative impact my parents and
grandparents had on me in my childhood. They put considerable pressure upon me to get what they wanted. They knew better than me what I wanted! Damn it! Now I have to separate the
wheat from the chaff: what my true “Ego”, my decisions, my wishes are and what things have been dictated and appropriated unconsciously. That is why Sarovara’s training has not been
some entertainment, but huge self-help. This has been exciting, impressive and interesting work.

After the training, I have started to respond to my life’s events anew. But sometimes I notice that I respond in my former manner. Well, it is good food for reflection. The training course
has helped me realize that some events happening in my life are unusual and illogical. For example, I have suddenly lost interest in coffee: I have stopped drinking it despite the fact that
I enjoyed it very much before. My interest in computer games has decreased. Not so long ago I used to play them for 4-5 hours a week. It’s funny. I have started perceiving my life as a
Game and discovering rich colours of the world instead. It is not euphoria. It can be compared with “lucidity”, as if my inner “binoculars” have got properly focused. The world has not
changed, but its colours have become brighter and well defined.

As a conclusion I would like to share the following one of Osho's parable with you. I’ll retell it in my own words.
Two people were sitting under a tree. One of them decided to climb it. When he did it he saw a cart moving along the road. The man on the tree told about it to the man under the tree.
The man under the tree replied:
-        There is nothing there. I can see it clearly.
-        How now! – The man on the tree boiled over – I see the cart with two oxen, the teamster in a red shirt, and the cart is full of hay.
-        Horseshit! - The man under the tree answered – It is nothing there.
Then the man on the tree suggested to the other man to climb the tree and have a look.
-        What for would I climb the tree! – The man under the tree answered – I can see perfectly from here. Anyway, it’s nothing there. I won’t climb for nothing up and down.

What I want to express is that people are very different and I could talk more about the experience I gained at the training, but the main point is that each of us has his own reality and
understanding of life. And if you want to change your life you have to “climb the tree”. Another way to change it does not simply exist!

Aleksei Devyatkin

From Olga Makhrakova, lawyer from Yaroslavl, Russia

after the 4th Chakra Workshop: "The Way of the Heart"

"Three weeks has passed since the group.
I am a barrister and have contact with many people. I have started to observe what is happening to me.
It's surprising but I've become more concentrated and it helps me a lot.

I am looking directly into the eyes of my clients and colleagues when I am talking with them.
They trust me more, and I am not afraid. Our contacts have become closer. I think they believe I cannot lie to them.

I speak more slowly and in a lower voice - I feel it makes people trust me more. I am more open and sincere.
More clients after consultations asked me to help them. I think they feel that I am alive and real,
that's why they rely on me in solving their problems.
I am happy. I feel my heart is big."

My most impressive teacher Sarovara Prem

He is a spiritual teacher. He is a person with deep cultivation and has psychic ability. He comes from England. When he was 20 he became a disciple of Osho who was a spiritual master.
Later he was trained as a therapist at Osho International Meditation University. In 1987 he started travelling internationally to help many sincere seekers to find their real way. He
healed the souls of many people to solve problems in their lives and help them enjoy life. I respect him very much. He help me see life is so mysterious and beautiful.

Last year because of the financial crisis I lost a good job in a software multinational company. Although the company gave me another position to help me to stay, however that is not my
favorite position. So I found another job. My hard work was quickly recognized by the leader of the new company. While at that time I was troubled by their rigid management .I felt very
upset then. I don’t know where my future is.
During that period I was very depressed.

At the beginning of this year by accidental opportunity, I met my teacher recommended by my friend. I invited him to do a personal analysis for me. I talked about some confusions in my
life to him, then he started to read my energy quietly . After a few minutes he started to talk about my character and gave me some suggestions. How amazing I felt! Why did he know so
much about me in such a short period of time? Then he helped me with solving my problems through an exercise, at that moment I felt strong gas enter my body from my back. I felt I was
full of energy at once. A few days later I joined his three day workshop named Love & Awareness. The goal of course is leading us to understand every aspect of human beings inner heart
with love from a brand new perspective. That means opening ourselves, perceiving ourselves and making our life full of joy, calm, vitality and intelligence. The difference between other
courses is that the course is made of many groups of exercises and after every exercise every member can share their feeling with others and ask some questions.

My teacher would answer those questions and give them advice. His answers always hit the nail on the head and make me admire him. During the two day’s exercises and meditation led
by him, I heard many views I have never heard before. I experienced deep calm, inner joy and all kinds of emotions. This course is based on personal experience and realization. It can
accelerate us to understand ourselves and make us more conscious.

After this workshop I began to rethink my life. Before I tried to look for my happiness from outside, but it can only make me temporarily satisfied. Each of us wants a happy life. In our
current world too many people are lost in fame and gain. But we forgot that real happiness doesn’t come from outside but exist inside of ourselves. I remember a word of Kung-Fu Panda,
‘your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.’ I appreciate my teacher very much. He
makes my mind settle. Now when I go out I begin to realize the sunrise, the sunset, the sky, the clouds and the trees everything in nature is so beautiful. My teacher is my guide in life.
He is like a beacon lighting up my way!

Satyam Jaleela, Computer Programmer, Nanjing, China

A Review by Tara Wong, faculty member of Hong Kong University
of OSHO RELIVING THERAPY I - CHILDHOOD & REBIRTH group
conducted by Sarovara Prem, June 2009, Hong Kong

Numerous psychological theories pinpointed the importance of looking into the childhood experience, as a way to understand the development of one’s personality
and hidden obstacles in the adult life. However knowing those concepts in mind is totally different from having an experiential review.

From my experience in working with people who are facing challenges in life,
most of them somehow share the same track in formulation of the problem if we can trace back to their Family of Origin (FOO).
Something unresolved in childhood gradually manifests in adult experience as difficulties in relationship, work, family or even the physical health.
However if one tried to use this concept to bestow his responsibilities for the life experiences,
he is also surrendering his own well-being and the fundamental right to live a good life.

The practices and concepts shared in the group filled up the gap for something missing in the professional training in the academy.
While reviewing the notes I’ve written down in the group, I understand more and deeper about my parents, myself and my family as a whole,
especially the subtle family rules. The awareness of these rules changed my perception towards the boundaries in my life,
for something that I was not unable to do but not allowing myself to express in the past.

The group allowed me to explore something “I know I don’t know”, as well as something “I don’t know I actually know”.

My nephew was born on the last day of this group. While we’re welcoming this little new born angel in the family,
I also witnessed how the dynamics between the adults (as simple as something in the daily routine about feeding, hugging and playing)
can gradually mold a kid in his understanding about the rules in this world.

The widened understanding about my parents and myself helps me to move on in my life with true respect to myself and my parents.
Sometimes it may be difficult to step forward, but I realized that all the changes and growth in a family bring life lessons to learn,
either for the parents and the kids.

The frameworks given by our parents are the miracle gifts that supported our growth when we were still young and fragile, no matter how sweet or bitter they
were. Now I realized that by taking up the responsibility of one’s life to move on and manifest the true power, somehow we can consciously choose to put down the
invalid frameworks. If we can be authentic and open the doors to the possibilities in life, a deeper sense of love can be developed in every individual, between
people and within our universe. Isn’t that something we are all striving for?

Special thanks to all the members in this group, no matter if you have played the role as my
daddy or mommy in the practices. It's a bliss to go through the process together. I love you all!

Also, I'd like to express my profound gratitude for my parents at home.
Being a parent is one of the most challenging tasks in life and you did it!!!