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Miedo: Entender y aceptar las inseguridades de la vida
La vida es inseguridad. Cada momento nos lleva a una inseguridad cada vez más profunda. Es un juego en el que nadie sabe cuál será el siguiente paso. ¡En esto radica la belleza de la existencia! Si fuera predecible, no valdría la pena vivir la vida; si todo fuera tal y como deseáramos que fuese y no hubiese lugar para la incertidumbre, no seríamos seres humanos sino máquinas, ya que solo para ellas todo es seguro y cierto.
El hombre vive en libertad. La libertad necesita inseguridad e incertidumbre.
En el interior del libro, el lector encontrará el código de descarga de una meditación guiada.
El hombre vive en libertad. La libertad necesita inseguridad e incertidumbre.
En el interior del libro, el lector encontrará el código de descarga de una meditación guiada.
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Osho
4,353 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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October 10, 2013
Osho's pervading insight into the subject fear is astonishing, in a couple of words the basic principle of all fear arises out of the fear and lack of understanding about death. Death and life intrinsically are two sides of the same coin, polar opposites.
A image that melted into me, when are old married couple are sitting together in silence next to each other, there is death surrounding them, it may seem sad, to people sitting in silence when death is around the corner, but there is immense beauty there too, there is life also! in silent communion they dont have to talk about mundane crap and bullshit to cover up the silence, they have lived and enjoy. So really whatever meaning we derive from the image really comes from the same source.
Also osho makes great comparisons between the east and west, and how their different understand and approach towards death influences civilisation.
*Edit, Forgot to mention that Osho discusses one of humanities most notorious philosophical question...To be or not to be? from a meditative point of a view, found this part extremely interesting.
A image that melted into me, when are old married couple are sitting together in silence next to each other, there is death surrounding them, it may seem sad, to people sitting in silence when death is around the corner, but there is immense beauty there too, there is life also! in silent communion they dont have to talk about mundane crap and bullshit to cover up the silence, they have lived and enjoy. So really whatever meaning we derive from the image really comes from the same source.
Also osho makes great comparisons between the east and west, and how their different understand and approach towards death influences civilisation.
*Edit, Forgot to mention that Osho discusses one of humanities most notorious philosophical question...To be or not to be? from a meditative point of a view, found this part extremely interesting.
September 28, 2016
simply the best book in the world..just go read it..this is like a book with blank pages: you have to experience first to understand what was contained in this book..all zen, fill with zen and love.
December 28, 2013
helped me clear my head and have courage to conquer my fears and become stronger as a person
October 29, 2018
All I remember from this book are the words "fear" and "DEATH" like thousand times!
A useless book which served me nothing but wasted a bunch of my time!
A useless book which served me nothing but wasted a bunch of my time!
March 2, 2013
I thought this was a great compilation of Osho's thoughts...Very inspiring...I love Osho and the way his mind works so it was a great read for me. I especially liked his interpretation of Hamlet's "to be or not to be?" question and the stories throughout the book. I am glad I bought this book; it gave me a new spin on the concept of insecurity.
July 6, 2017
I've been told that pain is something that you need to get rid of. I've always been ashamed of it somehow, and instead of facing it I escape it. This book taught me to accept it. To accept that pain is an essential thing in life. Without pain, there's no pleasure. To embrace It and enjoy every moment in the suffering till it dissolves/dissipates.
While reading it, it felt like it was written for me. Fear is something that cannot be avoided but can be understood.
Once you understand your fear, you can live without it.
Understanding is the key.
Fear of death is the basic, once you deal with it, all the other fears become easy to deal with.
There's a part that left me wondering and I felt that it's necessary to write it down here.
When humans are considered alive? Is it when we breathe in our first breath? Or when we have souls? Or when our hearts starts beating? Or maybe before that! Who knows!
Our life is an eternity, it is a thread that keeps on moving continuously through time. Till time disappears.
The book didn't discuss these ideas by details. It discussed more about fear, the fear of death and how love is as powerful as fear.
The language annoyed me in the beginning but then it got better.
A marvelous book for which I gained so much after reading it. I hope what I'm feeling right now isn't temporary and that I've really understood the concept of fear.
While reading it, it felt like it was written for me. Fear is something that cannot be avoided but can be understood.
Once you understand your fear, you can live without it.
Understanding is the key.
Fear of death is the basic, once you deal with it, all the other fears become easy to deal with.
There's a part that left me wondering and I felt that it's necessary to write it down here.
When humans are considered alive? Is it when we breathe in our first breath? Or when we have souls? Or when our hearts starts beating? Or maybe before that! Who knows!
Our life is an eternity, it is a thread that keeps on moving continuously through time. Till time disappears.
The book didn't discuss these ideas by details. It discussed more about fear, the fear of death and how love is as powerful as fear.
The language annoyed me in the beginning but then it got better.
A marvelous book for which I gained so much after reading it. I hope what I'm feeling right now isn't temporary and that I've really understood the concept of fear.
December 19, 2020
It will not be justified to summarise this book. Every sentence has a deeper meaning and the book constantly persuades you to accept your insecurities and your fears.
As per Osho, you should be afraid of love and not fear. Fear is not the problem, love is. Fear is just an absence of love. How can you be afraid of something which doesn't exist?
Similarly, he talks about how the society conditions you to be fearful always because once you fear them , only then they can tell you the rules and eventually control you. One who is in deep love has no fear and as a result cannot be controlled.
Prayer is one more such technique which they tell you will help you stay away from misery. It is just a template which you keep on repeating and inturn develop fear of God. If we are indeed children of God, then why will he ever punish us?
The first step towards living a life without fear is to accept death. Death is the underlying cause of any form of fear always. One must accept that life is only fun when uncertainty looms over it. Death is that uncertainty. A rose will become a plastic if it doesn't have to fear death. Will you ever appreciate a plastic rose? If you want to enjoy life, you will have to enjoy death as well. They go hand in hand. Being afraid of one inturn means that you are afraid of the other.
As per Osho, you should be afraid of love and not fear. Fear is not the problem, love is. Fear is just an absence of love. How can you be afraid of something which doesn't exist?
Similarly, he talks about how the society conditions you to be fearful always because once you fear them , only then they can tell you the rules and eventually control you. One who is in deep love has no fear and as a result cannot be controlled.
Prayer is one more such technique which they tell you will help you stay away from misery. It is just a template which you keep on repeating and inturn develop fear of God. If we are indeed children of God, then why will he ever punish us?
The first step towards living a life without fear is to accept death. Death is the underlying cause of any form of fear always. One must accept that life is only fun when uncertainty looms over it. Death is that uncertainty. A rose will become a plastic if it doesn't have to fear death. Will you ever appreciate a plastic rose? If you want to enjoy life, you will have to enjoy death as well. They go hand in hand. Being afraid of one inturn means that you are afraid of the other.
December 3, 2016
El libro pivota sobre un par de ideas simples como la felicidad en la sencillez y el amor por uno mismo; pero se hace pesado y bastante adoctrinante. Además, me ha resultado poco respetuoso con los religiosos y bastante misógino
June 7, 2015
Some of the ideas are repeated multiple times, but overall a book worth reading.
July 7, 2015
The book was half truth; half hooey.
What he doesn't know about women could fill a book--which is ironic considering he has a book about women.
Probably won't read another Osho book.
What he doesn't know about women could fill a book--which is ironic considering he has a book about women.
Probably won't read another Osho book.
November 17, 2020
“Don’t move the way fear makes you move. Move the way joy makes you move – not out of fear, because all so-called religions are based on fear. Their God is nothing but fear, and their heaven and hell are nothing but projections of fear and greed. Rumi’s statement is very revolutionary: ‘Do not move because of fear.’ All the religions say to people, ‘Fear God!’…
“You all have been living out of fear. Your relationships are out of fear. Fear is so overwhelming – like a dark cloud covering your life – that you say things which you don’t want to say, but fear makes you say them. You do things which you do not want to do, but fear makes you do them. A little intelligence is enough to see.”
Truly awesome, inspiring and beautiful, there is everything you can expect, about this important side of our life, Fear and how much influence it has on us and how we behave upon its effects on us, all this is answered fantastically in this book.
There are a lot of differences between Osho and other spiritual teachers I have followed, those differences made me hesitate to go to him, to read his books, until one day I saw this book while wandering round the market, and picked it. Not long after that I started, since I had finished reading (The power of Now) recently, it was another option to continue on the same journey, within the same charming world.
But when started reading it, it was baffling how fluent is this book, how easily written without any effort, as if the writer is reading from another open book in front of him, The book of Being, or anything with all the spiritual power, his teachings are so convincing and direct, and the advises are as easy as not doing anything at all at sometimes, and waiting for all the gains and the good results.
The question that rises itself is that, are all the other books by Osho as beautiful? If it is like that, it will be a real fortune to sail into the ocean of this great man.
“You all have been living out of fear. Your relationships are out of fear. Fear is so overwhelming – like a dark cloud covering your life – that you say things which you don’t want to say, but fear makes you say them. You do things which you do not want to do, but fear makes you do them. A little intelligence is enough to see.”
Truly awesome, inspiring and beautiful, there is everything you can expect, about this important side of our life, Fear and how much influence it has on us and how we behave upon its effects on us, all this is answered fantastically in this book.
There are a lot of differences between Osho and other spiritual teachers I have followed, those differences made me hesitate to go to him, to read his books, until one day I saw this book while wandering round the market, and picked it. Not long after that I started, since I had finished reading (The power of Now) recently, it was another option to continue on the same journey, within the same charming world.
But when started reading it, it was baffling how fluent is this book, how easily written without any effort, as if the writer is reading from another open book in front of him, The book of Being, or anything with all the spiritual power, his teachings are so convincing and direct, and the advises are as easy as not doing anything at all at sometimes, and waiting for all the gains and the good results.
The question that rises itself is that, are all the other books by Osho as beautiful? If it is like that, it will be a real fortune to sail into the ocean of this great man.
October 25, 2017
Simplemente el mejor libro... el autor tocó un punto que encaja perfectamente conmigo, me ayudo a aclarar mi mente y tener el valor para vencer mis miedos y fortalecerme como persona. Estoy contenta de haber comprado este libro, me dio un giro en el concepto de la inseguridad.
May 25, 2020
Covers every aspect of the fear in very simple manner. Loved it. Always enjoy reading osho.
November 9, 2019
2.5. Desde el principio me pareció que el libro más que un libro en sí tenía pinta de transcripción de una conferencia, y así se nos confirma al final. El problema de eso, para mí, ha sido que se repetía mil veces la misma frase pero reformulada o cambiando una palabra, una insistencia que puede quedar más natural oral pero que como yo de entrada contaba con que era simplemente un libro al uso me chocó bastante.
Continuando en la línea de los últimos libros que me he leído, aquí se habla de amor, de energía, de la divinidad de todo lo que existe y, por supuesto, de miedo. En ocasiones me parece que Osho cae en un pensamiento demasiado simplista, que me dejaba pensando "sí, y ya está, ¿no? Así de fácil". En general, y puede que se deba precisamente a que ya estoy leyendo demasiado del mismo tema seguido, no he sentido que me haya enseñado nada totalmente nuevo ni me haya convencido para mirar el miedo de otra forma. Sé que Osho es un autor de renombre en estas materias y quiero darle alguna oportunidad a otros trabajos suyos, pero este en concreto no siento que haya funcionado especialmente para mí. Las recomendaciones son las evidentes y previsibles: no dejes que el miedo te paralice, afróntalo, vívelo, haz las cosas aunque te aterren.
No obstante, algunas ideas me han parecido muy interesantes y las he señalado para volver a leer, como por ejemplo una comparación entre los ositos de peluche de los niños y el Dios de los mayores. Más reflexiones así son lo que he echado de menos, y es sobre lo que me gustaría leer en más profundidad.
Continuando en la línea de los últimos libros que me he leído, aquí se habla de amor, de energía, de la divinidad de todo lo que existe y, por supuesto, de miedo. En ocasiones me parece que Osho cae en un pensamiento demasiado simplista, que me dejaba pensando "sí, y ya está, ¿no? Así de fácil". En general, y puede que se deba precisamente a que ya estoy leyendo demasiado del mismo tema seguido, no he sentido que me haya enseñado nada totalmente nuevo ni me haya convencido para mirar el miedo de otra forma. Sé que Osho es un autor de renombre en estas materias y quiero darle alguna oportunidad a otros trabajos suyos, pero este en concreto no siento que haya funcionado especialmente para mí. Las recomendaciones son las evidentes y previsibles: no dejes que el miedo te paralice, afróntalo, vívelo, haz las cosas aunque te aterren.
No obstante, algunas ideas me han parecido muy interesantes y las he señalado para volver a leer, como por ejemplo una comparación entre los ositos de peluche de los niños y el Dios de los mayores. Más reflexiones así son lo que he echado de menos, y es sobre lo que me gustaría leer en más profundidad.
May 24, 2018
There are some good pages in this book, but it seemed like bit over stretched. Osho explains even small things in great detail and after some reading, it usually becomes boring. Although, there are pages (actually sections) where Osho just blows your mind with his perspective on life, death and fear.
November 4, 2018
I feel so grateful to Osho for sharing his endless wisdom and to the guy who recorded all his speeches. His books have put me on the path to freedom and this one in particular is helping me break my chains 🙏🏻 I wish everyone on this planet had access to this gem
November 20, 2018
One become fearless but i think fear is also necessary. It is a part of life.
June 27, 2021
Todos tenemos miedo.. pero el miedo nos limita. Me gusto.. de vez en cuando es bueno recordar estas cosas.
January 14, 2021
De todos os livros de Osho lidos até hoje (e já são alguns), este parece-me ser o mais essencial e talvez o mais adequado para ler nestes difíceis e incertos tempos que estamos a viver.
O medo tem na sua base o medo da morte e, de acordo com o autor, apodera-se de nós logo na nossa infância de forma inconsciente. Mas... Tem também a ver com o tempo e, por inevitabilidade, com a ideia de finitude. É uma neurose, um mecanismo da mente.
Por outro lado, relaciona-se sempre com algo no futuro. É a ausência de amor, o apego ao desejo.
Osho lembra-me neste livro um outro autor de que gosto bastante, o norueguês Jostein Gaarder, mais conhecido pela sua obra "O Mundo de Sofia".
Gaarder dedica-se na maior parte dos seus livros a esta ideia de vida-morte, celebrando a vida sem esquecer que quem dá a vida dá, de igual modo, a morte. E este livro do medo de Osho debruça-se muito sobre esta temática, uma das que mais e muito me fascina.
Ler "Fear: Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life" é uma libertação, um empurrão corajoso, sobretudo quando nos sentimos tão pequenos perante o desconhecido, o incerto e o difuso...
Termino apenas referindo que, até à data, este livro não se encontra disponível em português, em Portugal. As duas últimas edições estão esgotadas pelo menos desde há cerca de dois anos, quando comecei a minha descoberta Oshiana, o que é uma pena porque este tema é um essencial.
p.s.: Na edição que li em inglês, a capa de fundo azul claro está cheia de borboletas, sendo que enquanto simbolo as borboletas representam a imortalidade da alma.
O medo tem na sua base o medo da morte e, de acordo com o autor, apodera-se de nós logo na nossa infância de forma inconsciente. Mas... Tem também a ver com o tempo e, por inevitabilidade, com a ideia de finitude. É uma neurose, um mecanismo da mente.
Por outro lado, relaciona-se sempre com algo no futuro. É a ausência de amor, o apego ao desejo.
Osho lembra-me neste livro um outro autor de que gosto bastante, o norueguês Jostein Gaarder, mais conhecido pela sua obra "O Mundo de Sofia".
Gaarder dedica-se na maior parte dos seus livros a esta ideia de vida-morte, celebrando a vida sem esquecer que quem dá a vida dá, de igual modo, a morte. E este livro do medo de Osho debruça-se muito sobre esta temática, uma das que mais e muito me fascina.
Ler "Fear: Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life" é uma libertação, um empurrão corajoso, sobretudo quando nos sentimos tão pequenos perante o desconhecido, o incerto e o difuso...
Termino apenas referindo que, até à data, este livro não se encontra disponível em português, em Portugal. As duas últimas edições estão esgotadas pelo menos desde há cerca de dois anos, quando comecei a minha descoberta Oshiana, o que é uma pena porque este tema é um essencial.
p.s.: Na edição que li em inglês, a capa de fundo azul claro está cheia de borboletas, sendo que enquanto simbolo as borboletas representam a imortalidade da alma.
October 8, 2020
In this book, Osho talks about fear and from where does it originate. He talks about physical and psychological fears. He attributes all fears to the fear of death which I found interesting. He also raises questions such as is it important to be afraid? Should we avoid fear or should we accept it? Is it necessary to drop out all fears or is it okay to keep certain ones? Then he mentiones some meditative ways to deal with fear.
This is one of my least favorite books of Osho. It just wasn't what I expected. I thought it would talk more about fear of life than fear of the death so I felt the title was misleading. Also, reading several of his books just made me notice of how repetitive he that it kinda felt boring at times.
This is one of my least favorite books of Osho. It just wasn't what I expected. I thought it would talk more about fear of life than fear of the death so I felt the title was misleading. Also, reading several of his books just made me notice of how repetitive he that it kinda felt boring at times.
November 17, 2020
stopped reading after this:
"So for millions of years women have been completely denied their birthright. That’s why they have become so bitchy, so continuously nagging, always ready to fight. There is no possibility of having a conversation with a woman. You are living with a woman for years, but there is not a single conversation that you can recall when you both were sitting together talking about great things of life. No, all that you will remember will be fighting, throwing things, being nasty! But the woman is not responsible for it. She’s being deprived of her whole possibility of blissfulness. The n she becomes negative."
"So for millions of years women have been completely denied their birthright. That’s why they have become so bitchy, so continuously nagging, always ready to fight. There is no possibility of having a conversation with a woman. You are living with a woman for years, but there is not a single conversation that you can recall when you both were sitting together talking about great things of life. No, all that you will remember will be fighting, throwing things, being nasty! But the woman is not responsible for it. She’s being deprived of her whole possibility of blissfulness. The n she becomes negative."
June 27, 2017
Al terminar de leer este libro no pude evitar sentirme patética por haber pasado tantos años de mi vida a la sombra del miedo, sin duda te conmociona pues te obliga a concientizarte. De acuerdo con lo que dice Osho, “el miedo solo es un síntoma, no es una enfermedad. No hay cura para él, no hace falta, solo es un síntoma muy útil que te indica que estas malgastando tu vida y deberías dejar de hacerlo. Es una señal de que has de amar más.”
July 8, 2024
### Book Review: *Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Fear* by Osho
In *Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Fear*, Osho explores the relationship between self-consciousness and fear, arguing that self-awareness is key to overcoming insecurities. Using vivid metaphors like the inner mind as a vast sky, he illustrates our potential to confront and transcend fear. The book critiques institutional religions, suggesting they often lead to self-sabotage and hinder personal growth.
While the insights are profound, Osho sometimes repeats the same points, making parts of the narrative feel redundant. Nonetheless, the book's core message remains impactful and thought-provoking.
In *Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Fear*, Osho explores the relationship between self-consciousness and fear, arguing that self-awareness is key to overcoming insecurities. Using vivid metaphors like the inner mind as a vast sky, he illustrates our potential to confront and transcend fear. The book critiques institutional religions, suggesting they often lead to self-sabotage and hinder personal growth.
While the insights are profound, Osho sometimes repeats the same points, making parts of the narrative feel redundant. Nonetheless, the book's core message remains impactful and thought-provoking.
August 26, 2022
My mom for who knows what reason made me read this book hahahaha.
May 12, 2023
Rajneesh famed as Osho has wonderfully discussed the fear, where does it emanate, what are its types, what are its mechanics, how does it paralyze us, how is it related with death, life, ego, present, past, future? In this volume, he has brilliantly and with great articulation and elaboration given the answers to many basic philosophical questions like what is life, what is death, what is ego, what is consciousness, what is pain, what is sorrow, what is joy, what is loneliness and fragmentation, to be or not to be?
It is not mere discussion but he has come up with many solutions, a few exercises, whose efficacy is left to readers to determine after experience.
He starts from defining fear and tells us that most primal fears are fear of unknown (FoU) and fear of death (FoD) , annihilation, being lost, gone away and finish. Then he underlines that both these basic fears are one and same thing. As we do not know about life hereafter, that is unknown so we fear death which would transport us from this known world to an unknown world. er. Osho has given another interesting observation about FoD: that it manifests as trying to be special. To me, a lot of problems in our society and rather whole earth originate from our desire or desire of few peoples who want to be special. Thus they do many different things from killing the animal, fellow human being to the level of ruling the whole world like Alexandar, Chengaiz Khan, Hitler, etc. Osho tells us in this way, these idealogues, rulers, and so call specials trying to appear special want they would not die or in a way remembered for centuries and thus they would get eternity.
Another manifestation of FoD is Fear of time, Osho dives deeper and further. It manifests as anxiety. The little time pass, we die little. Hazrat Hassan Askari, a sufi leader in Islam or Mohammadan, articulated in very impressing way that “the moment which has passed, we have died to the extent of that moment”.
Osho has brilliantly proposed and then discussed various types of fear in this book. This is intriguing and many readers would come across face to face many fears of them which have debilitated their lives. He has mentioned a number of other fears which emanate from these fears like fear of making errors, fear of love, fear of intimacy, fear of illness, broken hope, etc. One can come across with many fears in himself while reading this book. Thus it has a big payoff of the time invested into reading it that reader diagnose at least 3-4 fears of himself hitherto unknown to him. As Osho promises, mere knowing, and accepting fears dilute their grip on you, so one feels liberated after meeting his fears on these pages.
To him, ego is mere crust of dust accumulated over time and it is necessary to bath daily to remove this dust. Otherwise it is hardened and stops our spontaneous and natural flow. Those readers who are more interest in cunning ways ego debilitates our lives are suggested to read “Ego is Enemy” by a modern philosopher Ryan Holiday.
Osho has very much emphasized on self awareness. The best thing he has done is removing fear of death. He convinces us death is not opposite of life, rather it complements life. Life starts from first breath in of child and ends at last breath out by the old man. Using this anology, Osho draws an interesting inference that as we breath in and out every moment, this means we start life and die every moment-breathing in is life, breathing out is death. Stilting his arguments , he concludes “thus life and death are complimentary and not opposite. Death compliments life. It is ego which is opposite of life, rather both life and death”. Ego opposes death for fear of its annihilation, but fears life also because it is compliment of death. Thus ego neither let the person die nor live, but just drags. Here he solves the erstwhile question debilitating human consciousness since eons “to be or not to be”. Osho advises to embrace and accept fear of death , go deep into it and you would “be”. His words are catchy “only way to be is not to be.”
Osho in this work has given new consciousness about consciousness. He mentions Meditation is consciousness. Osho emphasizes meditation as it rapidly achieves ‘no mind’ condition. Any therapy without meditation cannot help much. According to him meditation has three stages.
Stage 1: consciousness with contents (2) consciousness without contents Stage 3 – consciousness for consciousness.
However, he warns that in meditation, whatever is suppressed, recoils. So beware of it and go deep into it. I fully endorse it. Working memory or cache memory of our brain is too small i.e. only 4-7 bits. So in order to handle day to day work efficiently, our brain suppresses un-necessary works or piece of work or objects which are not readily required. Once suppressed, we forget same. I think That’s why we see forgotten objects or thoughts come to mind during meditation..
Osho has tried to solve a big conundrum i.e. Why there is feeling of being torn apart in us?
Mind goes to future or past, more in future (normally except in depressed people). Body remains in present. So mind says body is lethargic, slow and thus there is feeling of turn apart. In my opinion, at times, torque of mind become too much carrying in future, or past while body is anchored in present, so we feel as if we are being torn in parts, fragmented, shattering and That’s why living in body is living in Now. On these lines, based on my personal research, reading, unique experiences in wilderness of Chaghi, Baluchistan, I have drawn Qasim’s 4th Law of Emotional Intelligence as
“Living in body, instead of mind is the panacea for peace of individual and hence world”
Osho has briefly touched his specialized area –the sex , for which he has been dubbed as “Sex Guru” by many in the West. He says All religion exist because they have turned human against his own energies especially against the most potent energy- Sex by making him guilty which in turn make him easy to control, but I think, this observation is only partly true as many religions have been criticized for allowing sex in liberal but legitimate ways e.g. Islam is criticized by many for allowing 4 wives. Again there are specialized situations e.g. called Mutaa in which one is allowed by certain schools of thought to draw sensual pleasures on payment for a limited time under condition though with abhorrence and revulsion. Osho goes on saying that Women nag & fight because of deprival of orgasms. Osho says orgasm is not peak of biological sex but it is a spiritual peak.
His linking human misery and suffering with lack of quality sex or orgasm is mind boggling. Humans are suffering, and becoming mentally ill because religions have deprived them of orgasm by attaching so much guilt with sex that if a human does it, it does with so much abhorrence and in such a fast way that he does not achieve orgasm. According to him, in this way religion has multiplied its business and made human slave. That’s why priests are now being taught specialized subjects to update their repertoire such as psychology to better control humans and humanity.
Osho has underscored living in the now. The same concept has been beautifully explicated by Eckhart Tolle in his powerful volume “Power of Now.” Osho thoughts are similar, rather identical. Though I can’t say who is impressed by whom but it is proof that timeless wisdom has been reached at from people pertaining to different origins, areas, geography, walks of life, and religions, etc. A brief of thoughts of Osho as expressed in this book, interspersed by me here and there, is worth-mentioning as “Is past moment ours or gone? It is dead, used, gone.
Is future moment ours? Can you guarantee me you will be living at that certain moment? Absolutely No. so what moment of life you have? This, here, now, right now, right here. It means life is only this moment, here, Now so if you own this moment live in this moment. You are literally alive. If you don’t live in this moment, you are not alive, you are dead or something else but not alive.”
Osho gives antidote of fear in the last pages. That is love and enthusiasm. He goes event to the length of telling by banking on meaning of root word of enthusiasm “godliness” that being enthusiastic means being full of godliness. Here he comes closer to the Sufi thoughts of Islam ideology of wahdat ul wajood. Osho says remaining joyful, enthusiastic, and loving is the best way to be brave instead of pretension of brave.
Personally the most beautiful lesson I have got from this book are three.
1. Opposite of fear is love and opposite of love is fear, not hate. Wherever love enters, fear disappears. So the actual religious person would not teach you law but love.
2. Be like a new leaf of tree, so fragile, but simultaneously so strong . Storm rages but it is flexible. It remains dancing, singing
3. Find your chief characteristic. It may be guilt, fear or anger, etc. All other characteristics would set in place.
Overall , it is worth read, and reader would enjoy it. Pithy, deep, giving a fresh look on many questions and thus is very useful book practically.
It is not mere discussion but he has come up with many solutions, a few exercises, whose efficacy is left to readers to determine after experience.
He starts from defining fear and tells us that most primal fears are fear of unknown (FoU) and fear of death (FoD) , annihilation, being lost, gone away and finish. Then he underlines that both these basic fears are one and same thing. As we do not know about life hereafter, that is unknown so we fear death which would transport us from this known world to an unknown world. er. Osho has given another interesting observation about FoD: that it manifests as trying to be special. To me, a lot of problems in our society and rather whole earth originate from our desire or desire of few peoples who want to be special. Thus they do many different things from killing the animal, fellow human being to the level of ruling the whole world like Alexandar, Chengaiz Khan, Hitler, etc. Osho tells us in this way, these idealogues, rulers, and so call specials trying to appear special want they would not die or in a way remembered for centuries and thus they would get eternity.
Another manifestation of FoD is Fear of time, Osho dives deeper and further. It manifests as anxiety. The little time pass, we die little. Hazrat Hassan Askari, a sufi leader in Islam or Mohammadan, articulated in very impressing way that “the moment which has passed, we have died to the extent of that moment”.
Osho has brilliantly proposed and then discussed various types of fear in this book. This is intriguing and many readers would come across face to face many fears of them which have debilitated their lives. He has mentioned a number of other fears which emanate from these fears like fear of making errors, fear of love, fear of intimacy, fear of illness, broken hope, etc. One can come across with many fears in himself while reading this book. Thus it has a big payoff of the time invested into reading it that reader diagnose at least 3-4 fears of himself hitherto unknown to him. As Osho promises, mere knowing, and accepting fears dilute their grip on you, so one feels liberated after meeting his fears on these pages.
To him, ego is mere crust of dust accumulated over time and it is necessary to bath daily to remove this dust. Otherwise it is hardened and stops our spontaneous and natural flow. Those readers who are more interest in cunning ways ego debilitates our lives are suggested to read “Ego is Enemy” by a modern philosopher Ryan Holiday.
Osho has very much emphasized on self awareness. The best thing he has done is removing fear of death. He convinces us death is not opposite of life, rather it complements life. Life starts from first breath in of child and ends at last breath out by the old man. Using this anology, Osho draws an interesting inference that as we breath in and out every moment, this means we start life and die every moment-breathing in is life, breathing out is death. Stilting his arguments , he concludes “thus life and death are complimentary and not opposite. Death compliments life. It is ego which is opposite of life, rather both life and death”. Ego opposes death for fear of its annihilation, but fears life also because it is compliment of death. Thus ego neither let the person die nor live, but just drags. Here he solves the erstwhile question debilitating human consciousness since eons “to be or not to be”. Osho advises to embrace and accept fear of death , go deep into it and you would “be”. His words are catchy “only way to be is not to be.”
Osho in this work has given new consciousness about consciousness. He mentions Meditation is consciousness. Osho emphasizes meditation as it rapidly achieves ‘no mind’ condition. Any therapy without meditation cannot help much. According to him meditation has three stages.
Stage 1: consciousness with contents (2) consciousness without contents Stage 3 – consciousness for consciousness.
However, he warns that in meditation, whatever is suppressed, recoils. So beware of it and go deep into it. I fully endorse it. Working memory or cache memory of our brain is too small i.e. only 4-7 bits. So in order to handle day to day work efficiently, our brain suppresses un-necessary works or piece of work or objects which are not readily required. Once suppressed, we forget same. I think That’s why we see forgotten objects or thoughts come to mind during meditation..
Osho has tried to solve a big conundrum i.e. Why there is feeling of being torn apart in us?
Mind goes to future or past, more in future (normally except in depressed people). Body remains in present. So mind says body is lethargic, slow and thus there is feeling of turn apart. In my opinion, at times, torque of mind become too much carrying in future, or past while body is anchored in present, so we feel as if we are being torn in parts, fragmented, shattering and That’s why living in body is living in Now. On these lines, based on my personal research, reading, unique experiences in wilderness of Chaghi, Baluchistan, I have drawn Qasim’s 4th Law of Emotional Intelligence as
“Living in body, instead of mind is the panacea for peace of individual and hence world”
Osho has briefly touched his specialized area –the sex , for which he has been dubbed as “Sex Guru” by many in the West. He says All religion exist because they have turned human against his own energies especially against the most potent energy- Sex by making him guilty which in turn make him easy to control, but I think, this observation is only partly true as many religions have been criticized for allowing sex in liberal but legitimate ways e.g. Islam is criticized by many for allowing 4 wives. Again there are specialized situations e.g. called Mutaa in which one is allowed by certain schools of thought to draw sensual pleasures on payment for a limited time under condition though with abhorrence and revulsion. Osho goes on saying that Women nag & fight because of deprival of orgasms. Osho says orgasm is not peak of biological sex but it is a spiritual peak.
His linking human misery and suffering with lack of quality sex or orgasm is mind boggling. Humans are suffering, and becoming mentally ill because religions have deprived them of orgasm by attaching so much guilt with sex that if a human does it, it does with so much abhorrence and in such a fast way that he does not achieve orgasm. According to him, in this way religion has multiplied its business and made human slave. That’s why priests are now being taught specialized subjects to update their repertoire such as psychology to better control humans and humanity.
Osho has underscored living in the now. The same concept has been beautifully explicated by Eckhart Tolle in his powerful volume “Power of Now.” Osho thoughts are similar, rather identical. Though I can’t say who is impressed by whom but it is proof that timeless wisdom has been reached at from people pertaining to different origins, areas, geography, walks of life, and religions, etc. A brief of thoughts of Osho as expressed in this book, interspersed by me here and there, is worth-mentioning as “Is past moment ours or gone? It is dead, used, gone.
Is future moment ours? Can you guarantee me you will be living at that certain moment? Absolutely No. so what moment of life you have? This, here, now, right now, right here. It means life is only this moment, here, Now so if you own this moment live in this moment. You are literally alive. If you don’t live in this moment, you are not alive, you are dead or something else but not alive.”
Osho gives antidote of fear in the last pages. That is love and enthusiasm. He goes event to the length of telling by banking on meaning of root word of enthusiasm “godliness” that being enthusiastic means being full of godliness. Here he comes closer to the Sufi thoughts of Islam ideology of wahdat ul wajood. Osho says remaining joyful, enthusiastic, and loving is the best way to be brave instead of pretension of brave.
Personally the most beautiful lesson I have got from this book are three.
1. Opposite of fear is love and opposite of love is fear, not hate. Wherever love enters, fear disappears. So the actual religious person would not teach you law but love.
2. Be like a new leaf of tree, so fragile, but simultaneously so strong . Storm rages but it is flexible. It remains dancing, singing
3. Find your chief characteristic. It may be guilt, fear or anger, etc. All other characteristics would set in place.
Overall , it is worth read, and reader would enjoy it. Pithy, deep, giving a fresh look on many questions and thus is very useful book practically.
December 30, 2021
This book will be helpful for people who are afraid of death. This is not a scientific book but framed out of pseudoscience.
The book has some ridiculous lines. For example,
1.Now, if you want marriage without divorce, the marriage
will be plastic; it will not have any joy.
2.If you want your wife to be alive, then there is risk. An alive
woman is a dangerous woman; she may fall in love again,
who knows
But somewhere in the book, he mentioned that if we live enthusiastically, we can get rid of the fear of death. There are some excellent facets but not wholly.
If you read in-depth, you may dream about your death in your dream. But if you had gotten the courage from the book, you would haven't been afraid too much.
The book has some ridiculous lines. For example,
1.Now, if you want marriage without divorce, the marriage
will be plastic; it will not have any joy.
2.If you want your wife to be alive, then there is risk. An alive
woman is a dangerous woman; she may fall in love again,
who knows
But somewhere in the book, he mentioned that if we live enthusiastically, we can get rid of the fear of death. There are some excellent facets but not wholly.
If you read in-depth, you may dream about your death in your dream. But if you had gotten the courage from the book, you would haven't been afraid too much.
March 4, 2022
Amazing book on how to understand fear.
Fear is a death, if you are young and healthy you don’t need to be scared of anything. Death is behind all things that we are in fear of. There are many people ahead if you who’s dead is coming after.
Fav quotes:
- A mature person should disconnect himself from anything that is connected with fear.
- The fear of death is fear of time, and the fear of time is, deeply, the fear of unlived moments, an unlived life. So what to do? Live more, and live more intensely. Live dangerously! It is your life, don’t sacrifice it for any sort of foolishness that has been taught to you. It is your life, live it. Don’t sacrifice it for words, theories, countries, politics. Don’t sacrifice it for anybody.
- Psychological pain is of the past, of the future, never of the present. Mind never exists in the present. In the present, reality exists, not the mind. Mind exists in the past and the future, and in the past and future, reality does not exist.
- You can stay lying down in your bed … but do you know that 97 percent of people die in a bed?
- future and past are created just to give us space so that we can worry. And the more space you have, the more worry.
Fear is a death, if you are young and healthy you don’t need to be scared of anything. Death is behind all things that we are in fear of. There are many people ahead if you who’s dead is coming after.
Fav quotes:
- A mature person should disconnect himself from anything that is connected with fear.
- The fear of death is fear of time, and the fear of time is, deeply, the fear of unlived moments, an unlived life. So what to do? Live more, and live more intensely. Live dangerously! It is your life, don’t sacrifice it for any sort of foolishness that has been taught to you. It is your life, live it. Don’t sacrifice it for words, theories, countries, politics. Don’t sacrifice it for anybody.
- Psychological pain is of the past, of the future, never of the present. Mind never exists in the present. In the present, reality exists, not the mind. Mind exists in the past and the future, and in the past and future, reality does not exist.
- You can stay lying down in your bed … but do you know that 97 percent of people die in a bed?
- future and past are created just to give us space so that we can worry. And the more space you have, the more worry.
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September 12, 2020I very much enjoyed Fear: Understanding and Accepting the Insecurities of Life. Osho tackles fear in the poetic yet straight-forward way that he is known for. Osho's “method” is that of accepting your fears, experiencing them fully, and in that experience fear begins to loosen its grip on you. It's not that you avoid your fears, but rather, observe them. The natural by-product of witnessing is that of understanding your fears and where they come from. Once this process of witnessing sinks deep into your being, fear can actually begin to give you great insights into your true nature and conditioning. Most people think that the opposite of love is hate, but it is fear. Whether it is romantic love, compassion, understanding, acceptance…Haven’t you noticed that in order to truly love without any preconditions, one has to dissolve, to become vulnerable? And it takes courage to step outside the realm of fear. Love is a kind of fearlessness; hence, the absence of fear is the presence of love. Be more loving, and fear will dissolve. – Tal S.
August 23, 2016
The first few pages had me transfixed. I felt so enraptured by the writing. And still, nearly done, there have been so many pearls of wisdom. I'm particularly feeling his words on how our fear of death is the same as our fear of living. That we need to embrace and understand death, to fully accept it in order to fully embrace life. Or conversely, that we need to fully embrace and dive into this life experience so that we can fully embrace death as a part of it. To dive into the depths of each happening, each moment. Etc. It's a good book.
I will note, however, that there are parts I dislike. I am not keen on his calling people stupid and unintelligent. I don't like him saying that it's unintelligent to be married. Yet he says not to adopt anyone's doctrine, including his own. They're just his opinions, I just don't like them. Ha.
Overall very worth reading.
I will note, however, that there are parts I dislike. I am not keen on his calling people stupid and unintelligent. I don't like him saying that it's unintelligent to be married. Yet he says not to adopt anyone's doctrine, including his own. They're just his opinions, I just don't like them. Ha.
Overall very worth reading.
June 26, 2020
Nu sunt sigur cine a scris cartile astea, dar nu mi se pare a fi Osho. Senzatia pe care mi-a lasat-o aceasta carte este ca cineva a ascultat inregistrari cu prelegerile lui si a scris cuvant cu cuvant tot ce a zis, cu foarte multe repetari si fara sa le dea o structura corecta si coerenta.
Exista valoare in cartea asta, mai ales daca esti la inceputul calatoriei de auto-dezvoltare, dar cu siguranta valoarea o poti gasi in citatele lui pe net sau, daca vrei putin mai mult, cauta niste rezumate ale acestor carti pentru ca un lucru stiu sigur: nu iti respecta timpul.
Ultima mea problema a fost cu afirmatii aruncate in stanga si in dreapta fara nici o dovada sau macar o explicatie de ce gandeste asa, pentru a putea incerca sa ii inteleg rationalizarea si sa i-o respect.
Exista valoare in cartea asta, mai ales daca esti la inceputul calatoriei de auto-dezvoltare, dar cu siguranta valoarea o poti gasi in citatele lui pe net sau, daca vrei putin mai mult, cauta niste rezumate ale acestor carti pentru ca un lucru stiu sigur: nu iti respecta timpul.
Ultima mea problema a fost cu afirmatii aruncate in stanga si in dreapta fara nici o dovada sau macar o explicatie de ce gandeste asa, pentru a putea incerca sa ii inteleg rationalizarea si sa i-o respect.
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