Meditation: The First and Last Freedom

Meditation: The First and Last Freedom
A Practical Guide to OSHO Meditations
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Included are step-by-step guides to over eighty meditation techniques selected and created by Osho, including the unique OSHO Active Meditations which deal with the special tensions of contemporary life. This comprehensive guide also gives an understanding of what meditation is, and contains Osho's responses to many questions from meditators. As we acquire the knack of meditation, it can be our companion wherever we are – at work, at rest, at play.
Chapter Titles
    #Part 1: About Meditation
    #Part 2: The Science of Meditation
    #Part 3: The Meditations
    #Part 4: Obstacles to Meditation
    #Part 5: Responses to Questions about Meditation

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Meditation: The First and Last Freedom shows that meditation is not a spiritual discipline separate from everyday life in the real world. In essence, it is simply the art of being aware of what is going on inside and around us.

Excerpt from: Meditation: The First and Last Freedom
"Meditation is a science, not a superstition. Meditation says that if you experiment with your mind – it is too full of thoughts – thoughts can be dispersed. The clouds can be dispersed and you can attain to an empty sky of your inner being. And it needs just a little courage, a little effort, a little daring, a little persistence and perseverance. A little patience, yes, but no trust – you don’t believe in God? That is not a hindrance to meditation. You don’t believe in the soul? That is not a hindrance in meditation. You don’t believe at all? That is not an obstacle. You can meditate, because meditation simply says how to go withinward: whether there is a soul or not doesn’t matter; whether there is a God or not doesn’t matter. One thing is certain: that you are. Whether you will be after death, or not, does not matter. Only one thing matters: right this moment, you are.
 

"Who are you? To enter into it is meditation, to go deeper into your own being. Maybe it is just momentary; maybe you are not eternal, maybe death finishes everything. We don’t make any condition that you have to believe, we say only that you have to experiment. Just try. One day it happens: thoughts are not there. And suddenly, when thoughts disappear, the body and you are separate, because thoughts are the bridge. Through thoughts you are joined with the body; it is the link. Suddenly the link disappears – you are there, the body is there, and there is an infinite abyss between the two. Then you know that the body will die but you cannot die. Then it is not something like a dogma; it is not a creed, it is an experience – self-evident. "
Osho
In this title, Osho talks on the following topics:
meditation... freedom... consciousness... guide... compassion... joy... sensitivity... intelligence... creativity...individuality

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Edition/ Version    International Edition
Type    Compilations
Publisher    St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN-13    9788172612399
Dimensions (size)    13,3 x 2,2 x 18,9 cm
Number of Pages    320