THE PERFECT WAY

We remain occupied with the other and forget our own selves.


This book is the transcribed version of Osho’s discourses on meditation which was delivered at his first meditation camp in Ranakpur, Rajasthan in the early years of 1960s. The book had been originally published in Hindi as Sadhana Path and that became his first published book.
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According to Osho, meditation is a state of mind - a state of being, it is non-doing and it is the way to know the self. To him the path of meditation is the path of religion i.e. from right awareness to observation, from observation to knowing and from knowing to liberation. It is the means of rekindling the lost light in man’s heart, in his inner being; it gives direction to man’s drifting boat. Osho wants us to understand the three key points before preparing the mind for meditation; the first is: live in the present, the second is: live naturally and the third is: live alone.
Osho also responds to a number of queries from the audience with utmost clarity. Some of his observations found in this book are given below:

Truth is not to be found in the scriptures. It is in the self, in your self.

I am not what others know of me from the outside. I am what I know myself to be from the inside.

Whatever is easy and near is quickly forgotten for that very reason.

All temples are outside, all temples are part of the world, and you cannot reach the self through their doors.

God is not separate as some creator, it is the creation, it is creativity, it is life.

In this book what Osho wants to teach us is that the perfect way is the way of meditation and it also is the way of awareness. If both meditation and awareness are there godliness will automatically follow.