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Vivir peligrosamente en tiempos extraordinarios
Osho es conocido como una de las figuras mas provocativas de nuestro tiempo. Este libro, compuesto de una seleccion de sus intempestivos discursos, nos presenta una vision general de los conceptos clave del ideal de -vivir peligrosamente-. Critico con las religiones tradicionales y sus normas y doctrinas, que imponen una -esclavitud psicologica-, su ideario pone enfasis en la responsabilidad personal y la libertad. Entre los muchos temas clave discutidos en el libro encontramos el de -wholeness- (una absorcion total en las acciones que lleva a cabo uno mismo) y el de escepticismo cientifico. Su mision, dijo Osho, era hacer volver a la vida a aquellos que vivian como si estuvieran muertos. Esta seleccion de sus discursos se organiza en tres partes. La primera, -No mas normas, solo algunas peticiones- nos proporciona el contexto para entender el singular acercamiento de Osho al camino de la espiritualidad. En la segunda parte, -Ideas normales para tiempos extraordinarios-, destacan aquel
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First published January 1, 1997
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Osho
4,354 books6,779 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 24, 2015
I read a little summin' summin' by Osho back in 2007 or 2008 that had a pretty profound effect on me at the time. I then got into conflict with my girlfriend over him being a scumbag with a bunch of Mercedes Benzes or some shit, & he might very well have had some scumbag in him. He doesn't strike me as a saint. Even in this book, he says some suspect shit & his attitude in general can be grating - I think sometimes he tries to be offensive on purpose, & other times he's just unknowingly condescending. He makes a lot of generalizations in this book. His generalizations are espoused in a way that, honestly, someone who is trying hard to make a point - especially a positive, useful one - should probably reconsider. He attracts too much bullshit by taking childish jabs at established religion - disagree with it, argue against it, go as far as saying that its followers are lacking in the 'critical thought' department, but don't at random namedrop Jesus & Buddha just to belittle them. It seems like he'd turn off a lot of the people he should be trying to convince by doing that, & as someone who doesn't really give a shit either way, it just doesn't reflect well on himself as a positive, 'enlightened' guru.
The book strikes me as mostly accurate & true, though. Almost too much so - I got kind of bored, a lot of it seems so matter-of-fact that anyone with some common sense & any spiritual (or just positive) inclination shouldn't approach this with any ambition to learn. But it's good hearing good things, & some of his analogies & examples are charming, & his voice is mostly smooth & the whole book can be read rather easily. It just lost me at times due to the lack of... excitement. It's exciting when Zarathustra expounds a bunch of things, because even now, it is fresh. These ideas may (unfortunately) be uncommon, but they don't strike me as too fresh here.
My mood also coloured my reading. I can tell. Some parts, I'd put a little sticker in every few pages at a nice quote, & then, in the center, there is a massive 98-page chunk that only got 4 stickers throughout. I obviously just wasn't as open to being enthralled at that point, too tired (reading on nightshift, etc.), when I know I could probably re-read that same section & find sticker-worthy truths if I ever felt like going back through it. But little point.
I do want to get more of Osho's books, though. I should find the one my inspiring 2008 passage came from. It may be easy to criticize the man, but I don't think that should affect his books.
The book strikes me as mostly accurate & true, though. Almost too much so - I got kind of bored, a lot of it seems so matter-of-fact that anyone with some common sense & any spiritual (or just positive) inclination shouldn't approach this with any ambition to learn. But it's good hearing good things, & some of his analogies & examples are charming, & his voice is mostly smooth & the whole book can be read rather easily. It just lost me at times due to the lack of... excitement. It's exciting when Zarathustra expounds a bunch of things, because even now, it is fresh. These ideas may (unfortunately) be uncommon, but they don't strike me as too fresh here.
My mood also coloured my reading. I can tell. Some parts, I'd put a little sticker in every few pages at a nice quote, & then, in the center, there is a massive 98-page chunk that only got 4 stickers throughout. I obviously just wasn't as open to being enthralled at that point, too tired (reading on nightshift, etc.), when I know I could probably re-read that same section & find sticker-worthy truths if I ever felt like going back through it. But little point.
I do want to get more of Osho's books, though. I should find the one my inspiring 2008 passage came from. It may be easy to criticize the man, but I don't think that should affect his books.
June 2, 2017
Great book! Haven't read anything like it before and it found me at the right time. While I don't agree with everything Osho wrote, I don't believe we are all supposed to agree with him. He's just sharing his insight and it's a refreshing beautiful way of thinking. Many passages in this book I fell in love with, and will carry with me in my life and I knew it as soon as I read them. There are amazing pieces of advice in this book that could dramatically change humanity for the better, if only the human race was patient and open minded enough to want to change for the better. Would recommend this to anyone who feels they are struggling or lost their path and are ready to accept a new way of living. It could be a life changer if you dedicate to being open and becoming a better person.
September 14, 2024
I couldn't finish it. I've been told by a friend of Indian heritage that you'll find plenty of wannabe gurus in India, and the words of Osho don't exactly dispel this myth.
I'm sure the chap had oodles of charisma and was quite intelligent. Some of his thinking is interesting, but nah, I smelt a rat too often in his simplistic musings.
I'm sure the chap had oodles of charisma and was quite intelligent. Some of his thinking is interesting, but nah, I smelt a rat too often in his simplistic musings.
January 16, 2021
I enjoy philosophical and spiritual books and personally, I found this book to be extremely disappointing. I realise the book is possibly a summary of discourses from Osho as he hasn't actually written any books which explains the rambling nature of the book. While I found some aspects of the book thought provoking (mainly excerpts from other spiritual sources), I was let down by the vast majority of the book which felt illogical. I don't think this book serves any purpose in providing any kind of thought stimulation or spiritual guidance. Osho was indeed a great speaker (thought not necessary correct) and had the magnetic charm to keep his viewers glued to him during his discourses, but the book hardly justifies any of it.
October 25, 2017
Uma interessante introdução ao pensamento de Osho. Claramente ele é um pensador atípico, com ideias transgressoras mas ao mesmo tempo coerentes com o universo que ele compartilha.
Falta ao livro uma linha guia que conecte as ideias, o que torna a leitura em grande parte repetitiva e em certos momentos desconexa.
Falta ao livro uma linha guia que conecte as ideias, o que torna a leitura em grande parte repetitiva e em certos momentos desconexa.
November 12, 2016
parts were great, parts were dull.
October 28, 2023
🇪🇦 Este libro lo había empezado en Edimburgo pero no lo había terminado, no sé por qué lo dejé pendiente. Supongo que ahora era el momento🙏
🟠 Este libro te trae muchas enseñanzas sobre todo, de qué es el estado de consciencia, trabaja mucho la individualidad, el proporcionarte a ti mismo lo que necesitas, expresando por qué la mera existencia es importante.
🟠 Uno de los puntos que más me ha gustado y atraído, aparte de confirmado muy bien lo que ya creo en cuanto a ello, qué es amar en libertad, qué es respetar la individualidad del otro, el comprenderse, el amar sin restricciones. Me ha llenado el alma.
🟠 Te recuerda puntos importantes, como mantenerse en en el presente, la diferencia entre la creencia y la confianza, la diferencia entre una persona despierta espiritualmente y una dormida y el arte de encontrar la belleza en cosas o hábitos ordinarios.
🔵 Este libro me ha servido de apoyo a otras cosas que voy leyendo y aprendiendo, es una lectura que considero ligera, con contextos claros y fáciles de entender y que a mí me han atraído mucho, animándome a seguir leyendo❤️
🔵 Y creo que una de las partes más importantes y que engloba todo el libro, es el mostrarse auténtico, tal como uno es, tal como se siente, es un punto que me ha ganado por completo. Me alegro de haberle dado la oportunidad de nuevo, de haberlo seguido tan bien, de haber conectado tanto con sus palabras y haber aprendido mucho más de cada capítulo y enseñanza😊
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🇬🇧 I started reading this book in Edinburgh but I hadn't finished it, I don't know why I left it pending, but I guess now was the time to come back to it🙏
🟠 This book brings you many teachings, above all, what is the state of consciousness, working a lot with the context of individuality, providing yourself with what you need, expressing why the mere existence is so important.
🟠 One of the points I have liked and attracted me the most, apart from confirming very well what I already believe in, what it is to love freely, what it is to respect the individuality of the other person, the understanding, to love without restrictions. It filled my soul, really.
🟠 It reminds you important points, such as keeping yourself in the present, the difference between belief and trust, the difference between a person spiritually awakened and asleep and the art of finding beauty in ordinary things or habits.
🔵 This book has helped me as a support for other things I am reading and learning, it is a reading that I consider enlightening, very clear and easy to understand contexts and that I have felt very attracted to it, encouraging me to continue reading❤️
🔵 And I think one of the most important parts and which encompasses the whole book is to show yourself authentically, just as one is, as he/she feels it, it's a point that has earned me completely. I'm glad I gave it the opportunity again, the fact I followed it so well, to have connected so much with his words and learned much more from each chapter and all his teachings😊
🟠 Este libro te trae muchas enseñanzas sobre todo, de qué es el estado de consciencia, trabaja mucho la individualidad, el proporcionarte a ti mismo lo que necesitas, expresando por qué la mera existencia es importante.
🟠 Uno de los puntos que más me ha gustado y atraído, aparte de confirmado muy bien lo que ya creo en cuanto a ello, qué es amar en libertad, qué es respetar la individualidad del otro, el comprenderse, el amar sin restricciones. Me ha llenado el alma.
🟠 Te recuerda puntos importantes, como mantenerse en en el presente, la diferencia entre la creencia y la confianza, la diferencia entre una persona despierta espiritualmente y una dormida y el arte de encontrar la belleza en cosas o hábitos ordinarios.
🔵 Este libro me ha servido de apoyo a otras cosas que voy leyendo y aprendiendo, es una lectura que considero ligera, con contextos claros y fáciles de entender y que a mí me han atraído mucho, animándome a seguir leyendo❤️
🔵 Y creo que una de las partes más importantes y que engloba todo el libro, es el mostrarse auténtico, tal como uno es, tal como se siente, es un punto que me ha ganado por completo. Me alegro de haberle dado la oportunidad de nuevo, de haberlo seguido tan bien, de haber conectado tanto con sus palabras y haber aprendido mucho más de cada capítulo y enseñanza😊
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.
🇬🇧 I started reading this book in Edinburgh but I hadn't finished it, I don't know why I left it pending, but I guess now was the time to come back to it🙏
🟠 This book brings you many teachings, above all, what is the state of consciousness, working a lot with the context of individuality, providing yourself with what you need, expressing why the mere existence is so important.
🟠 One of the points I have liked and attracted me the most, apart from confirming very well what I already believe in, what it is to love freely, what it is to respect the individuality of the other person, the understanding, to love without restrictions. It filled my soul, really.
🟠 It reminds you important points, such as keeping yourself in the present, the difference between belief and trust, the difference between a person spiritually awakened and asleep and the art of finding beauty in ordinary things or habits.
🔵 This book has helped me as a support for other things I am reading and learning, it is a reading that I consider enlightening, very clear and easy to understand contexts and that I have felt very attracted to it, encouraging me to continue reading❤️
🔵 And I think one of the most important parts and which encompasses the whole book is to show yourself authentically, just as one is, as he/she feels it, it's a point that has earned me completely. I'm glad I gave it the opportunity again, the fact I followed it so well, to have connected so much with his words and learned much more from each chapter and all his teachings😊
May 16, 2021
Osho is controversial, I agreed with some of his earlier transcribed talks in the book- but later he makes homophobic comments (pg 181) and as a bisexual woman, and a humanist, I'm not into that.
Some of his thinking echoes the Yogic concept of 'reintegration' but he has little to say about how this is achievable bar his emphases on meditation and living fully in the present.
He contradicts himself a few times, but this is likely because the book is comprised of transcriptions of his public speeches. He's not a writer, but an orator. There's no timeline or chronology attached to the different sub sections of the book, which are fairly crudely attributed under thematic chapter headings. I enjoyed the first half of the book, then became disillusioned toward the end.
Osho was a King of Generalisations. and Aphorisms. I agree with aspects of his writing but ultimately left me with a bitter taste of hypocrisy, materialism and discrimination.
Some of his thinking echoes the Yogic concept of 'reintegration' but he has little to say about how this is achievable bar his emphases on meditation and living fully in the present.
He contradicts himself a few times, but this is likely because the book is comprised of transcriptions of his public speeches. He's not a writer, but an orator. There's no timeline or chronology attached to the different sub sections of the book, which are fairly crudely attributed under thematic chapter headings. I enjoyed the first half of the book, then became disillusioned toward the end.
Osho was a King of Generalisations. and Aphorisms. I agree with aspects of his writing but ultimately left me with a bitter taste of hypocrisy, materialism and discrimination.
December 31, 2022
Osho es un irreverente y en medio de ello plantea reflexiones profundas sobre la forma cómo vivimos -o nos perdemos de la vida-. Su idea principal en esta recopilación de sus charlas, es una invitación a vivir plenamente a través de la conciencia, la presencia real que puede alcanzarse a través de la meditación activa. Si bien algunos de sus planteamientos se me hacen algo extremos, causando sobresalto (que asumo era parte de su propósito) me quedan algunas ideas para este deseo de vivir con mayor plenitud.
Al respecto, este es el mensaje del libro que me hace más sentido: "De modo que hay que recordar estas tres palabras, las tres M: matemáticas, abajo; música, en el medio; y meditación, la más elevada. Un ser humano perfecto es científico con los objetos, estético y poético con las personas, y meditativo consigo mismo. Cuando estas tres cosas confluyen, la alegría es inmensa".
Al respecto, este es el mensaje del libro que me hace más sentido: "De modo que hay que recordar estas tres palabras, las tres M: matemáticas, abajo; música, en el medio; y meditación, la más elevada. Un ser humano perfecto es científico con los objetos, estético y poético con las personas, y meditativo consigo mismo. Cuando estas tres cosas confluyen, la alegría es inmensa".
May 9, 2017
Osho is the master of life and can help you to get rid of the ruling of your mind. This book gives you courage to live different. Living dangerously means you are free to think and free to choose whatever you want. The book illustrates the painful reality of our life being lived for other's sake. I recommend you to read this book if you are really seeking out an inner silence and require to unchain you mind from past and future.
July 26, 2017
Osho is such a joy to read!!
from the book ..... "liberation from dead superstition, ideologies, dogmas is such a great necessity that once you are free of it you will feel as if you have got wings and you can fly into the sky"
me....I'm looking forward to the day I can fly unfettered.
from the book ..... "liberation from dead superstition, ideologies, dogmas is such a great necessity that once you are free of it you will feel as if you have got wings and you can fly into the sky"
me....I'm looking forward to the day I can fly unfettered.
October 31, 2018
Started off interesting but very soon becomes repetitive and lacking in structure. There is the odd good quote or story that would make for a good meme on Instagram, but for the most part it is the repetitive, confused ramblings of a confused old man.
November 10, 2020
Osho is pretty controversial and very forthright in his use of language and his views. Some amazing reminders and food for thought but also some sections which I personally completely disagree with and found unnecessary and certain beliefs quite disturbing.
October 22, 2021
No había leído nunca antes a Osho había visto en los estantes muchos títulos de el, decidí comprar uno y me fascinó lo que escribe como lo cuenta y la filosofía atrás de la vida. Creo leeré más títulos de el
September 22, 2024
Really enjoyed this book, it has really benefited my religious studies at school, I love his view on living life to its fullest and living like you could die tomorrow. Really explains the reasoning behind Buddhism well.
September 15, 2025
This book is full of bold ideas. I wonder, if they become a reality some day in the future. I agree with the author on many points, although not on everything. But I enjoyed this book: I was reading it on train, on bus, on plane - it made those trips more enjoyable.
July 3, 2017
Wow, just wow! I cannot wait to read more Osho.
August 7, 2017
Funny. No mumbo-jumbo.
November 1, 2017
Controversial but enlightening
March 31, 2019
I found this book very interesting and gave me some answers to questions or doubts I had. I share most of his thoughts. I enjoyed this reading :)
May 15, 2020
Excellent book!
Inspiring and easily applied to everyday life
Inspiring and easily applied to everyday life
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August 26, 2020Excelente filosofia que nos comparte este libro
May 20, 2021
Everyone should read this book! Many words of wisdom! Albeit some are impossible to realise due to the current state of the evolved nature of human beings thus far.
August 22, 2021
Eye opening....I became woke from reading this piece
January 21, 2022
it is a strange world. People are themselves drowning in shit, and
crying loudly, ‘Save humanity!’
crying loudly, ‘Save humanity!’
April 10, 2024
A importância de viver o agora. Livro rico em história do dia a dia que podem mudar a forma como se vê o mundo.
October 19, 2024
4.5 stars. Unflinchingly honest invitation to living a life of truth, in every aspect of your life.
January 5, 2024
Me sorprendió bastante el contenido, bastante “revolucionario” y con ideas muy sólidas sobre la forma en que los seres humano enfrentamos la vida.
Este libro nos obliga a separarnos de nuestras creencias y abrir la mente para tener una visión más amplia sobre las distintas doctrinas: religión, política, economía, amor, relaciones.
Osho es un gran embajador de la no religión, en sus letras nos reitera como es importante la espiritualidad pero no la religión humanizada que nos bloquea y nos llena de “mandamientos” para embarcar la vida.
Si quieres leer algo diferente y que tu lente haga boom 💥 este es el libro.
Este libro nos obliga a separarnos de nuestras creencias y abrir la mente para tener una visión más amplia sobre las distintas doctrinas: religión, política, economía, amor, relaciones.
Osho es un gran embajador de la no religión, en sus letras nos reitera como es importante la espiritualidad pero no la religión humanizada que nos bloquea y nos llena de “mandamientos” para embarcar la vida.
Si quieres leer algo diferente y que tu lente haga boom 💥 este es el libro.
June 10, 2024
This is the first disappointing book "by" Osho that I have read, but to be fair this is a very different beast, being a composite of his more daring missives. When he focuses on meditation; suggestions for good spiritual living ("never imitate", "live moment to moment" etc); the responsibility of being free; awareness is the only morality etc, things are fine. Then midway through he (or the compilers) broaden their scope and things go awry as his more dangerous ideas about religions (even against Buddhism), living selfishly being the best way (and do-gooders being the "most mischievous people in the world", loving money and saying how useful and wonderful the things it buys are (and then later in the book decrying it and saying it shouldn't be necessary), marriage being bad, nuclear weapons are good (for avoiding the next world wars). There are good elements of course, but I found the more focused, streamlined books on a dedicated subject from defined talk sessions (his books are all transcribed from the spoken word in his talks) to be far more rewarding.
December 14, 2023
Starts very strong, finishes very weak. There's probably better books of this "enlightenment" kind, but Osho does definitely propose some fascinating ideas. Probably worth looking at his most popular book
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