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Meditation: The First and Last Freedom
(Osho Insights for a new way of living )
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The first upgrade to meditation since Buddha's time
In this essential meditation handbook for the 21st century, Osho turns the traditional notion of meditation practice on its head. 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 ...more
In this essential meditation handbook for the 21st century, Osho turns the traditional notion of meditation practice on its head. 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 ...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
December 17th 2004
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published 2004)
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Love Osho books. This is his second book I've been reading and I absolutely loved them. They help you to look yourself in a different way and understand that all changes in the world starts with us. We accept ourselves, we love ourselves and respect ourselves. After that comes complete peace. What is the main thing in the world that people are looking for. Peace and happiness.
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The only thing I liked about this book was his encouraging one to 'go crazy' before meditation.
Other than that, I felt if I didn't meditate precisely as he instructed, I would go insane. ...more
Other than that, I felt if I didn't meditate precisely as he instructed, I would go insane. ...more
Mar 20, 2007
Afsaneh Hasanzadeh
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Osho's ideology is one of the hundreds mythical ideologies which exist in our world. In this ideology osho puts each man instead of God and he tries to define the completed and highly spiritual soul as a god. To become a perfect soul, you should love unconditionally and thoroughly. He thinks of mind as a big obstacle for your faith .You should put your mind aside so that you could start meditation.
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I believe that the book could have half of its size, without loosing any content. Having said that, it is a good book to retrieve some ideas on how to meditate. Just read it in diagonal.
The first half of the book felt most relevant and "enlightening" to me. Some good ideas and alternative practice structures for people who struggle to get into a regular sitting practice.
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An A to Z book of meditation from the Master of Masters.don't just read it..own it!!
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Love + Meditation = Compassion :))
A objective look of meditation, acting as the eye of the storm where you can focus your discipline and attention. Found it straight forward and helpful.
good meditation strategies, straight to the point..
i will be reading this again. :)
Must Real for Every human being
.... rajneesh has the powerful words...
thoroughly enjoyed this book which taught me you can meditate anywhere, anyhow, anyway...
Osho as usual is a person who always gives you the truth in your face!
I bought this book not knowing anything about meditation or the self or whatever spirituality is about. In fact I don't know what made me buy it. I didn't even like books at that time. BUT I'M SO GRATEFUL I DID. Osho's simple words shook my perception of life to its core. I tried a some of the meditations techniques but quickly dropped. I found myself more interested in the philosophy and the author's ideas about the self, society and religion. I still come back to this book once a while. Highly
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A great how-to book for meditation. He also tells meaningful stories that make you think. Over all, you can't go wrong reading Osho books. He has great insights and wisdom that will challenge and help you to step out of your comfort zones.
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Dec 01, 2010
Eneida
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Read it in Portuguese.
Loved it.
A lot was said with great insight.
Time to put this knowledge into practical use.
Peace and Love <3
A lot was said with great insight.
Time to put this knowledge into practical use.
Peace and Love <3
Oct 12, 2016
Aaron Jardin
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Great book to help with meditations.
Since the book is written by directly converting Osho's discourses, it has repetitions of same thoughts as if someone is talking to you. You might like it sometimes but other times it's just redundant. IF someone is talking to you then it happens naturally, the person repeats himself when he sees you loosing the thought or may be he comes back to original thought. But in book it becomes boring. As you have already read it. Also there are contradictions like in one chapter it says Mind and body a
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Reading this book is in itself an act of meditation. You literally meditate as you go through the book. It puts you in a meditative state that lasts few days after reading the book.
It includes a lot of meditation technique, but here is my favorite technique of all time:
Atisha says: start being compassionate. And the method is, when you breathe in - listen carefully, it is one of the greatest methods - when you breathe in, think that you are breathing in all the miseries of all the people in the ...more
It includes a lot of meditation technique, but here is my favorite technique of all time:
Atisha says: start being compassionate. And the method is, when you breathe in - listen carefully, it is one of the greatest methods - when you breathe in, think that you are breathing in all the miseries of all the people in the ...more
This book was a huge influence in the way I see and experience meditation. Before this book I thought that meditation was kind of a TABU or something that you achieve by doing Yoga or aromatic candles. Now I understand the true meaning of meditation, meditation means to always watching your surroundings but more important, watching yourself inside. You don't need any posture to achieve that state you just have to close your eyes and open your ears. So I am more than thankful to this great author
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I also want to add currently reading. This is not a book you read then put down. It is a guide to Osho's various meditations, an incredible insight to what is meditation, how to approach it and some of the active meditations he created. It does not cover them all but this marvelous book gives the reader a taste of OSHO meditations.
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poooots...
Different meditation techniques with some explanation of why and how they work. An amusing read, but I am not sure that it is fully applicable to our times.
not ready for so much change so just buyed it and read hardly 10 page :P...
Good tips for meditation
Jan 14, 2013
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Liked so much...............
Jul 07, 2013
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Rajneesh (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.
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