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It's All About Change: The Greatest Challenge to Create a Golden Future for Humanity
Everyone, regardless of nationality, religion, or political beliefs, has a sense of the current crisis of planet Earth. The environmental movement has support around the globe, while politicians — lagging behind reality — are still fighting over whether global warming exists. Decision-makers in government and in the private sector are dealing with the symptoms of this crisis, rather than addressing the underlying causes in a positive and constructive way. Osho points out that the current world crisis is a crisis of consciousness. Until there is a radical change in human consciousness, the interrelated social, political, economic, and ecological crises we face will continue. Osho's radical vision of change addresses how we can turn the present crisis into an opportunity, and what we must do in order to steer our course toward a "golden future" for all humankind and away from what he calls a "global suicide." Topics addressed in the book include the crisis of human values, the ecological crisis, the population challenge, the end of nations and religions, creative science, education, and human rights.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 15, 2010
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Osho
4,293 books6,796 followersRajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain, 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990) and latter rebranded as Osho was leader of the Rajneesh movement. During his lifetime he was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader and mystic.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
In the 1960s he traveled throughout India as a public speaker and was a vocal critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and Hindu religious orthodoxy.
Rajneesh emphasized the importance of meditation, mindfulness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humor—qualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialization.
In advocating a more open attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru".
In 1970, Rajneesh spent time in Mumbai initiating followers known as "neo-sannyasins". During this period he expanded his spiritual teachings and commented extensively in discourses on the writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. In 1974 Rajneesh relocated to Pune, where an ashram was established and a variety of therapies, incorporating methods first developed by the Human Potential Movement, were offered to a growing Western following. By the late 1970s, the tension between the ruling Janata Party government of Morarji Desai and the movement led to a curbing of the ashram's development and a back taxes claim estimated at $5 million.
In 1981, the Rajneesh movement's efforts refocused on activities in the United States and Rajneesh relocated to a facility known as Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon. Almost immediately the movement ran into conflict with county residents and the state government, and a succession of legal battles concerning the ashram's construction and continued development curtailed its success.
In 1985, in the wake of a series of serious crimes by his followers, including a mass food poisoning attack with Salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner, Rajneesh alleged that his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela and her close supporters had been responsible. He was later deported from the United States in accordance with an Alford plea bargain.[
After his deportation, 21 countries denied him entry. He ultimately returned to India and a revived Pune ashram, where he died in 1990. Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the Zurich registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation). Rajneesh's teachings have had a notable impact on Western New Age thought, and their popularity has increased markedly since his death.
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June 30, 2014
Un libro, o una "filosofía" llena de contradicciones. Le parecen absurdos los rezos obligatorios pero le hubiera gustado imponer meditación obligatoria; estaba en contra de las leyes pero le parece bien castigar a quienes tienen muchos hijos; está a favor de la eutanasia y del aborto y al mismo tiempo a favor de que la ciencia prolongue infinitamente la vida, por citar algunas...
September 23, 2025
El autor dice no ser comunista, capitalista, ni fascista, pero tiene todas las cualidades dichas anteriormente. Según dice que los rebeldes son necesarios, aunque luego se contradice al pensar en una sociedad perfecta. Quiere eliminar las religiones y prácticamente obligar a la gente a meditar y demás aspectos que sugiere son los cambios para lograr una mejor humanidad. En esta historia él sería el héroe para terminar siendo un dictador tirano.
August 30, 2018
"...one of the most beautiful things about science and technology: it creates problems just to solve them." -Osho
July 1, 2020
Controverso.
July 26, 2021
This book is about all the things around us, about us and our living. It is really interesting point of view and makes me thoughtful about change and what is needed.
June 1, 2025
Osho has beautifully explained his vision for the new man which is so interesting to read. He challenges several notions dear and uncompromising for us but sounds so logical
November 17, 2025
Se recomienda quemar el libro.
He leído mas libros de este autor y este es el mas vago como flojo.
He leído mas libros de este autor y este es el mas vago como flojo.
July 13, 2021
Un gran libro qué te hace Reflexionar
Osho nos muestra una perspectiva distinta de como podrían ser el futuro de la humanidad , aunque discrepo en varios aspectos con el autor , no cabe duda de que es un muy buen libro y valió la pena su compra.
Osho nos muestra una perspectiva distinta de como podrían ser el futuro de la humanidad , aunque discrepo en varios aspectos con el autor , no cabe duda de que es un muy buen libro y valió la pena su compra.
July 10, 2022
We should all read this amazing book.
January 1, 2018
Toda una leccion que como seres humanos debemos practicarla y promoverla para lograr el cambio de conciencia y lograr un verdadero balance con nuestro ser interior y la naturaleza.
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