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G U I D E
M E D I T A T I O N
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Contents
PREFACE Page
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THE FOUNDATION OF M E D I T A T I O N Chapter
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Page 1 B E G I N W I T H THE B O D Y Chapter Page
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FINDING QUALITY IN LIFE Chapter Page
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U N D E R S T A N D I N G THE MIND Chapter Page
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UNDERSTANDING Chapter
EMOTIONS 5
Page 1 1 7 B O D Y AND S O U L : S C I E N C E AND R E L I G I O N Chapter Page
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THE LIGHT OF C O N S C I O U S N E S S Chapter Page
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TRUTH: YOUR BIRTHRIGHT Chapter Page
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ONE STEP AT A T I M E Chapter Page
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Page
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OSHO I N T E R N A T I O N A L M E D I T A T I O N R E S O R T Page
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M O R E OSHO B O O K S Page
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FOR MORE INFORMATION Page
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Preface
h e n you are not doing anything at all - bodily, mentally, on no level - when all activity has ceased and you simply are, j u s t being, that's what meditation is. You cannot do it, you cannot practice it; you have only to understand it. W h e n e v e r you can find time for j u s t being, drop all doing. T h i n k i n g is also doing, concentration is also doing, contemplation is also doing. Even if for a single m o m e n t you are not doing anything and you are j u s t at your center, utterly relaxed - that is meditation. And once you have got the k n a c k of it, you can remain in that state as long as you want; finally you can remain in that state for twenty-four hours a day. O n c e you have b e c o m e aware of the way your being can remain undisturbed, then slowly you can start doing things, keeping alert that your being is not stirred. That is the second part of meditation. First, learning h o w j u s t to b e , and then learning little actions: cleaning the floor, taking a shower, but keeping yourself centered. T h e n you can do complicated things. F o r example, I am speaking to you, but my meditation is not disturbed. I can go on speaking, but at my very center there is not even a ripple; it is j u s t silent, utterly silent.
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So meditation is not against action. It is not that you have to escape from life. It simply teaches you a n e w way of life. You b e c o m e the center of the cyclone. Your life goes on, it goes on really more intensely - with more joy, with more clarity, more vision, more creativity - yet you are aloof, j u s t a watcher on the hills, simply seeing all that is happening around you. You are not the doer, you are the watcher. That's the whole secret of meditation, that you b e c o m e the watcher. Doing continues on its own level, there is no problem: chopping wood, drawing water from the well. You can do all small and big things; only one thing is not allowed and that is, your centering should not be lost. That awareness, that watchfulness, should remain absolutely unclouded, undisturbed. Meditation is a very simple p h e n o m e n o n . Osho From Misery to Enlightenment
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THE PATH OF M E D I T A T I O N the foundation of meditation
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