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Love Letters to Life: 150 Life-Transforming Letters by Osho
In the age of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and email, personal letters seem somehow out of date, or at least far from most people's everyday experience. This book is a rare and unique collection of letters personally written by Osho to participants from his early meditation events.
These are not letters to people and their personalities, these are letters to our souls. Osho addresses essential issues and concerns that arise on the path of meditation and self-discovery. The letters are encouragements to continue the process of meditation, and address subjects like Self-Acceptance, Wisdom, Consciousness, The Quest for Life, A Life of Freedom, Earth Is Our Home, Dropping Fear!, Dealing with Anger, Rebellion, and many more in a direct and penetratingly personal way.
Osho explains this about the value of writing letters:
"If I write anything, I write letters, because a letter is as good as something that is spoken. It is addressed. I have not written anything except letters, because to me they are a manner of speaking. The other is always there before me when I write a letter."
The OSHO works consist almost exclusively of the spoken word, addressed directly to individual people or larger audiences. These talks were recorded and then transcribed and published as books. This book represents one of the rare exceptions in the collected works of Osho, in which his written personal letters are published. Each one of these letters is like an condensed Osho Talk in haiku form.
He would meet with these correspondents time and again at his meditation camps or while staying in their homes. This volume is a selection of his replies to their letters, queries, and calls for help.
His words are intimate, incisive, poetic, playful, and loving. His encouragement to his correspondents to keep going on their chosen path of meditation and awareness while living, loving, and working in the ordinary world — to keep their flame of commitment burning brightly when he is not physically present — can inspire whomever opens this book.
These are not letters to people and their personalities, these are letters to our souls. Osho addresses essential issues and concerns that arise on the path of meditation and self-discovery. The letters are encouragements to continue the process of meditation, and address subjects like Self-Acceptance, Wisdom, Consciousness, The Quest for Life, A Life of Freedom, Earth Is Our Home, Dropping Fear!, Dealing with Anger, Rebellion, and many more in a direct and penetratingly personal way.
Osho explains this about the value of writing letters:
"If I write anything, I write letters, because a letter is as good as something that is spoken. It is addressed. I have not written anything except letters, because to me they are a manner of speaking. The other is always there before me when I write a letter."
The OSHO works consist almost exclusively of the spoken word, addressed directly to individual people or larger audiences. These talks were recorded and then transcribed and published as books. This book represents one of the rare exceptions in the collected works of Osho, in which his written personal letters are published. Each one of these letters is like an condensed Osho Talk in haiku form.
He would meet with these correspondents time and again at his meditation camps or while staying in their homes. This volume is a selection of his replies to their letters, queries, and calls for help.
His words are intimate, incisive, poetic, playful, and loving. His encouragement to his correspondents to keep going on their chosen path of meditation and awareness while living, loving, and working in the ordinary world — to keep their flame of commitment burning brightly when he is not physically present — can inspire whomever opens this book.
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110 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1971
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Osho
4,291 books6,795 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 1, 2022
This book is what I needed in this period of my life, but it has to be read slowly, to get into it’s true sense. I really loved it, Osho is always actual.
July 16, 2023
“Lumea nu e nici nefericire, nici fericire.
Ceea ce căutăm devine lumea. Ceea ce vedem noi în afară devine lumea noastră. Fiecare dintre noi este creatorul lumii sale. Dacă fiecare moment al vieții îți aduce nefericire, atunci undeva trebuie să fie o hibă în modul tău de a privi lumea. Iar daca tot ce poți vedea e întuneric pretutindeni în jur, atunci cu siguranță ai închis acei ochi care pot vedea lumina. Gândește-te încă o dată la tine. Uită-te din nou la tine. Dacă îi învinovățești pe alții, nu vei putea să îți cauți propriile greșeli. Dacă dai vina pe împrejurări, nu vei putea să cercetezi în profunzime rădăcinile propriului tău punct de vedere mental.
De aceea, indiferent care sunt împrejurările in care te afli, trebuie să începi întotdeauna prin a căuta cauzele în tine însuți. Cauzele se găsesc mereu în noi înșine. Dar ele par întotdeauna să se afle în ceilalți. Dacă eviți această înțelegere greșită, va fi dificil să te mai agăți de nefericire. Ceilalți funcționează doar ca niște oglinzi. Fața e întotdeauna a noastră.
Viața poate fi o mare celebrare, dar trebuie să ne recreăm de la zero. Lucrarea aceasta nu e dificilă, căci în momentul în care vedem nebunia ce caracterizează modul nostru de a privi lumea, nebunia aceea începe să se stingă și un om nou prinde a se naște.”
Ceea ce căutăm devine lumea. Ceea ce vedem noi în afară devine lumea noastră. Fiecare dintre noi este creatorul lumii sale. Dacă fiecare moment al vieții îți aduce nefericire, atunci undeva trebuie să fie o hibă în modul tău de a privi lumea. Iar daca tot ce poți vedea e întuneric pretutindeni în jur, atunci cu siguranță ai închis acei ochi care pot vedea lumina. Gândește-te încă o dată la tine. Uită-te din nou la tine. Dacă îi învinovățești pe alții, nu vei putea să îți cauți propriile greșeli. Dacă dai vina pe împrejurări, nu vei putea să cercetezi în profunzime rădăcinile propriului tău punct de vedere mental.
De aceea, indiferent care sunt împrejurările in care te afli, trebuie să începi întotdeauna prin a căuta cauzele în tine însuți. Cauzele se găsesc mereu în noi înșine. Dar ele par întotdeauna să se afle în ceilalți. Dacă eviți această înțelegere greșită, va fi dificil să te mai agăți de nefericire. Ceilalți funcționează doar ca niște oglinzi. Fața e întotdeauna a noastră.
Viața poate fi o mare celebrare, dar trebuie să ne recreăm de la zero. Lucrarea aceasta nu e dificilă, căci în momentul în care vedem nebunia ce caracterizează modul nostru de a privi lumea, nebunia aceea începe să se stingă și un om nou prinde a se naște.”
February 28, 2022
Una raccolta di 150 lettere, ritrovate nel carteggio tra Osho e i suoi numerosi discepoli sparsi nel mondo. Ho comprato questo libricino, edito da OSHO Media International, all’Osho Resort di Pune, India. Curiosità: ogni lettera inizia con la parola “love”. Non sono riuscito a capire se dipenda dal curatore o meno.
Le ho lette quasi tutte mentre tornavo dal mio posto segreto in mezzo al verde. Passeggiate consapevoli grazie alle riflessioni stimolate da questi messaggi: rientravo a casa in uno stato di sensibilità adatto ad una cena tranquilla con la mente rilassata.
citazioni :
- An interest in metaphysics, in knowing truth, is in everyone.
- Where is the difficulty in awakening the sleeping? But the difficulty in awakening the awakened is great!
- Trusting in energy is more powerful than the energy itself. Energy on its own has no life.
Le ho lette quasi tutte mentre tornavo dal mio posto segreto in mezzo al verde. Passeggiate consapevoli grazie alle riflessioni stimolate da questi messaggi: rientravo a casa in uno stato di sensibilità adatto ad una cena tranquilla con la mente rilassata.
citazioni :
- An interest in metaphysics, in knowing truth, is in everyone.
- Where is the difficulty in awakening the sleeping? But the difficulty in awakening the awakened is great!
- Trusting in energy is more powerful than the energy itself. Energy on its own has no life.
May 12, 2020
Osho'nun yazdığı 150 mektup aforizma gibi her biri farklı bir ögreti içeriyor. Bazı düşünceleri mantıklı gelmediyse de genel olarak motive edici bir kitap. Anda kalmak, yaşayarak öğrenmek, tek olasılığın yaşadıklarımız olması ilgimi çeken mektuplar oldu.
March 7, 2021
Un viaggio interiore
March 9, 2024
Mi-a plăcut cartea. Numai că, era doar cu scrisori de dragoste către viață. Cele 150 de scrisori e despre viață,dragoste,iubire,religie și spiritualitate.
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