My Way: The Way of the White Clouds

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Osho continues to inspire millions of people worldwide in their individual search for meditation and transformation amidst the everyday challenges of contemporary life. His proposal that we celebrate the whole of our humanity-both our inner and outer worlds-encompasses both the timeless wisdom of the east and the highest potential of Western science and technology. The American novelist Tom Robbins has called him "the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ”. “A white cloud has nowhere to go. It moves,it moves everywhere. All dimensions belong to it. Nothing is rejected. Everything is, exists, in a total acceptance. Hence I call my way, ‘The way of the White clouds'."Osho

"Tibetan mystics or Zen master or Sufi dervishes have all talked about the white clouds. The white clouds have been catching many people’s inner being. A rapport is achieved, it seems with the white clouds. Make it a meditation and then many things will come to you." Osho has chosen the symbol of the white clouds to represent the way a seeker moves on the path, and this book addresses all the states-storms, winds, sun, rain and rainbows-that are part of the mystery of being. The questions and answers that comprise this book have been selected by Osho to introduce his work to those looking for a new way of life.

Man has been searching for meaning. He created God as a fiction to fulfill his need for meaning. Without God, the world becomes accidental. It is no more the creation of a wise God who creates it for your growth, for your development- or for something. Without God…remove God and the world is accidental, meaning-less. And the mind has an intrinsic incapacity to live with meaninglessness, so it creates all kinds of fictions-God, nirvana, heaven, paradise, another life beyond death-and makes a whole system. But it is a fiction, to fulfill a certain psychological need. I cannot say,"There is God." I cannot say, "There is not God." To me the question is irrelevant. It is a fictitious phenomenon. My work is totally different. My work is to make your mind so mature that you can live with meaningless life, and yet beautifully.

What is the meaning of a rose, or a cloud floating in the sky? There is no meaning but there is such tremendous beauty. There is no meaning. The river goes on flowing but there is so much joy; meaning is not needed. And unless a man is able to live without asking for meaning, moment to moment, beautifully, blissfully, for no reason at all...Just to breathe is enough. Why should you ask? For What? Why do you make life a business? Is not love enough? Have you to ask what is the meaning of love? And if there is no meaning in love, then of course your life becomes loveless. You ask a wrong question. Love is in itself enough;it needs no other meaning to make it beautiful,a joy. The birds singing in the morning...what is the meaning? The whole existence, to me, is meaningless. And the mere I become silent and became attuned with existence, the more it became clear that there is no need for meaning. It is enough as it is.

Osho defies categorization, reflecting everything from the individual quest for meaning to the most urgent social and political issues facing society today. His books are not written but are transcribed from recordings of extemporaneous talks given over a period of thirty- five years. Osho has been described by the Sunday Times in London as one of the "1000 makers of the 20th century" and by Sunday mid- day in India as one of the ten people–along with Gandhi, Nehru and Buddha- who have changed the destiny of India. Osho has a stated aim of helping to create the conditions for the birth of a new kind of human being, characterized as"Zorba the Buddha"- one whose feet are firmly on the ground, yet whose hands can touch the stars. Running like a thread through all aspects of Osho is a vision that encompasses both the timeless wisdom of the east and the highest potential of western science and technology.

He is synonymous with a revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation and an approach to meditation which specifically addresses the accelerated pace of contemporary life. The unique OSHO Active Meditation are designed to allow the release of accumulated stress in the body and mind so that it is easier to be still and experience the thought-free state of meditation.