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Underlying all meditation techniques, including martial arts-and in fact underlying all great athletic performances-is a quality of being awake and present to the moment, a quality that Osho calls awareness. Once we can identify and understand what this quality of awareness is, we have the key to self-mastery in virtually every area of our lives.
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.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Great book, 2008-11-10
I've read several Osho books, this is one of the best by far. It's very insightful and it will make you question your life. Perfect for someone who is searching for something deeper in life.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Being Awake is Being Happy, 2008-06-14
Wake up my Beloved you are dreaming a nightmare and nothing is happening. What I love most about Osho is that he tells us the Truth, he doesn't mince words or try for your adoration, approval or appreciation. I also love his wit and sense of play. In the intro, Osho states that the first step to being Awake is for you to admit that you are asleep, dreaming and not aware of your being, your living, and what you are thinking, feeling and doing. Thank God, someone is being honest with us. Thank goodness, Consciousness is awake and that it has appeared as an Indian Man with a wry smile and twinkle in the eye. His seeming irreverence for traditional belief is sourced in the mere fact Osho is awake and our modern society is deeply asleep, which means that we are aware of everything in our worldly experience except our own Self.
Like all true spiritual teachings, Osho is calling for us to become conscious and aware of who we are inside the very core of our appearances as body, mind, emotion, activity and world. He asks us to become a witness to every sense of Being and all the diverse forms of life expression. Know thyself, Osho suggests. See what's going on within your mind. For example, are we re-acting from past conditioning or allowing what is Now to be? If we want to understand our life and self, we must witness this existence. In other words our real understandings come only from being Aware. If we are not aware of ourselves, we simply cannot realize who or what we are. Being self-aware is a step that cannot be skipped if we are to awaken to what is real. Osho shares his insight throughout this book and everything he shares is deeply penetrating and profound. He knows what he talking about simply because his life was all about being conscious and awake in every moment. We cannot help but be more awake if we take this teaching to heart, which is where this life arose in the first place. The title says it all, Awareness, The Key to Living in Balance. When you wake up, you'll find that you are the balancing act in this life.
Sundance Burke, Author Free Spirit: A Guide to Enlightened Being
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Ultimate Presence and Pure Awareness, 2008-06-03
In the book "Awareness," Osho is pointing to the ultimate presence that is prior to every thought and every daily activity. The quality to which he is guiding is that of pure awareness.
Osho shares that when we wake up, that is to say, when we become conscious, and this awareness is realized, we are then able to live in balance and harmony. His prescription is to be acutely present with all that we are doing and alert to our thoughts as well as their underlying motivations. For when we are attentive to every movement and everything that we are sensing, we have an opportunity to awaken from the dream of form to realize conscious freedom. We are then able to live a meditative life that is filled with unconditional love and true compassion.
More than a decade after the death of form, Osho's essential teachings are still reaching seekers of all ages worldwide.
Katie Davis, Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Deep book, 2008-02-05
Some books come into your hands into very right time. This book was one of such for me. Written carefully with a deep wisdom. I've read this book in Russian translation and found it valuable enough to order English version from Amazon as a gift to a friend in New York.
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 Awareness To Transcend A Mundane Life, 2004-04-21
Osho writes with astounding accuracy and illumination where you will be brought awareness to wake up from a life filled with mundane existence, and move into the present moment in order to re-create the life you deserve. He uses many wonderful examples from Buddhist teachings, and puts them all into plain English, in modern 20th century language. He quotes psychologists, and Enlightened Masters alike. This book is more for a person who is trying to figure out what their life is all about, and who feels trapped in a life that feels almost empty or meaningless. Osho's writings about people in America, being "asleep" and un-awakened may offend some readers in the USA. My suggestion is to take the great wisdom Osho brings in this book that applies to you in your life so that you can move forward in a positive way, and to simply let the more opinionated views of people in the West roll off your back. This book does have some great wisdom that many could use, and at the same time, some people may feel slighted from his judgmental tone. His book is worth reading; just don't let your ego get in the way so you can take in the worthwhile wisdom he genuinely gives.
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