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In a playful yet demanding way, Osho points us directly to something most of us don't want to see - our religious conditioning, a conditioning we are often unaware of and often are in denial of.
Each chapter in this book will open your eyes to truths that go against the answers that were so subtly and surreptitiously planted in us even before we had formulated questions. You will see how conditioning is preventing you from living the life you actually want to live - the life you are actually supposed to live.
And if you are a religious person, you will have the opportunity to take a second look - and perhaps have a taste of what Osho calls "real religiousness."
And once we have seen the truth of what has happened to us through all the levels of conditioning, both parental and societal, we are exposed to we have the opportunity to experience life with an unimagined clarity with nothing, no conditioning, standing in the way of you and this very moment. This is truth, this is Religiousness.
Not just a book to read -a deep life changing experience of de-conditioning. Osho calls it a "dry-cleaning" of your mind.
The enclosed DVD contains a recorded talk by Osho, an experiment in living with a contemporary mystic at work.
About the Authentic Living Series 7
Introduction 8
Chapter 1 Pseudo-religion - the stick-on soul 9
Chapter 2 I call it reverence for life 23
Chapter 3 Politics and the will-to-power 35
Chapter 4 Danger - Truth at Work 48
Chapter 5 Ecstasy is now - why wait? 60
Chapter 6 Transformation, not renunciation 74
Chapter 7 Nature is all there is 89
Chapter 8 God is not a solution but a problem 102
Chapter 9 I teach a religionless religion 112
Chapter 10 God - the nobody everybody knows 124
Chapter 11 Truth - not a dogma but a dance 136
Chapter 12 Faith is the suicide of intelligence 150
Chapter 13 Ecstasy is knowing that nobody is holding your hand 163
Chapter 14 Society crowds you out; meditation outs your crowd 177
Chapter 15 They say believe; I say explore 192
Overview
In a playful yet demanding way, Osho points us directly to something most of us don't want to see - our religious conditioning, a conditioning we are often unaware of and often are in denial of.
Each chapter in this book will open your eyes to truths that go against the answers that were so subtly and surreptitiously planted in us even before we had formulated questions. You will see how conditioning is preventing you from living the life you ...