OSHO is de grondlegger van de actieve meditaties. Hij heeft veel verteld over mediteren en de moderne mens, die meer nodig heeft om naar binnen te keren en te verstillen.
Vrij vertaald zijn de drie essenties van mediteren: ontspannen, getuige zijn (watching) en geen oordeel hebben. Om daar te kunnen komen heeft hij de actieve meditaties ontwikkeld met ruimte om eerst spanning los te laten. Deze meditaties helpen om te ontspannen, om te ‘watchen’ en om vrij te komen van oordeel.
Op internet is veel informatie beschikbaar over zijn lezingen en lessen en er is een schat aan opnames te vinden. De moeite waard om te onderzoeken.
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‘I am not teaching a way, so you cannot claim that my way is the best way – it is not a way at all. You cannot say that this is the only way, because I am saying there is no way at all. I am simply trying to make you alert to that which is already there.
ABOUT OSHO
Osho defies categorization. His thousands of talks cover everything from the individual quest for meaning to the most urgent social and political issues facing society today.
Osho’s books are not written but are transcribed from audio and video recordings of his extemporaneous talks to international audiences. As he puts it, “So remember: whatever I am saying is not just for you… I am talking also for the future generations.” Osho has been described by the Sunday Times in London as one of the “1000 Makers of the 20th Century” and by American author Tom Robbins as “the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ.” Sunday Mid-Day (India) has selected Osho as one of ten people – along with Gandhi, Nehru and Buddha – who have changed the destiny of India. About his own work Osho has said that he is helping to create the conditions for the birth of a new kind of human being. He often characterizes this new human being as “Zorba the Buddha” – capable both of enjoying the earthy pleasures of a Zorba the Greek and the silent serenity of a Gautama the Buddha. Running like a thread through all aspects of Osho’s talks and meditations is a vision that encompasses both the timeless wisdom of all ages past and the highest potential of today’s (and tomorrow’s) science and technology.
Osho is known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, with an approach to meditation that acknowledges the accelerated pace of contemporary life. His unique OSHO Active Meditations are designed to first release the accumulated stresses of body and mind, so that it is then easier to take an experience of stillness and thought-free relaxation into daily life.’