Osho Release Date: 01 Jun 2004 Format: Paperback Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia ISBN: 9780312320744 ISBN-10: 0312320744
Timely and relevant to a society where people increasingly depend on prescription 'happy pills' to get them through the day, this latest addition to the Insights for a New Way of Living series challenges us first to look into the ways we create our own unhappiness. Once we are able to see our investments in misery, he says, the next step is easy - to reclaim the natural capacity for real joy that we were born with.
Format: paperback Pages: 192
The Insights for a New Way of Living series aims to shine light on beliefs and attitudes that prevent individuals from being their true selves. With an artful mix of compassion and humour, Osho encourages his audience to confront what they would most like, to avoid, which in turns provides the key to true insight and power. In the seventh, book in this series, Osho posits that to be joyful is the basic nature of life. Joy is the spiritual dimension of happiness, in which one begins to understand one's intrinsic value and place in the universe. Accepting joy is a decision to "go with the flow": to be grateful to be alive and for all the challenges and opportunities in life, rather than setting conditions or demands for happiness. Joy is a wondrous investigation into the source and importance of joyfulness in our lives.