Thursday, June 5, 2008

About osho

Osho is an enlightened Indian mystic who lived from 1931 to 1990. He introduced a revolutionary and integrative life-affirmative approach to meditation and personal growth, sharing that enlightenment is not something to be attained, but is simply our natural state. In this approach, the most beautiful and powerful way to live and grow is through love, celebration and deep self-acceptance.
Osho shares a vision for the manifestation of a New human -contemporary people deeply rooted in their divine nature, who simultaneously experience and passionately enjoy life in the modern world. He nicknamed his ideal Zorba the Buddha. Osho communicates his teachings directly through words and silence during the many hours of discourse and satsang, which are transcribed in the hundreds of books of his teachings now available worldwide.
To support the journey of transformation, Osho developed powerful new active meditation techniques designed specifically for the stressed and disconnected condition of modern human.
To facilitate the deepening of individual and collective awareness, Osho created an entire school of meditation which encompasses directed transformational therapies, bodywork, and esoteric teachings. Recognizing that there is much greater potential when people come together, Osho formed the largest communal center for personal transformation in the world, in Pune, India, now named the OSHO International Meditation Resort. This enormously successful celebration of the human spirit has spawned the creation of hundreds of Osho centers, both large and intimate, all over the world.
One year before his physical death, Osho was asked what would happen to his work after he would no longer be here with us. He answered simply:
"I believe and trust absolutely in existence. If there is any truth in what I am saying, it will survive. The people who remain interested in my work will be simply carrying the torch, but not imposing anything on anyone, either by sword or bread. I will remain a source of inspiration to my people and that is what most sannyasins will feel. I want them to grow on their own. Qualities like love, around which no church can be created, like awareness, qualities which are nobody's monopoly, like celebration, rejoicing, and maintaining childlike fresh eyes. ©Copyright OSHO International Foundation

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