The Beauty of the Human Soul

Provocations Into Consciousness
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The Beauty of the Human Soul continues the Authentic Living series by Osho, with talks by the contemporary mystic during his stay in the United States.
The Beauty of the Human Soul continues the Authentic Living series by Osho, with talks by the contemporary mystic during his stay in the United States.

PREFACE :
When you are true and authentic, living your life on your own, in your own light, with no blueprints given by others to you – by the parents, by the priests, by the politicians… When you are moving every day into the unknown with no idea of what is going to happen, with great creativity, sensitivity, awareness, but with no fixed ideology; when you are exploring newer pastures, new peaks of being, then certainly you are no longer a part of the crowd.

The crowd hates individuals for the simple reason that they are so different. It hates them because they are rebels. It hates them because they cannot be enslaved easily; in fact, it is impossible to enslave them. It hates them for their intelligence, it hates them for their joy, it hates them for their creativity. It wants to destroy them.

That’s why people are afraid of life: life has many dangers. The path of life is full of hazards. One never knows what is going to happen the next moment; everything is possible. You cannot live with expectations because life has no obligation to fulfill your desires. You can live with an open heart, but you cannot live with expectations. The more expectations you have, the more frustrated you will be.

You can go astray. In death, nobody can go astray; in life you can go astray. In life you can commit errors, mistakes. In fact, if you really want to live you will have to commit many errors and many mistakes. Remember, never be afraid of committing errors and mistakes; otherwise you will be paralyzed because of the fear. Go on committing mistakes and errors. Remember only one thing: don’t commit the same mistake again. Once is enough. Invent new mistakes, discover new errors. Don’t go on falling in the same ditch, find new ditches. By committing mistakes, by going astray, you grow. That’s the only way to grow.

Life is dangerous; death is very cozy, very comfortable. Lying down in your grave, what danger is there? There is no problem, no anxiety. You can’t go bankrupt, your wife cannot leave you, you cannot die anymore. You are so safe in death. Life is not safe, anything is possible. Life is full of accidents.
Osho
The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol. 11
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Type Abridged Product
Publisher Osho Media International
ISBN 0918963133
ISBN-13 978-0918963130
Dimensions (size) 5.6 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
Number of Pages 225