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."