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Introduction
Over
a thirty-five year period hundreds of thousands of people
from every walk of life were drawn to Osho. They asked
questions, he answered. They read sutras to him, and he
talked about them. The talks were recorded, and later
filmed on video, transcribed into hundreds of books and
translated into dozens of languages.
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In the process, every
tradition in the history of consciousness has been
revisited for contemporary people. As each is teased
apart and explained in the modern context, we can find
the essential thread running through our history down to
each one of us today. From the meaning of life and death
to the struggles of power and politics, from the
challenges of love and creativity to the significance of
science and education. What is this mystery called
existence? Where did meditation come from? Can we learn
anything from Taoism? What is happiness? Why am I
discontented? Where did my guilt come from? What is hope?
Who am I?
Is there life after death? Asks one. Better you ask if
there is life after birth, comes the reply. Here you will
find the spiritually incorrect mystic at work,
demolishing our sacred cows, one by one, in exquisite
detail. With compassion and humor our insanities are laid
out before us, leaving us with that uniquely human option
of growing up rather than simply growing old.
Each talk is given "off-the cuff,"
extemporaneously without notes. And each has its own
context. And when answering questions, the primary
purpose is always to answer the questioner rather than
the question. It is the individual and his or her
transformation that is important, not just the
words.
And finally a note of caution from the author:
"Always remember, whatsoever I say to you, you
can take it in two ways. You can simply take it on my
authority, ’Because I say so, it must be true’
-- then you will suffer, then you will not grow.
Whatsoever I say, listen to it, try to understand it,
implement it in your life, see how it works, and then
come to your own conclusions. They may be the same, they
may not be. They can never be exactly the same because
you have a different personality, a unique being.
Whatsoever I am saying is my own. It is bound to be in
deep ways rooted in me. You may come to similar
conclusions, but they cannot be exactly the same. So my
conclusions should not be made your conclusions. You
should try to understand me, you should try to learn, but
you should not collect knowledge from me, you should not
collect conclusions from me. Then your mind-body will
grow.
"My message is not a doctrine, not a philosophy. My
message is a certain alchemy, a science of
transformation."
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