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Summary: Osho says "Yes" to life
Review: I cannot say enough about this book. After reading merely 1/10th of it and practcing the techniques it is more than enough feel how amazing this book really is. Really, if you have come far enough to read a review, or even to look up this book, you should buy it. YOu must buy it unless you want to miss out. It is the next step.Osho is the greatest spiritual teacher of our time. Tantra is the greatest wisdom of all of time. I had, before I read this book, a great split in the philosophy I was attracted to. On one hand I was entranced by things such as Buddhism and Taoism, things that are, to a degree ascetic, denying... they were clear, concise, purely rational systems of thought, I could not say no to something I knew to be steeped in both rational truth and experiental truth (insight& knowledge from my own experience). At the same time though I was blown away by Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre, western philosophers grouped as existentialists who seemed to advocate a life filled with passion. These two opposing systems, I realized, came from the same sort of outlook on the world, but were, in their practices, very very different. I could not reconcile the two. I mention this split in my thinking because many of my friends have it as well, perhaps not with the same philosophers, but they have this split too. You too may have it. It is the split between this world and a transcendental realm. Between having Nirvana and having a nice t-shirt. Between having bliss and having a family. It seems, hitherto, one has been unable to have both. Osho lets you have both. He says you already have this world. But instead of denying this world Osho teaches you to use this world as a sort of catapult, a ladder, to get to higher states of awareness. Here is an example: When you get angry, he says, do not supress your anger because it created more anger; instead, he says become fully angry and then become aware of your anger, and then anger will have no power over you. He says the same of all emotions. He has meditative techniques for all sorts of personalities. This is how he says "yes" to life. Osho teaches that ALL situations, ALL emotions, everything, really, can be used as a tool to teach you, to help you increase awareness. Lastly, Osho does not discriminate between religious traditions. Our world is one of splits between different religions, not one of love, it is a world where in areas like the middle-east people are killed for believing in this god or not believing in that one; where at places like my workplace a manager of mine told me I was going to Hell for practicing tantra & meditation and not following christ as the one & only savior; a world where a certain president elected in they year 2000 discriminately gives money to faith-based organizations... in this world the splits between religious faiths becomes hazardous. Osho speaks from his own knowledge and wisdom and love but uses at the same time, like any great teacher, ALL faiths, ALL beliefs, and ALL religious figures as examples, as illustrations, as ways to elaborate his point. Unifying divergent beliefs is really a great feat, and osho does it magnificently. Really, after coming this far you ought to buy the book. Osho teaches how to say "yes" to life and enjoy it to its fullest. If you don't buy it Osho and I will come to your house and beat you up. That was a joke. I forgot to mention Osho has an awesome sense of humor. He tells you to laugh.
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Summary: Powerful Book of Transformation: Millennium Special
Review: I consider Osho's Book of the Secrets as the most powerful book of individual transformation. It is really a great blessing that an Enlightened person revealed to the whole humanity the hidden meanings of the ancient most book which remained hidden for millennia. We can take a quantum leap with this book and attain to ultimate state of consciousness. I have no doubt about the power of this book which is going to prove a Bible for the New Man in the New Millennium. Osho, I am grateful to you! Chetan Unmani Author: Allah To Zen
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Summary: This book is where I found "it", the key to spiritual bliss
Review: I didn't need to adopt a new religion, nor even have a religion, nor take up strange practices. (Depsite the dramatic title.) The approach here is a method; Tantra is a method, not a belief. All that was needed was an open mind and the will to try something simple. Osho expresses himself in English very clearly and vigorously, there is no mystical-technical jargon/tedium! If it works for you, there's no strenuous effort! But you may feel like you've lost a backpack of rocks you never knew you carried. It worked for me before I got past 1/4 of the techniques (I read an earlier, partial edition.) It's been 6 years since then, and the benefit has endured and grown - not a flash in the pan. Yhere just aren't words to describe "it," you have to experience it.
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Summary: Enlightening
Review: I don't know this man, Osho, but from reading his book is seems he must be a Buddha (an extremely intelligent, perceptive, and playful Buddha). Beautiful insights into life, the universe and everything (from man's perspective, anyway), delivered in powerfully prophetic prose. He also has a great inclusiveness, drawing illustrations freely from the all the world's great (and many, many lesser) religious traditions. Osho is prolific, if nothing else; but I've not yet hit a weak spot in this 800+ page tome. I read a bit, randomly, every night before bed . . . religiously?
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Summary: No sir, I didn't like it
Review: I had never read anything by Osho before, so I was looking forward to this. I was very dissapointed. It just didn't seem like he was writing from actual experience, more like someone repeating things others had written about enlightenment. Some of his lectures about the different techniques bordered on silly. After this, I don't think I would buy any of his other books.
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Summary: A Quantum Leap in Human Consciousness
Review: I have read The Book of the Secrets several times. These discourses of the Enlightened Mystic Osho are a real treasure. These 112 Tantra techniques are very poweful tools of transformation. First, just the reading transports you to a rarified realm of consciousness. I relish them again and again and find new meanings each time. To me, this is undoubtedly the Book Of The Millennium and a quantum leap in human consciousness. Chaitanya Keerti
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Summary: Important book
Review: I recommend this book highly. It takes a subject in which I never thought I would be interested (Tantra) and clearly explains methods to bring calm to your life. It is a topic more important than ever. I discovered the book within a "recommended reading" section of the video game "Table Tennis Pro." At the time I thought it strange to recommend a book in a video game. Now I don't.
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Summary: If there was only one book . . .
Review: If I could take only one book with me when I leave the planet, this would be it . . . everything you want to know about life, love, peace, happiness, enlightenment, etc. is contained in this one book.
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Summary: A masterpiece
Review: If you are truly interested in your inner search, this book will be of immense help. It has been of great help for me for many years and it continues to be so. Osho is explaining, with simple meditation techniques, how to experience truth directly. I can only feel that the two guys that wrote a negative review of this masterpiece, never really had the guts to dive into the depth of their inner world and experience truth in first person. If you do have that courage, this book is for you!
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Summary: TO THOSE WHO DO NOT TRUST IN OSHO
Review: It has been a little over a year since I first started reading Osho. I noticed that there are three people who have posted reviews which are not in favor of Osho and his teachings. Osho does not teach us to feed our desire but rather wants us to become more aware of how we are creating our own misery. Simply to cut off our desirs does not help us to understand them as we would be fighting with ourselves, and that is a battle we're bound to lose. All we can do is become more and more aware and less and less indulged, eventually replacing ignorance with understanding. How could it happen any other way? If any of those who oppose his teachings would be so kind as to email or im me it would be greatly appreciated. I do not wish to argue with you but am searching for truth.
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