Osho ,in this book, tells us of the importance of body in a seeker's life . He says that only through the veena of body, the music of life can arise. So there should be right diet, right work and right sleep. The centre of man' life energy according to Osho is navel and man's soul, according to him, is connected neither to the mind nor to the heart but it is connected to his navel. The centre of life energy is the navel; whereas the centre of thinking is the mind and the centre of feeling is the heart.
Osho also talks about the needs of the body and how to create a healthy mind and how to become free of the entangling net of the mind. What a meditator has to do is to reduce the tension in the strings of thought and tighten the loose strings of the heart so that the music of life can be created. Love is the way to tune the strings of the heart . Osho says :"Love is an inner flowering and love itself is the music of the heart. Love is the door to divine and ego is the door to ignorance. Love is the door to light and ego is the door to darkness." Osho's other observations in this book are :
" Life is all about using the sword as well as lighting the lamp. The right man is both a living sword and a lamp of peace."
" A good person and a bad person are not different, they are two sides of the same coin. But a sage is a third kind of person - inside him there is neither goodness nor badness."
"The accumulation of facts and other peoples' opinions is not a sign of knowledge. It is a sign of ignorance."
This book is the transcribed version of Osho's talks to disciples and friends at a meditation camp in Ajol, Gujarat. The book comprises of 8 chapters spreading over 267 pages. Osho's directions to its participant camp members are also figure in this book at the end of each chapter. The book tells us the way to tune the body, mind and heart in order to live a life of love and meditation. A good and interesting book to read.
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