The word "Osho's philosophy" (Osho's philosophy) may have different "meanings" in different contexts, that is to say, it may have different meanings. But at least it is relevant to what is contained in the reference materials given below.
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Osho (1931-1990), a famous contemporary Indian philosopher. His real name is Lejanich. He is also known as the leader of a cult. He insisted on experiencing truth for himself rather than receiving knowledge and beliefs from others. Regarding his own work, Osho said that he was helping to create the circumstances that would enable the birth of a new human being. He often described this new human being as "Buddha plus Zorba" who could enjoy the world's pleasures like Zorba in Greece, and also enjoy peace and tranquility like Buddha.
Master Osho once said: I am just a friend, a friend of those who are talented, intelligent, and at the same time have the drive to grow spiritually. "Osho is a contemporary mystic. His life and teachings have influenced countless people from different levels around the world. His existence is timeless. The Sunday Times of London said that he is "one of the people who created the twentieth century. "One of the Hundreds", India's Sunday Daily regarded him as one of the ten people who changed India's destiny, alongside Gandhi, Nehru, and Buddha.
Osho said: I am not a A philosopher or a theologian, but a poet or a storyteller. I think he is a very poetic storyteller. Osho also said: These words are just an excuse for me to get close to you. What I really want to tell you, or give you, cannot be conveyed through words, but it exists in the gap between words, and that is where the truth lies.
< p>Love should give freedom, because love is freedom. Love will make the person you love freer and freer. Love will give you a pair of wings and open up the vast sky for you. Love will not turn into a tower that will conquer people. The prison of imprisonment, but you don't know that kind of love, because that kind of love can only happen when you are conscious, that quality of love can only appear in awakening. The love you know is sin. Your love comes from lethargy. Possession... Everyone always tries to possess the person they love, which is no longer called love; in fact, when you possess someone, you are hating, destroying, and killing. A murderer. ——Excerpted from "Unbound Love"Osho's psychology starts from where Western psychology left off. He goes further than Freud, Jung, or any other. The new understanding of human potential activities goes further. If Freud's psychology is pathological psychology and Maslow's psychology is the psychology of healthy people, then Osho's psychology is the psychology of enlightenment and Buddhism. In terms of environmental psychology, Osho is not only a master of enlightenment, he is also a master of psychology. He peels back the layers of our existence and reveals the hidden depths of our hearts. He starts from the physical body and talks about transcendence step by step. . He spoke from the known to the unknowable. He spoke from where we stand to where we may be. In the East, he said: "It is not a question of psychology. It is an existential problem. It's not a mental health issue. Rather, it is a matter of spiritual growth. The question is not what you do; the question is what you are. ”
In order for rationality to occur, he said: We must accept all human beings. Neither rationality nor irrationality can be denied; neither reason nor emotion can be denied; neither science nor irrationality can be denied. Religion cannot be denied. One must remain fluid, able to move from one pole to another. The mind must be trained to be logical and rational; but it must also be trained to be irrational - irrational - meditative. Training. Reason must be trained, and emotion must be trained. Doubt must be trained, and trust must be there, and neither the person who denies reason nor the irrational can grow. Otherwise you cannot grow.
On the road of human evolution, is it possible that all human beings will reach enlightenment in the future? At what stage of evolution are people today? With people, the natural, mechanical evolution process ends. With people, conscious evolution begins. First, unconscious evolution is mechanical. Naturally. It happens automatically. Through this type of evolution, consciousness gradually develops. However, as soon as consciousness emerges, the purpose of unconscious evolution is fulfilled. . Man has become conscious. In a sense, man has transcended nature. Nature can do nothing now; the final product of natural evolution has now appeared, and man has the freedom to decide whether to continue. Continue to evolve. Secondly, unconscious evolution is collective, but once evolution becomes conscious, it will become individual. From now on, evolution has ceased. The process of becoming an individual. Before consciousness evolves, there are no individuals. When evolution is unconscious, it is a mechanical process; there is no uncertainty in it. .
Existence is mechanical and definite. But with people and consciousness, uncertainty appears. Now, nothing is certain.
Evolution may or may not occur. The potential is there, but the choice is entirely up to each individual. Therefore, anxiety is a human phenomenon. There is no anxiety below humans because there is no choice. Everything happens exactly as it must happen. Since there is no choice, there is no chooser, and there is no chooser. There can be no anxiety. Who would be anxious? Who would be nervous? With the possibility of choice, anxiety begins to follow. Now, everything must be chosen, everything is a conscious effort. You are responsible for this. If you fail, you fail. That's your responsibility. If you succeed, you succeed. That's your responsibility too. In a sense, every choice is the last choice. You cannot cancel it, you cannot forget it, and you cannot violate it. Your choice will become your destiny. It will stay with you and become a part of you; you cannot deny it. And your choice is always a gamble. Every choice is made in the dark because nothing is certain. So people will be anxious. He was anxious down to his roots. From here his torture begins: to be or not to be? To do or not to do? Do this or do that? No choice' is impossible. If you don't choose, you are choosing not to choose; that is a choice. So you are forced to choose; you have no freedom not to choose. The effect of not choosing is the same as any other choice.
Human dignity, beauty and glory are this consciousness. But it's also a burden. When you become conscious, the glory and the burden come together. Every step is an action between the two. With people, there are choices and conscious individuals. You can evolve, but your evolution will be an individual endeavor. You may evolve into an enlightened person, or you may not. The choice is yours. So there are two types of evolution: collective evolution and individual, conscious evolution. The word evolution means unconscious, collective progress, so when talking about people. It is better to use the word "revolution". With people, revolution becomes possible.
Revolution, when I use the word here, means a conscious, individual effort toward evolution. It pushes individual responsibility to a pinnacle. Only you are responsible for your own evolution. Normally, man seeks to evade his responsibility for his own evolution, his responsibility for free choice. He has a huge fear of freedom. When you are a slave. The responsibility for your life is never yours; someone else is responsible for it. So to some extent. Being enslaved is also a very comfortable thing. No burden. On this point. Slavery is also freedom: freedom from conscious choice. Once you become completely free, you must make your own choices. No one forces you to do anything; all choices are yours. Then, the battle with the mind began. So one becomes afraid of freedom.
Some ideology. Part of their appeal, such as fascism, is that they offer an escape from individual freedom and individual responsibility. They take the burden of responsibility off the shoulders of individuals; society becomes responsible. Whenever something goes wrong, you can always blame the government, blame the group. Man merely becomes part of a collective institution. But in denying individual freedom, fascism also denies the possibility of human evolution. That is a retreat from the great possibilities offered by revolution - the complete transformation of man. If this happens. You will destroy the possibility of reaching the ultimate. You regress; you become like an animal again. In my opinion. Only with individual responsibility further evolution is possible. You are responsible for this! This responsibility sounds unfortunate, but it is actually a great blessing. This responsibility creates struggle and ultimately leads to choiceless awareness. The old pattern of unconscious evolution is over for us. You can go backwards, but you can't stop in it. Your nature will rise up in rebellion. Man already has consciousness; he must remain conscious, there is no other way...
Meditation will give you sensitivity, a great feeling of belonging to this world. This is our world, the stars are ours, we are not aliens here, we intrinsically belong to existence, we are part of it, part of its heart. Second, meditation will be able to bring you a deep tranquility, because all the junk knowledge disappears, and the thoughts that are part of the knowledge also disappear... There is an incomparable tranquility, and you will be surprised: This silence is the only music that exists. All music is an effort to present this tranquility. The ancient prophets of the East emphasized one point very much: all great art - music, poetry, dance, painting and sculpture - are produced by meditation. They are working in one direction, bringing the unknown into the known world for those who are not yet ready to make the pilgrimage - just gifts to those who are not yet ready to make the pilgrimage. . Maybe a song can trigger the desire to find the source, maybe a statue.
Next time you enter a temple of Buddha or Mahavira, just sit quietly and look at the statue... because that statue is made in such a way, in such proportions - if You look at it and you become very peaceful, it is a statue of meditation, it has nothing to do with Buddha or Mahavira... In that oceanic state, the body assumes a certain posture. You've seen it before, but maybe you weren't alert enough. Have you ever observed when you were angry? Your body will assume a certain posture. In anger, you can't open your hands. In anger, you make fists. In anger, you can't laugh. Can you? When you have a certain emotion, the body must assume a certain posture. The little things have a deep inner connection... A certain arcane science has been used for centuries to bring the next generation into contact with the experience of previous generations - not through books or words, but Through something that goes deeper - through stillness, through meditation, through peace. As your serenity grows, your kindness and love will grow, and your life becomes a moment-by-moment dance, a joy and a celebration... Have you ever wondered why all over the world, in every In culture, in every society, there are some days of celebration throughout the year? These days of celebration are just a compensation, because these societies take away all the celebrations from your life, and if they don't give you something as compensation, your life may become a danger to that culture. Every culture has to give you some compensation so that you don't feel completely lost in pain and sadness, and these compensations are fake. Because there could have been continual light, singing, and joy in the world within you.
Always remember: society will only compensate you when it feels that if some compensation is not given, that repressed thing may explode and cause a dangerous situation. Society will find some ways for you to vent your inhibitions, but this is not a real celebration. It cannot be real. A real celebration must come from your life and must be in your life. Real celebrations don't follow a calendar - let's say you celebrate on November 1st. It's weird, you're miserable all year, and then on November 1st you suddenly break out of your misery and start dancing. . Either the pain is fake, or November 1st is fake. It is impossible for both to be true. Once November 1st is over, you are back in your black hole again, and everyone is in his pain, everyone is in his anxiety.
His followers or disciples (sannyas) famously erected a monument for him: "Osho was neither born nor died, but visited this earth from December 11, 1931 to January 19, 1990. ".