The Art of Living by Wilfred peterson

by Wilfred Peterson

This is a collection of Osho's writing.

Genres: Spirituality, Philosophy

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Bhakta Kishor]

Most of the humanity is vegetating rather than living, they need to learn the art of living so that death may also become a celebration. Man is born to achieve life but it all depends on him. He can miss it, he can go on breathing, eating, ageing… but it’s not life. It’s gradual death, 70 year long. And because millions are dying slow like this… you also start imitating them. Children learn from those around them and they are surrounded by the dead. So first we have to understand what I mean by life. It must not be simply growing old, it must be growing up. Any animal is capable of growing old. Growing up means moving every moment deeper into the principle of life, going farther away from death, not towards death. The deeper you go into life the more you understand the immortality in you. When you see death is nothing but changing of clothes, houses, forms… nothing dies. Death is the greatest illusion there is. For growing up just watch a tree… as the tree grows up, it’s roots are growing down, deeper, there is a balance… higher it goes, deeper the roots go. Growing up means growing deep within your self, where your roots are.

[Jimmy Quintana]

A book that captures the meaning of life and the bigger picture. Loved every minute of this read

[Saravanan]

good

[Nick S]

Brief, simple book with observations on life that still ring true today.