Learning to Silence the Mind

The mind, says Osho, has the potential to be enormously creative in dealing with the challenges of everyday life, and the problems of the world in which we live. The difficulty, however, is that instead of using the mind as a helpful servant we have largely allowed it to become the master of our lives. Its ambitions, belief systems, and interpretations rule our days and our nights—bringing us into conflict with minds that are different from ours, keeping us awake at night rehashing those conflicts or planning the conflicts of tomorrow, and disturbing our sleep and our dreams. If only there was a way to switch it off and give it a rest! Finding the switch that can silence the mind—not by force or performing some exotic ritual, but through understanding, watchfulness, and a healthy sense of humor—is meditation. A sharper, more relaxed and creative mind—one that can function at the peak of its unique intelligence—is the potential.The book will include a link to tutorials on OSHO Nadabrahma Meditation.

notes

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

(unknown)

number of discourses/chapters

14 (+ appendix ? )   (see table of contents)

editions

	Learning to Silence the Mind Wellness Through Meditation Year of publication : Aug 2012 Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin ISBN 978-1-250-00622-6 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 192 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes : First edition: August 2012. Copyright © 2012 by Osho International Foundation, New York.
	Learning to Silence the Mind Wellness Through Meditation Year of publication : Aug 2012 Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin ISBN 978-1-250-01583-9 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 192 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : E Edition notes : First edition: August 2012. Copyright © 2012 by Osho International Foundation, New York.

table of contents

edition 2012 chapter titles		source of the compilation
1	What Is Meditation?	unknown
2	Meditation Is Your Nature	unknown
3	Meditation and the Failure of Success	unknown
4	Healing the Split Between Body and Soul	unknown
5	Meditation Is Life, Not Livelihood	unknown
6	Bliss Is the Goal, Meditation Is the Means	unknown
7	Everybody Is a Born Mystic	unknown
8	Mind Is a Chatterbox	unknown
9	Mind Is a Social Phenomenon	unknown
10	Mind Thinks -- Meditation Knows	unknown
11	The Psychology of the Buddhas	unknown
12	Self-Awareness, Not Self-Consciousness	unknown
13	Osho Active Meditations for Modern Man	unknown
14	Responses to Questions from Meditators Is it possible to meditate without any technique? Why did you have to create new meditation techniques like Osho Kundalini Meditation or Osho Dynamic Meditation? When I feel a little more centered and aware than usual, I don't feel any problems, but when I am not centered all the old problems are back and they look even bigger. Why? Western psychologists say that meditation is a subjective phenomenon and therefore not much psychological research is possible. Do you agree? J. Krishnamurti says that all yoga practices, all meditation techniues, are just like drugs -- they produce chemical change and, hence, the experiences. Please comment. Yesterday while sitting in zazen I felt myself get hit with a stick on my head. But at that time nobody had hit me. Is this magicless magic? I have too much sexual energy burning within my body. When I dance, sometimes anger comes up, and I feel I am going to kill the whole world. Please explain how to give a creative outlet to this energy. Can one be absorbed in doing something with intensity -- for instance, your dynamic meditation techniques -- and at the same time remain a witness who is separate, apart? When I first started meditation, a beautiful, silent, transparent state would arrive from somewhere. Now, nothing comes except a racing mind. What happened?	unknown
	Appendix	unknown