Meditation
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OSHO
THE
A
PATH
S T E P B Y
OF
MEDITATION
G U I D E T O
S T E P
M E D I T A T I O N
by Osho
Contents
PREFACE Page viii
THE FOUNDATION OF M E D I T A T I O N Chapter Page 1 B E G I N W I T H THE B O D Y Chapter Page 25 2 1
FINDING QUALITY IN LIFE Chapter Page 61 3
U N D E R S T A N D I N G THE MIND Chapter Page 93 EMOTIONS 5 4
UNDERSTANDING Chapter
Page 1 1 7 B O D Y AND S O U L : S C I E N C E AND R E L I G I O N Chapter Page 6 147
THE LIGHT OF C O N S C I O U S N E S S Chapter Page 7 183
TRUTH: YOUR BIRTHRIGHT Chapter Page 8 207
ONE STEP AT A T I M E Chapter Page 9 23 5
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Page 2 58
OSHO I N T E R N A T I O N A L M E D I T A T I O N R E S O R T Page 2 59
M O R E OSHO B O O K S Page 261
FOR MORE INFORMATION Page 262
Preface
h e n you are not doing anything at all - bodily, mentally, on no level - when all activity has ceased and you simply are, j u s t being, that's what meditation is. You cannot do it, you cannot practice it; you have only to understand it. W h e n e v e r you can find time for j u s t being, drop all doing. T h i n k i n g is also doing, concentration is also doing, contemplation is also doing. Even if for a single m o m e n t you are not doing anything and you are j u s t at your center, utterly relaxed - that is meditation. And once you have got the k n a c k of it, you can remain in that state as long as you want; finally you can remain in that state for twenty-four hours a day. O n c e you have b e c o m e aware of the way your being can remain undisturbed, then slowly you can start doing things, keeping alert that your being is not stirred. That is the second part of meditation. First, learning h o w j u s t to b e , and then learning little actions: cleaning the floor, taking a shower, but keeping yourself centered. T h e n you can do complicated things. F o r example, I am speaking to you, but my meditation is not disturbed. I can go on speaking, but at my very center there is not even a ripple; it...
THE
A
PATH
S T E P B Y
OF
MEDITATION
G U I D E T O
S T E P
M E D I T A T I O N
by Osho
Contents
PREFACE Page viii
THE FOUNDATION OF M E D I T A T I O N Chapter Page 1 B E G I N W I T H THE B O D Y Chapter Page 25 2 1
FINDING QUALITY IN LIFE Chapter Page 61 3
U N D E R S T A N D I N G THE MIND Chapter Page 93 EMOTIONS 5 4
UNDERSTANDING Chapter
Page 1 1 7 B O D Y AND S O U L : S C I E N C E AND R E L I G I O N Chapter Page 6 147
THE LIGHT OF C O N S C I O U S N E S S Chapter Page 7 183
TRUTH: YOUR BIRTHRIGHT Chapter Page 8 207
ONE STEP AT A T I M E Chapter Page 9 23 5
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Page 2 58
OSHO I N T E R N A T I O N A L M E D I T A T I O N R E S O R T Page 2 59
M O R E OSHO B O O K S Page 261
FOR MORE INFORMATION Page 262
Preface
h e n you are not doing anything at all - bodily, mentally, on no level - when all activity has ceased and you simply are, j u s t being, that's what meditation is. You cannot do it, you cannot practice it; you have only to understand it. W h e n e v e r you can find time for j u s t being, drop all doing. T h i n k i n g is also doing, concentration is also doing, contemplation is also doing. Even if for a single m o m e n t you are not doing anything and you are j u s t at your center, utterly relaxed - that is meditation. And once you have got the k n a c k of it, you can remain in that state as long as you want; finally you can remain in that state for twenty-four hours a day. O n c e you have b e c o m e aware of the way your being can remain undisturbed, then slowly you can start doing things, keeping alert that your being is not stirred. That is the second part of meditation. First, learning h o w j u s t to b e , and then learning little actions: cleaning the floor, taking a shower, but keeping yourself centered. T h e n you can do complicated things. F o r example, I am speaking to you, but my meditation is not disturbed. I can go on speaking, but at my very center there is not even a ripple; it...