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¿Qué es la meditación?
Modern man is highly neurotic and transformed by pressure. But there’s no going back. Sensory stimulation will continue to increase as we receive more and more information and life continues to change at an increasing pace. We’ll need to learn and adapt, and part of that process is deliberately taking time for meditation.
El hombre moderno se vuelve completamente neurótico y la gran presión lo transforma. Pero no hay forma de volver atrás. La estimulación sensorial continuará aumentando. Recibiremos cada vez más información y la vida seguirá cambiando a ritmos más veloces. Tendremos que aprender, adaptarnos a cosas nuevas. Para aflojar esta presión es necesario entrar deliberadamente en momentos de meditación.
El hombre moderno se vuelve completamente neurótico y la gran presión lo transforma. Pero no hay forma de volver atrás. La estimulación sensorial continuará aumentando. Recibiremos cada vez más información y la vida seguirá cambiando a ritmos más veloces. Tendremos que aprender, adaptarnos a cosas nuevas. Para aflojar esta presión es necesario entrar deliberadamente en momentos de meditación.
104 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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Osho
4,353 books6,776 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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August 18, 2017
No es un libro para principiantes, léelo cuando ya sepas meditar. Básicamente consiste en un conjunto de definiciones de Meditación, cada capítulo te explica lo que es la meditación de una forma distinta. Ojo, no es un libro que te enseñe a meditar o que te de una técnica, sino que te cuenta cosas más profundas, o que no te cuentan otros libros de meditación de hoy en día. Puede ayudar si tienes algunas dudas, pero con lo cortito que es, resulta algo pesado, sobre todo porque es un poco redundante, te explica varias veces lo mismo cuando ya lo has entendido.
June 17, 2024
გასაგებია მისი შესწორება მედიტაციასთან დაკავშირებით, თუმცა მას ისევე არ ესმის დასავლური რელიგიური სულიერების შესახებ, როგორც ის ჩივის, რომ მათ უმეტესობას აღმოსავლელებისა არ ესმით, რის გამოც ჩემთვის უაზრო მის პრეტენზიებში გაბღენძილებას ვგრძნობ.
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March 26, 2011Tesis tesis tesis!!!!!
Muy bueno por cierto! ;D
Muy bueno por cierto! ;D
February 9, 2021
Cuando uno lee cualquier texto relacionado con India o el budismo se da cuenta porque personajes tan influyentes como Hermann Hesse, Arthur Schopenhauer o el mismo Friedrich Nietzsche se vieron influenciados por algunas de sus ideas.
¿Qué es la meditación? es un libro de Osho, donde se explica el significado detrás de la meditación, un estado innato entre la concentración y la contemplación. Algo que no se enseña ya que todo el mundo lo posee. También se mencionan una serie de parábolas que involucran a personajes de la historia como Kant o Einstein. En donde se deja ver el radicalismo que hay en un pensamiento que funciona con un método, por ejemplo el cuadro que usan los científicos y lo poco abiertos que son a ideas que se salen del mismo.
Por último se dan una serie de ejercicios para medir, pero no se enseñan, porque meditar es algo que todo tenemos. No responde a una posición o forma de pensar. Por el contrario se aleja por completo de la mente. Los hombres pensamos gracias al lenguaje, es imposible pensar sin palabras. Por eso sólo recordamos nuestra vida a partir de los 4 años de edad, a los 3 di eres muy listo. Pero la meditación es otra cosa, es como un espejo que refleja el mundo. Como quedarse sentado sin pensar en nada y contemplar la existencia, una conexión con la raíz de la vida. Pues sin nada hemos venido más que la esencia de quienes somos, y con esa esencia nos iremos del mundo.
La meditación nos sensibiliza, nos hace no ser violentos, nos relaja, no es una religión, no se enseña. La mente intenta engañarnos, por lo que se busca una desconexión, ese constante parloteo es el que nos hace alejarnos de meditar.
¿Por qué son tan populares los gurús? Es fácil darse cuenta del éxito de las religiones o sectas. La carencia de valores y narrativa que nos ofrece el capitalismo en su versión más simple. Personalmente no creo en ninguna religión, sin embargo tomo estos textos como algo cultural. Por ejemplo la obsesión de la mente por controlar todo.
¿Qué es la meditación? es un libro de Osho, donde se explica el significado detrás de la meditación, un estado innato entre la concentración y la contemplación. Algo que no se enseña ya que todo el mundo lo posee. También se mencionan una serie de parábolas que involucran a personajes de la historia como Kant o Einstein. En donde se deja ver el radicalismo que hay en un pensamiento que funciona con un método, por ejemplo el cuadro que usan los científicos y lo poco abiertos que son a ideas que se salen del mismo.
Por último se dan una serie de ejercicios para medir, pero no se enseñan, porque meditar es algo que todo tenemos. No responde a una posición o forma de pensar. Por el contrario se aleja por completo de la mente. Los hombres pensamos gracias al lenguaje, es imposible pensar sin palabras. Por eso sólo recordamos nuestra vida a partir de los 4 años de edad, a los 3 di eres muy listo. Pero la meditación es otra cosa, es como un espejo que refleja el mundo. Como quedarse sentado sin pensar en nada y contemplar la existencia, una conexión con la raíz de la vida. Pues sin nada hemos venido más que la esencia de quienes somos, y con esa esencia nos iremos del mundo.
La meditación nos sensibiliza, nos hace no ser violentos, nos relaja, no es una religión, no se enseña. La mente intenta engañarnos, por lo que se busca una desconexión, ese constante parloteo es el que nos hace alejarnos de meditar.
¿Por qué son tan populares los gurús? Es fácil darse cuenta del éxito de las religiones o sectas. La carencia de valores y narrativa que nos ofrece el capitalismo en su versión más simple. Personalmente no creo en ninguna religión, sin embargo tomo estos textos como algo cultural. Por ejemplo la obsesión de la mente por controlar todo.
January 2, 2021
I have (tried to) read various other books on meditation and I have always dropped them down because they didn't approach the subject as I feel it should. They were either too metaphorical or they tell you the life of a person who learned to meditate, which has no interest for me. This was different. This is not a book to learn to meditate, it is about what meditation IS.
From my experience, you don't need a book to learn to meditate. I could write to you in half a page what do you need to do. The difficult point is doing it, and the interesting point is what you find in the way. That is what this book is about. A collection of reflections about what do you find inside of yourself when you sit down in silence daily.
From my experience, you don't need a book to learn to meditate. I could write to you in half a page what do you need to do. The difficult point is doing it, and the interesting point is what you find in the way. That is what this book is about. A collection of reflections about what do you find inside of yourself when you sit down in silence daily.
February 12, 2019
Me gusto muchisimo. Ahora que incursione en el tema de la meditación me ayudó muchísimo a entender ciertas cosas que creía sabidas. Recomendable para todo aquel que medite o para el que todavía no sabe que es la meditación.
May 23, 2022
Las palabras más precisas y coherentes qué he leído sobre la meditación. El arte de meditar revoluciona nuestra realidad y nos recuerda nuestra esencia real.
October 20, 2012
Interesante libro.
August 9, 2015
Todo lo que sí puede ser la meditación, útil y práctico
November 11, 2017
Pequeñas grandes reflexiones hacia una vida mejor.
August 11, 2018
Bellissimo
December 8, 2020
Aunque algunos puntos de vista no resonaron conmigo, la mayoría de las reflexiones plasmadas y recolectadas en esta obra ofrecen elementos suficientes para entender el don de la meditación, de formas sencillas y prácticas. No te enseña el Cómo sino el Qué es, como lo dice el título, pero profundiza en la sencillez de la meditación e intenta romper algunos miedos y tabúes.
September 4, 2018
Non insegna una semplice pratica, ma uno stile di vita
June 21, 2019
Amazing
April 5, 2022
Me avergüenza haberlo subestimado. Me ha encantado. Es enriquecedor, fácil de leer y de comprender. Perfecto para principiantes en el tema como yo 🤓
December 4, 2015
Finally a comprehensive illustration about what meditation is and its purpose. I really liked the example of a bird with two wings, if bird only uses the other one or its both wings are on the same side it cannot fly. That was like writing about me. Now i also realize what it is to do self-searching; objectively being aware of own thoughts and it's fascinating to see how the mind has or is trying to have the power over myself. A mind opener was also the fact that if i TRY to DO meditation then im already on the wrong track which is why it hasnt really had an effect before.
June 22, 2014
It gave me a different insight about meditation. very good book!
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