| Title | : | Awareness: The Key to Living in Balance (Insights for a New Way of Living) |
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| ISBN | : | 0312275633 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780312275631 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 194 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2001 |
According to great masters like Lao Tzu or Buddha, most of us move through our lives like sleepwalkers. Never really present in what we are doing, never fully alert to our environment, and not even aware of what motivates us to do and say the things we do.
At the same time, all of us have experienced moments of awareness-or awakening, to use another-in extraordinary circumstances. On the road, in a sudden and unexpected accident, time seems to stop and one is suddenly aware of every movement, every sound, every thought. Or in moments that touch us deeply-welcoming a new baby into the world for the first time, or being with someone at the moment of death.
Awareness, says Osho, is the key to being self-directed, centered, and free in every aspect of our lives. In this book, Osho teaches how to live life more attentively, mindfully, and meditatively, with love, caring and consciousness.
OSHO challenges readers to examine and break free of the conditioned belief systems and prejudices that limit their capacity to life in all its richness. He has been described by the Sunday Times of London as one of the "1000 Makers of the 20th Century" and by Sunday Mid-Day (India) as one of the ten people-along with Gandhi, Nehru, and Buddha-who have changed the destiny of India. More than a decade after his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world.
Awareness: The Key to Living in Balance (Insights for a New Way of Living) Reviews
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If you want to fully understand the purpose to life and meditation, this book is an absolute keeper. A great book by a great man, he might have been dead for over a decade but his words are still as relevant today as before.
This book is great on the idea of witnessing and watching your own actions. Osho is a wonderful teacher and I am so happy I came across this book. -
This books is a culmination of all OSHO , ZEN, Tao and spiritual teachings. Read this book and you are done. No need to read any other books.
The Basic is AWARENESS. -
extremely deep for a short book one of oshos best . take your time with it you wont be let down
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I hate that my reading patterns are so off these days that it's taking me seemingly forever to finish anything, and yet here we are. That said, though it's not the title of his I'm come away from the most enriched by, it has some important lessons about centering the mind and mindfulness, which can only be of use to someone like me with an anxiety disorder to deal with 24/7. Reading Osho in itself is actually somewhat meditative; his sentence structure and writing style are very calming to read.
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Short book but quite hard for me to go through because I have to pause on every page when I realize something interesting. You have to read with an open-mind though because his style is quite abrasive and confrontational; and a lot of stuffs that he says are symbolic and exaggeration for effect, that's just his style. But overall, I still think it's a good book. For me there are new insights every few pages.
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The first book that I read from Osho.
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"You live only to the extent that you are consciously aware of the difference between death and life."
"Love is beautiful when you're tall through it and becomes dirty and ugly when you fall through it."
"The more you are unconscious, the better you are away from yourself. The more you are aware of so you get closer to you. When you're in the center is total awareness. When the degree of awareness is lower, you are closer the periphery. you can move to the periphery when you move to the unconscious. when you look at a movie, you sit somewhere and listen to music and forget you're in the suburbs. when you read the Bhagavad Gita or the Bible or the Quran and you're looking at periphery. Whatever you do, if you're not looking close to the center. " -
This book helped me find the deepest mindfulness or living in the present I have found... Maybe it can help you on your journey too! It's not a good first book on these topics, I'd read Eckhart Tolle for that but this takes it deeper... I'll read it again soon! Big fan and I don't say that about just any book, I quit reading two others half way before this one because they were not impactful.
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This book is full of insights.
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Our consciousness is limited by our awareness which is thereby limited by our life energy.
So, Cultivating life energy improves our awareness. -
Para aqueles que questionam muitas vezes se devem ler "O poder do agora" de Eckhart Tolle e/ou para aqueles que querem ler sobre a importância de viver no presente em consciência, escapando a Tolle, diria que "Consciência" de OSHO é sobejamente melhor... Se eu soubesse disto antes, não teria lido Tolle que, à medida que o tempo passa, vou percebendo que não faz de todo o meu género.
"Consciência" está estruturado em quatro grande partes: Compreensão; Muitas doenças, uma receita; Consciência em acção; e Experiências na observação. Ainda que este não esteja entre os livros que mais gostei de OSHO, o que pode bem dever-se ao facto de ter lido Tolle pouco antes, foi uma leitura interessante e recomendável. -
I wish I could manage to do it one day and to find the balance everytime I loose it...Thanks for lending me your book my friend, you know who you're ;)
"Cuanto mas consciente se vuelve uno, mas se recuerda a si mismo, con mas cautela actúa, mas alerta esta, mas heridas empiezan a desaparecer, hay menos brotes de ira, menos odio, menos celos y menos sentimientos posesivos". Osho -
If you want to understand the awareness approach as proposed by Buddha and Upanishads, this is a very useful book. It is written in simple and lucid style. Osho adds his usual persuasive perspective to play to seduce the reader to embrace this panacea to life's problems.
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There are more than a few moments when I wonder is Osho was misanthropic. Many other moments, absolute guru-ic genius.
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Buddha's mindful meditation is the greatest gift to the world. Being aware every moment is the most important thing. Meditation can only make one aware. Osho says, meditation is the only true religion. Life has no goal no purpose, life itself is the goal and purpose, awareness is the technique to attain it. Awareness is the difference between death and life.
Buddha's one of the most important teaching is being aware every moment. By practicing mindful meditation, one reaches, to his or her inner core and one will come to know that, misery is the state of unconsciousness.
A must read book. Osho had explained lucidly, the importance of being aware with various examples and stories. It's hard to imagine, the world without Buddha. Osho had left no stone unturned to convey the message of Buddha. Osho had his own style of explaining and convincing, which was really great. Osho was one most influential personality who changed the destiny of India along with Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru. It's very unfortunate, the way people treated to Osho during his lifetime. -
I guess we are so bombarded with enlightenment and knowledge quotes that it somehow makes these types of books and all quotes in general seem like everyone else has all the answers except me...
I might get back to this. I just need to detox from the fast feeding on enlightenment, self-awareness, and being the best a person can be. One step at a time. -
odejmuje jedna gwiazdke z powodu ktorego nie jestem w stanie wyjasnic😁😁
+ podziwiam osobę która to tłumaczyła z innego języka bo jest to zrobione swietnie -
Love all of osho’s books. Very easy to digest in terms of language, very repetitive in terms of messaging ( which is a good thing, you need to hammer the nail again and again for it to breach the walls of mind ). My morning read with tea and before bed.
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The thing I loved the most about this book is that Osho doesn't give you a manual on what to do and what not to do. Instead, the only thing he asks of you, is to do everything in complete AWARENESS. You don't need no moral code, no code of conduct. Just be completely aware of what you are doing, and you'd know what needs to done. An act that comes out of complete awareness, comes in sync with the existence. And being in sync with the existence is heaven, and the rest is hell.
Now, what is awareness?
The answer would be that there is no answer. Awareness is not for the intellectual mind. Its not something for the mind to ponder upon and make assumptions and opinions about. Awareness is a state of being. It is to be experienced, not to be memorised, or analysed, or dissected by the mind.
Now, how does one practice awareness?
To be aware, you start with being in the moment. It's not as easy as it sounds. Just sit down peacefully for a minute with your eyes closed and try not to think of anything, and voila, the mind is flooded with a hundred thoughts. And that's normal, coz that's how we've been operating since we were born. We are always distracted, always multi-tasking.
Now, how does one be in the moment?
To be in the moment, you need to focus. You need unwavering focus. You need to concentrate on what you are doing. But how do you learn to concentrate. Has anyone ever taught you how to concentrate. Sure, you've been asked millions of time to concentrate, but has anyone ever told you how to concentrate? I don't think so.
Go watch this Ted Talk if this strikes a chord with you
https://youtu.be/4O2JK_94g3Y
Now, how does one learn to focus?
What do you do when you want to get good at something? You practice it right? You practice your ass off. Likewise, if you want to focus, you practice it. You practice it day and night. The more you practice it, the better you get at it.
Now, how do you practice to focus?
You are gonna need immense will power for this. Coz it's not gonna be easy to start with. Reason being that you've practiced distraction your whole life. And you get good at what you practice right? So just imagine how good you are at being distracted. So it's gonna take a lot of will power, and a hell lot of perseverance to get rid of this old habit of yours. But it's not impossible. You start with watching your mind for distractions. The moment you notice that your mind is on its own trip, you bring it back to the present moment. You are gonna have to do it again n again n again. You'll be shocked as to how distracted you are. But don't get bogged down. It's completely normal. Just gently bring your mind back to the present. You might have to do it 100s of times in a minute. But don't beat yourself over it. Be happy that you eventually noticed it. The more you practice, the better you'll get at it.
Awareness is about watchfulness. Osho gives a (not so simple) 3 step guide to cultivate awareness.
1) Start being aware of your own body. How you pick up a pen, how you move your hand, the way you walk. Watch every minute motion your body makes. Be aware of it. Be alert, be watchful.
2) Once you become aware of your body, start watching your thoughts. This is going to be harder. Thoughts are subtle. You have to be very alert. Just observe your thoughts, don't judge them, don't label them as good or bad. Just watch them as they come and go.
3) Once you get good at watching your thoughts, start watching your moods/emotions/feelings. This is even harder 'coz moods are even more subtle than thoughts. It's very difficult. It's arduous. But Osho says it's not impossible. He speaks from his own experience.
Once you become aware of your body, thoughts and emotions, something happens, on its own accord. You become aware, of being aware. You come home. You are awakened. -
Living in awareness is the hardest thing a human can do.
If we are aware of the things we are doing we would stop doing, not only the bad like being angry or speeding in a car but even we will stop doing the good too.
Living in awareness means to stop being spontaneous in some areas, to stop being ourselves.
Maybe I didn’t understand the book or maybe I understood from the book what i want to understand, and maybe that’s what osho wants from me, from us, the readers; each will understand it differently but at the end when the moment comes we will use this awareness in the right moment and place.
For me, to be aware all the time is tiring. it’s an advantage that we as humans are capable of not being aware. With our problems and all our daily choirs, being asleep (like it’s mentioned in the book) is an escape for us. But that doesn’t mean not to be aware when the situation demands it. -
Every book of Osho is a gem.There are so many matters which are most important for good living and simple living. I will read the book once again. every single line in the book resonates with the truth.
one of the best reading experience in this year, the resembles are still there in the heart :) thank you osho, you are great . -
Great resource for attempting to live in present, and improve your awareness. It contains also many great stories, that further improve the message in the book.
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Ja turot rokās akmeņus, tu domā, ka tie ir dimanti, es neteikšu, ka tev jāatsakās no šiem akmeņiem. Es vienkārši bildīšu: "Esi modrs un paraugies vērīgāk!" Ja tu pats redzi, ka tie nav dimanti, vai vajadzīgs no tiem atteikties? Tie paši izkritīs no tavām rokām. Ja tu vēl joprojām vēlies tos nēsāt, tad tev būs mazliet jāpiepūlas. Taču ilgi tu to nespēsi. Ja reiz būsi izpratis, ka tie nav lietderīgi, ir nenozīmīgi, tu tos aizmetīsi.
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Vienīgais, kas jāiemācās, ir vērīgums. Vēro! Vēro katru darbību, ko dari. Novēro ik domu, kas rodas tavā prātā. Katru vēlmi, kas tevī mājo. Pat sīkus žestus. Ēdot, runājot, mazgājoties vannā... Turpini vērot visu. Neēd mehāniski, nepiestūķē sevi! Esi ļoti vērojošs. Sakošļā ēdienu smalki un uzmanīgi... Tu būsi pārsteigts, cik daudz līdz šim esi palaidis garām. [...] Iegaumē vienu: kad atcerēsies, ka esi aizmirsis vērot, neesi apbēdināts, nenožēlo to, citādi atkal izšķiedīsi laiku. Nejūties nelaimīgs: "Es atkal palaidu garām!" Nesāc pārmest sev: "Es esmu grēcinieks!" Nenosodi sevi, tādēļ ka tā ir lieka laika izšķiešana. Nekad nenožēlo pagātni! Dzīvo šai brīdī. Ja aizmirsi, kas par to? Tas bija dabiski, tas kļuvis par ieradumu, bet pierastais mirst lēni. Tātad, ja spēj palikt vērīgs kaut dažus brīžus, jūties pateicīgs. Pat tie daži brīži ir vairāk nekā gaidīts.
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Brīdī, kad kāds redz savas kļūdas, notiek krasas izmaiņas. Tāpēc visi budas gadsimtiem ilgi ir mācījuši vienu - apzināšanos. Viņi nemāca tev raksturu. To māca priesteri, politiķi, bet ne budas. Budas māca apziņu, ne - sirdsapziņu.
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"Labam cilvēkam" ir daudz jānopūlas, lai darītu labu un izvairītos no sliktā. Sliktais viņam ir nepārtraukts kārdinājums. Tā ir izvēle. Ik brīdi viņam ir jāizvēlas labais un nav jāizvēlas sliktais. Ir tikai viens veids kā pārspēt "labo cilvēku". Tā ir lielākas apziņas ieviešana. Apziņa nav kaut kas, kas būtu jāieaudzina. Tā jau tur ir. Tā vienkārši ir jāatmodina. Kad tu esi pilnībā atmodināts, jebkas, ko tu dari, ir labs un jebkas, ko tu nedari - ir slikts. [...] Apziņas cilvēku nevar salīdzināt ar "labo cilvēku". Viņš ir labs, taču ļoti atšķirīgā veidā, no ļoti atšķirīga skatu punkta. Viņš ir labs ne tāpēc, ka cenšas būt labs. Viņš ir labs, tāpēc ka apzinās. Reliģijas ir nolēmušas saglabāt tikai morāles. Tie ir ētikas kodeksi. Tie noder sabiedrībai, taču neder tev. Šīs morāles radītas sabiedrības labā. Protams, ja visi sāks zagt, dzīve kļūs neciešama. Ja visi būs negodīgi, cilvēki nevarēs eksistēt. Sabiedrībai ir vajadzīga morāle tās zemākajā līmenī. Nepmierinies ar to, ka esi "labs". Atceries, ka tev jānonāk līdz punktam, kad tev pat nav nepieciešams domāt par to, kas ir labs vai slikts. Nav nekādas piespiešanas. Reliģija māca tev būt labam - tādam, lai kādu dienu tu spētu atrast Dievu. Tas nav iespējams. Neviens labs cilvēks nekad nav atradis dievišķumu. Es mācu tieši pretējo: atrodi dievišķumu un labais atnāks pats. Kad labais atnāk pats, tajā ir burvīgums, pievilcība, vienkāršība un pazemība. Tas nejautā pēc apbalvojuma ne tagad, ne citā pasaulē. Tas pats sev ir balva.
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Tev nav vajadzības kaut ko mainīt. Pat tad, ja mēģinātu, tu to nevarētu. Tu esi centies mainīt sevī daudzas lietas. Vai esi guvis panākumus? Cik daudz reižu esi nolēmis nedusmoties? Kas notika ar tavu lēmumu? Kad atkal pienāk dusmu brīdis, tu par jaunu iekrīti tajā pašā slazdā. Tu kļūsti dusmīgs, un kad dusmas pāriet, tu nožēlo. [...] Atceries, kamēr tu nožēlo, tevis nav šeit. Šī nožēla arī ir daļa no grēka. Tāpēc arī nekas nenotiek. Tu turpini mēģināt, pieņem daudz lēmumu, izteic daudz solījumu, taču nekas nenotiek. Tu joprojām esi tāds pats. Ne tāpēc, ka neesi centies, ne tāpēc, ka neesi pūlējies. Tu zaudēji, jo to nenoteica piepūle. Vēl vairāk pūliņu nepalīdzēs. Tas ir modrības, ne piepūles jautājums. Ja esi modrs, daudzas lietas vienkārši atkrīt. Tev tās nav jāatmet.
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Pats fakts, ka apzinies, maina tavu rīcību. Tad tu nevari sagrēkot. Tas nenozīmē, ka tev jākontrolē sevi, nē! Kontrole ir slikts apziņas aizstājējs, ļoti slikts aizstājējs. Tas nepalīdz daudz. Ja tu apzinies, tad tev nav nepieciešams kontrolēt dusmas; apziņā nekad nerodas dusmas. Tās nevar pastāvēt kopā. Apziņā nekad nerodas greizsirdība. Apziņā daudzas lietas vienkārši izzūd - visas negatīvās.
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Cilvēks ir kritis grēkā. Patiesībā tā ir kristiešu līdzība par Ādama krišanu, viņa izraidīšanu. Kādēļ Ādams un Ieva tika padzīti no Ēdenes dārza? Viņus izraidīja, jo viņi ēda aizliegto augli, jo bija kļuvuši par prātiem un pazaudējuši apziņu. Prāts nozīmē miegu, tas nozīmē troksni, mehāniskumu. Ja tu kļūsti par prātu, tu zaudē apziņu. Tādējādi viss, kas ir jāizdara - atkal jākļūst par apziņu un jāpazaudē prāts. Tev ir jāizmet viss, ko esi uzkrājis kā zināšanas. Tās ir zinības, kas padara tevi aizmigušu. Turklāt, jo zinošāks ir cilvēks, jo vairāk aizmidzis tas ir.
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Saproti skaidri atšķirību starp reakciju un rīcību. Tu mīli kādu tāpēc, ka kāds mīl tevi. Buda arī mīl tevi, bet ne tāpēc, ka tu mīli viņu. Tas ir nebūtiski. Vai tu viņu mīli vai ienīsti - tas nav svarīgi. Viņš mīl tevi tāpēc, ka tā ir rīcība, nevis reakcija. Rīcība izriet no tevis, un reakcija tev tiek uzspiesta. Kad tu rīkojies, rīcība vienmēr ir pilnīga. Kad tu reaģē, tā nekad nevar būt pilnīga.
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Ja turpināsi novelt atbildību citam, atceries, ka tu vienmēr paliksi vergs, jo neviens nevar izmainīt otru. Viena no visnepiepildītākajām vēlmēm pasaulē ir izmainīt otru cilvēku. Neviens nekad to nav paveicis. Tas ir neiespējami, jo otram cilvēkam ir pašam sava taisnība. Tu turpini novelt atbildību otram, taču nevari viņu izmainīt. Liekot citam atbildēt, tu nekad neredzēsi, kāda ir tava pamatatbildība. Būtiskākās izmaiņas ir jāveic sevī pašā.
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Cilvēku daba ir tāda, ka mēs turpinām raudzīties uz āru. Mēs vērojam visus citus, izņemot sevi pašu. Tāpēc mēs vairāk zinām par citiem, nekā par sevi. Mēs par sevi nezinām neko. Mēs neesam sava prāta darbības liecinieki, neesam iekšēji vērīgi.
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Domāšana nozīmē pagātnes iekļaušanu tagadnes faktā. Tāpēc domāšana nekad tevi neaizvedīs pie patiesības - jo patiesība ir nevainīga, tā jāsastop tās pilnīgā šķīstumā. Brīdī, kad tu pielaid klāt savu pagātni, tu iznīcini patiesību. Tad tas ir skaidrojums, nevis fakta realizācija. [...] Domāšana ir ilgstošs ieradums. Tā ir kļuvusi par automātisku, mehānisku darbību. Ne tu domā. Tagad tas nav tavs lēmums. Tas ir mehānisks ieradums. Tu neesi spējīgs darīt neko citu. Mums nav bezvārdu pieredzes, vienīgi maziem bērniem tāda ir. Neverbālā pieredze patiešām ir pieredze! Nosaukšana vārdos ir bēgšana no pieredzes. [...] Tātad, lai arī ko tu darītu, mēģini darīt to bez vārdiem. Tas ir sarežģīti, grūti, sākumā tas šķiet pilnīgi neiespējami. Taču gluži tā tas nav.
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Valoda ir nepieciešama, lai sazinātos ar citiem. Tā nav vajadzīga, lai sazinātos ar sevi. Cilvēks var radīt sabiedrību, pasauli, pateicoties valodai. Taču valodas dēļ cilvēks ir aizmirsis sevi.
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Kad apstājas domāšana, sākas jauns ceļš. Šajā brīdī tu iekrīti dziļumā, bezdibenim līdzīgā fenomenā. Cilvēki, kuri nododas dziļai meditācijai, neizbēgami nonāk līdz šim brīdim. Tad viņi nobīstas, jo jūtas tā, it kā būtu pavēries bezdibenis. Bezgala dziļš... Rodas vēlme atgriezties uz vecā ceļa, jo tas bija zināms. Šis šķiet kā nāve. Taču tikai no vienas puses tas ir gals; no otras - tā ir atdzimšana. Jāmirst, lai piedzimtu. Jāmirst vienā dimensijā, lai piedzimtu citā. Ja virzies no vienas domas uz otru, tu paliec laika pasaulē. Ja virzies mirklī, ne domā - tu ej mūžībā. [...] Laiks ir pasaule, bet mūžība ir Dievs. Horizontālais ir pasaule, vertikālais ir Dievs. Abi satiekas punktā - tur, kur Jēzus tika sists krustā. Tas punkts ir šeit un tagad. No "šeit un tadad" tu vari doties divos ceļojumos: viens ir ceļojums pasaulē, nākotnē, bet otrs - Dievā, dziļumā.
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Mirsti laikā. Tā, lai tu atdzimtu mūžībā. Mirsti prātā. Tā, lai tu kļūtu dzīvs apziņā. Mirsti domāšanā. Tā, lai tu piedzimtu sapratnē.
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Prāts ir tava ziedēšana. Nekādā veidā nepiespied to. Es esmu pret visa veida varu un vardarbību, jo īpaši pret vardarbību, kas vērsta pret sevi. Vienkārši vēro. Dziļā pielūgsmē, mīlestībā, cieņā. Un skaties, kas notiks. Brīnumi notiek paši no sevis. Nav vajadzības tos bīdīt un piespiest.
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Prāta dabā ir atrasties ieslodzījumā. Prātam raksturīgi būt vidū starp divām galējībām. Tu nekad nekļūsi izlēmīgs, ja neattālināsies no prāta un netapsi par prāta spēļu liecinieku. Pat tad, ja kādreiz izlem par spīti prātam, tu tāpat nožēlosi, jo otra puse tevī, par labu kurai tu neesi izlēmis, vajās tevi: "Varbūt, ka tā būtu bijis labāk..." [...] Apzinies prātu - tā gaišo un tumšo, labo un slikto pusi. Lai arī kura galējība tā būtu, apzinies to. No apziņas izrietēs divas lietas - ka tu neesi prāts un ka apziņai piemīt izlēmīgums,kura prātam nekad nav.
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Dievs Vecajā Derībā apgalvo: "Es esmu ļoti dusmīgs Dievs! Ja nepildīsiet manus norādījumus, es iznīcināšu jūs. Jūs mūžīgi degsiet elles ugunīs. Arī tādēļ, ka esmu ļoti greizsirdīgs, neupurējiet nevienam citam. Es necietīšu to!" Kas radījis tādu Dievu? Šis Dieva tēls ir radies no jūsu pašu greizsirdības un dusmām. Tā ir jūsu projekcija, jūsu ēna. Tā neatspoguļo nevienu citu kā vien jūs pašus. Tāpat kā visi dievi un reliģijas.
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Baznīcas, tempļi, mošejas... Tās visas ir sagrēkojušas pret cilvēkiem, jo tās visas ir privātīpašnieciskas, ir kļuvušas valdnieciskas. Ikviena baznīca ir pret ticību, jo ticība ir brīvība. Kāpēc tā notiek? Jēzus cenšas dāvāt tev ticību - spārnus. Tad iejaucas baznīca. Tas notiek tāpēc, ka Jēzus ir uz pilnīgi pretēja esamības pakāpiena. Tā ir apziņas pakāpe. Un tie, kas viņā klausās, kas viņam seko - dzīvo miega pakāpē. Lai ko arī tie dzird un skaidro - tas notiek caur viņu pašu sapņiem. Lai ko tie radītu - tas būs grēks. Kristus dod cilvēkiem ticību, un tad tie, kuri ir dziļi aizmiguši, pārvērš to baznīcā. -
"Öyle bir söz yazarsın ki, bütün bir hayatı anlatır, öyle bir hayat yaşarsın ki, bütün sözler anlamsız kalır."
Düsturundan hareket edersek bu kitap ne biri ne de diğeri.
Benim dedem ya da anneannem gerçekten çok daha bilge kişilerdi. Çok öngörülü ve çok besleyici hayat yaşamışlardı ama hayat her insana aynı şansı vermiyor.
Keyifli okumalar. -
Belki adam sapkın bilemem. ama bu kitap gerçekten muhteşem
