We will let go of everything that can die.
This book is the transcript of Osho’s discourses on non-duality of life and death. Non-duality means there are not two. Even one exists only in the context of two. But we are used to seeing life in terms of duality. First we create a division between darkness and light and then think they are two separate entities forgetting the fact that darkness and light are variations of the same thing, different aspects, different stages of the same thing. What is true of darkness and light is true of all other dualities of life like sleep and wakefulness, good and bad, the Devil and the divine, life and death etc.etc..
Death is not an event that occurs outside of life and it is not a sudden event either; it is a growth that begins with birth. Also, there is virtually no difference between living and dying. Osho says: “What we call living is just another name for dying gradually. Death is actually taking place every moment. It is not that after seventy years one dies all of a sudden.” The biggest secret of life, according to Osho, is to learn how to die and how to accept death.
This book also gives the reader a deep understanding of meditation, witnessing and inner experience. Meditation means cessation of thoughts, mind and time; it is an inner experience of eternal nothingness that is now and here. it is the path leading to godliness and awakening. This book can also be used as a practical guide for meditation. Given below are some of Osho’s observations:
We occasionally choose things we don’t want to choose.
If God alone is the decision-maker, and if he alone creates someone good and someone bad - makes one man Rama and the other Ravana - then what’s the point? Then everything becomes nonsense, carries no meaning.
If a mother loves her child a lot, he drinks less milk because he is always assured that he will have milk anytime, that he need not worry about the future.
Only a happy mind rings bells in the temple, lights lamps and chants prayers.
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