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Osho: Primero Se, Despues Relacionate
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First published July 19, 2010
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Osho
4,294 books6,798 followersRajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain, 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990) and latter rebranded as Osho was leader of the Rajneesh movement. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and mystic.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
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December 11, 2014
I guess this shouldn't have been my first OSHO book...
It just didnt go thru me :/
I know he is very famous and I'm a quite open person and this kind of topics are very interesting for me but for some reason, I end up not entirely convinced with his point of view.
I'm thinking it was probably because of a high level of religiousness, too many complaints about Jesus, Occident and Christians AND too pushy-references Pro-Orient religions and Saints or Divinities... Plus, I found TOO may times the words "Heaven" or "Hell" and "Punishments" or "Sins" in the text.... didn't like that really.
This Book talks about many things in a quick way, for example: Relationships, sex, tantra, meditation, yoga, love, jelousy, happiness, fear, dessire, religion, about living unsatisfied with everything, everyone and in every single minute of our days and the High importance of living in the NOW... leave "Past" behind and "future" ahead since we have no control in any of them at all... and the destruction of our EGO.
Besides the Now and the Ego, as topics I agree with the Author, I also very much agreed with the FACT that we dont need a "temple" to pray, meditate or connect... our bodies are Temples them-selves and we can do that Anytime and Aywhere we want... Its a mind and soul matter not a body or place thing.
I still haven't quit on OSHO... I think I'm gonna look up for a DVD Conference or specific videos on Internet so I get to know him better, listen to him directly and see his body language... Maybe THAT way I'm able to "connect" with him and his knowledge in this theme.
Quotes I liked:
- Care about the verbs, not nouns. Life shouldn't be seen as a noun. It is "to live" not Life. It is not love, it's "to love". It's not a relationship, it is "to be related". It's not a song, it's "to sing". It's not a dance, it's "to dance". Stop and stare. Appreciate the diference...
- Un perfeccionista es es una persona que toma un gran dolor y le da a otros un dolor incluso mas grande. Y el resultado es un mundo miserable. Todos quieren ser perfectos. Y en el momento en que alguien empieza a intentar ser perfecto, empieza a esperar que todos sean perfectos. Se convierte en un condenador (...) El hombre no puede ser perfecto.
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