The Mind: a beautiful servant, a dangerous master

The Mind: a beautiful servant, a dangerous master
Author: Osho
Publisher: Osho Media International
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2012-01-21
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0880500174

Osho analyses the function of the human mind in connection with meditation. Responding here to a question related to a space of 'no-mind' or mindfulness he says: "meditation covers a very long pilgrimage. When I say "meditation is witnessing", it is the beginning of meditation. And when I say "meditation is no-mind," it is the completion of the pilgrimage. Witnessing is the beginning, and no-mind is the fulfillment. Witnessing is the method to reach the no-mind. Naturally you will feel witnessing is easier. It is close to you. But witnessing is only like seeds, and then is the long waiting period. "

Learning to Silence the Mind

Learning to Silence the Mind
Author: Osho
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1250006228

"The mind, says Osho, has the potential to be enormously creative in dealing with the challenges of everyday life, and the problems of the world in which we live. The difficulty, however, is that instead of using the mind as a helpful servant we have largely allowed it to become the master of our lives.... Meditation is the switch that can silence the mind. A sharper, more relaxed and creative mind-one that can function at the peak of its unique intelligence- is the potential. Osho introduces meditation for contemporary life"-- Back cover.

This Is Water

This Is Water
Author: Kenyon College
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Conduct of life
ISBN: 9780316151467

Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously' How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion' The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.

Happiness, Pleasure, Joy, Bliss

Happiness, Pleasure, Joy, Bliss
Author: Osho
Publisher: Osho Media International
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2013-03-15
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0880500603

Happiness, Pleasure, Joy, Bliss are addressed here by Osho and we learn the different levels of development: "Let us start from the lowest because that will be easier to understand, that’s where man biologically is born. Pleasure is physical..." Ordinarily, in the dictionaries you will find bliss defined as happiness, pleasure, joy. Linguistically they all appear to have a similar meaning; existentially it is not so. And you will have to understand the subtle nuances and differences; only then you may be able to catch some hold of the phenomenon called bliss.

Intuition

Intuition
Author: Osho
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1429907673

Discover your own deep well of wisdom in Intuition: Knowing Beyond Logic—from one of the greatest spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. Intuition deals with the difference between the intellectual, logical mind and the more encompassing realm of spirit. Logic is how the mind knows reality, intuition is how the spirit experiences reality. Osho’s discussion of these matters is wonderfully lucid, occasionally funny, and thoroughly engrossing. All people have a natural capacity for intuition, but often social conditioning and formal education work against it. People are taught to ignore their instincts rather than to understand and use them as a foundation for individual growth and development—and in the process they undermine the very roots of the innate wisdom that is meant to flower into intuition. In this volume, Osho pinpoints exactly what intuition is and gives guidelines for how to identify its functioning in others and ourselves. You will learn to distinguish between genuine intuitive insight and the “wishful thinking” that can often lead to mistaken choices and unwanted consequences. Includes many specific exercises and meditations designed to nourish and support each individual’s natural intuitive gifts. Osho challenges readers to examine and break free of the conditioned belief systems and prejudices that limit their capacity to enjoy life in all its richness. He has been described by the Sunday Times of London as one of the “1000 Makers of the 20th Century” and by Sunday Mid-Day (India) as one of the ten people—along with Gandhi, Nehru, and Buddha—who have changed the destiny of India. Since his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world.

This Is Water

This Is Water
Author: David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2009-04-14
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0316071005

In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.

Jealousy

Jealousy
Author: Osho
Publisher: Osho Media International
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2016-08-21
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0880500816

In his unique and provocative style Osho takes on here an issue nobody really likes to discuss because we are all affected by it and have very few solutions how to deal with it: JEALOUSY, a terrorizing emotion which has infiltrated our understanding of love and damaged it badly. Osho takes us through an understanding and the historical development and sources of jealousy and that happens always by taking on so called 'holy cows' — institutions and facts we almost take for granted and don't dare to challenge. "People say that marriages are “made in heaven”…a strange kind of heaven, because if these marriages are made in heaven, then what can you make in hell?" Our OSHO Singles mini eBook series continues with this jewel of Osho - a helpful little read which can have a big impact in our understanding.

Next Time You Feel Suicidal?

Next Time You Feel Suicidal?
Author: Osho
Publisher: Osho Media International
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2012-04-15
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0880504293

Based in a deep understanding Osho responds to a very personal question related to issues of suicide. "In this neurotic world, if you are sane, sensitive, intelligent, either you have to go mad, or you have to commit suicide – or you have to become a meditator, a seeker." This new book from the series "OSHO Solutions" is a sample how difficult appearing issues which usually create a kind of helplessness in people can be turned around to an incredible opportunity for personal growth.

Why Should I Grieve Now?

Why Should I Grieve Now?
Author: Osho
Publisher: Osho Media International
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2012-04-10
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0880504250

This small eBook deals with 'grieve' in connection with the death of a son. Osho uses a Zen story and unfolds a unique and different way of dealing with grieve, death and dying. He acknowledges that it is very difficult not to grieve when somebody you loved has died. Not to grieve is possible only if you have an understanding and an experience of the essential, something of the deathless.

Bringing Up Children

Bringing Up Children
Author: Osho
Publisher: Osho Media International
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2012-01-31
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0880500301

Osho responds to a question about the right way to help children to grow without interfering in their natural potentiality.