OVERVIEW OF OSHO’S BOOKS ON FREEDOM

• The Book of Understanding, Creating your own path to Freedom
  “If our consciousness were in the state of enlightenment… In the hands of a Gautam Buddha nuclear power would no longer be dangerous. In the hands of a Gautam Buddha nuclear power would be turned towards some creative force, because force is always neutral – either you can destroy with it or you can find ways to create something.” Osho
• Freedom, the Courage to be Yourself
  Osho outlines three stages of freedom. The first is freedom from, which is a freedom that comes from breaking out of what he calls the psychological slavery imposed by outside forces such as parents, society, or religion. The next stage is freedom for, a positive freedom that comes from embracing and creating something. This last freedom, the highest, is more than being for or against something; it is the freedom of simply being oneself and responding truthfully to each moment. 
• Freedom from Illusion, the Book of Ego
  The Ego is an Iceberg. Melt it in deep love, so it disappears and you become part of the Ocean.The child is not born with an ego. Ego is being taught by the society, religion, culture. You must have watched little babies: they don’t say, “I am hungry.” If the baby’s name is Bob, he says, “Bob is hungry”.
• From Bondage to Freedom, talks in the US: Answers to Seekers on the Path
  “Now I have people who are ready to listen to the truth without any Jesus, any Krishna, any Buddha. I can now talk directly to you. These three and a half years of silence were simply a device to give a gap so that you could forget all that I have said before, and I could start afresh.” Osho
• Destiny, Freedom and the Soul, What is the Meaning of Life?
  “Do what your nature wants to do. Do what your intrinsic qualities hanker to do. Don’t listen to the scriptures. Listen to your own heart. That is the only scripture I prescribe.” Osho
• Love, Freedom and Aloneness. The Koan of Relationships.“
  A relationship is a koan. And unless you have solved a more fundamental thing about yourself, you cannot solve it. The problem of love can be solved only when the problem of meditation has been solved, not before it. Because it is really two non-meditative persons who are creating the problem. Two persons who are in confusion, who don’t know who they are – naturally they multiply each other’s confusion, they magnify it….” Osho
• Meditation, The First and the Last Freedom
  It contains practical, step-by-step guides to a wide variety of meditation techniques selected by and/or created by Osho, including the unique OSHO Active Meditations which deal with the special tensions of contemporary life. Recognizing that it’s almost impossible for most people these days just to stop and sit silently, these meditations – including the Osho Dynamic Meditation and Osho Kundalini Meditation – begin with one or more stages of vigorous physical activity. This brings our physical and mental energies to a peak, so that the following silence is easy – leaving us alert, refreshed, and newly energised.
• Meditation the Only Way, former: The Golden Future
  In this fascinating collection of talks, Osho indicates how many of the difficulties facing modern humanity can be traced to a simple fact: we don’t know who we are. Rather than asking people to change the world, he asks us to first change ourselves.