Osho never wrote a book though he is probably the most prolific
author ever with over 600 title that I believe are in print
in many languages and cover every possible aspect of human
life from religion to marriage. All the books are compilations
of discourses; darshans, interviews with disciples, visitors,
and journalists; letters written by Osho; and personal talks
which he gave.
He filled his discourses with anecdotes and jokes which would
be some thing of a shock to a priest giving a dull boring
sermon. As he said laughter is a poison to the ego.The ego
is what need to be shed to have any hope of a glimpse of the
truth.
It is impossible to do justice to this giant of a man in such
few words. But I would encourage everyone who has bothered
to read through so far to embark on his own personal journey
in search of deeper meanings n fulfillment if not “truth”
in life. Read him with an open mind and u might find many
a doors opening in life, solutions to problems emerging..But
it might take extraordinary courage to face up to the mirror
that his words will force you to look into. And see for your
self how putrid n stale our lives are. But once u have jumped
into the fire his words themselves will create a path for
you.
It would be totally unfair of u to reject him without at
least reading what he had to say. It’s easy to create
a negative outer persona when some one is saying some thing
which is contradictory to the view u have upheld so far. And
it’s easier still to make up stories specially about
a person like osho.But these are the people who have never
bothered to go into his essential message
And if at all debate some thing then debate that rather than
his “media” created personality.
"My whole effort here is to give you a taste of
freedom. Once you have known the taste, you will never settle
for anything else. If it is a question of settling somewhere,
you are wrong. My sannyas is a wandering; it is not a settlement"
"Truth cannot be practiced. You have to dissolve
yourself into it. Truth can never become something that you
can hold in your hand. It is vast. How can you hold it in
your hand? It can never become your property. You have to
relax into it, dissolve into it."
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