Acum si aici

by Osho

Invataturile lui Osho, unul dintre cei mai cunoscuti lideri spirituali ai secolului XX, rastoarna tiparele clasice de gandire, provocandu-ne la o permanenta, punere sub semnul intrebarii a certitudinilor si la un proces de constientizare de sine. Cartile din seria OSHO prezinta, viziunea acestuia privind cele mai importante probleme pe care si le pun oamenii interesati de stiinta transformarii de sine si de o spiritualitate adaptata, la provocarile cotidiene ale vietii contemporane. Vietile noastre sunt fundamentate pe frica de moarte. Frica de moarte a creat societatea, natiunea, familia si prietenii. Frica de moarte ne-a facut sa alergam dupa bani si ne-a facut dornici sa ajungem in pozitii mai inalte. Si cel mai surprinzator lucru este ca toti zeii si toate templele noastre au fost ridicate tot din frica de moarte. Si nimic nu este mai fals decat moartea. Toate sistemele de viata pe care le-am creat au devenit false din cauza credintei noastre ca moartea e adevarata. De unde sa stim ca nu exista moarte? Pana nu ajungem sa cunoastem asta, nici frica noastra de moarte nu va disparea. Pana cand nu cunoastem falsitatea mortii, vietile noastre vor ramane false. Atata vreme cat exista frica de moarte, nu poate sa existe viata autentica. Atata vreme cat tremuram de frica mortii, nu putem sa ne adunam puterile ca sa ne traim viata. Poti sa traiesti doar atunci cand umbra mortii a disparut pentru totdeauna. (Osho)

Genres: Philosophy

606 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Rajneesh (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.

Reviews

[Abhilash Pandey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't have wisdom to rate Osho's literature. His books are just experience. Ignites the rebellion in you. He is beyond words

[Horia Cel Mai Vesel · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's the first book which made me realise what my true passion is - spirituality. It absorbed me from the first pages (it's actually a written interview), and i devoured imediately. It was the trigger for me. After 5 years of digging deeper in this domain, this book (as well as The power of now) doesn't seems so special - these ideas are found in many places, at many other philosophers. Also Osho turned out to be a scam (he was preaching spirituality but he had a collection of 17 Rolls Royce and people defending him with Ak-57). Nevertheless, most of the ideas presented in this book are good so I recommend it :)

[Chimedee M · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has opened many doors to me which I was not aware of. I felt the same joy, not of quantity but of quality, arising in me like the days when I was reading Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's "Sources of life". Moreover this book is just the same in size with that book. I would like to recommend this book to Tsenguun :). Yes, for you :) May this book be as fruitful as it was to me.