Enlightenment Is Your Nature

"Enlightenment" in Western cultures has long been associated with the 18th century movement that brought about a new "age of reason". As Zen, Buddhism, and other eastern wisdom traditions have captured the imagination of the West, "enlightenment" has come to be known as a specific state of consciousness attained by an individual on a spiritual or meditative path.

However, the Judeo-Christian context, with its belief in a divine power "out there" and separate from the individual, hinders most Westerners' ability to comprehend "enlightenment" in the Eastern sense. Our theistic conditioning leads to such common misunderstandings as perceiving enlightenment as the attainment of supernatural powers, or as something achievable only by those who are somehow "special."

In this work, Osho deconstructs these misunderstandings and offers a radically different view of enlightenment, freed from all spiritual and religious beliefs – including the distortions of asceticism and renunciation that have arisen in Eastern and Western cultures both.

Taking the reader step by step through the history of how both East and West have approached the mysteries of the human mind and spirituality, Osho offers a simple science of consciousness that he calls "the psychology of the buddhas." It is a science that in very clear terms shows how one can, through awareness and taking full responsibility for one’s life, go beyond all limited belief systems, habits, and superstitions of the mind. That process, he says, brings us back to our nature – and that is enlightenment.

notes

This book might be a compilation composed around 2010 judging by copyrights mentioned in a Russian translation of 2012 - Prosvetlenie: nasha istinnaja priroda (Просветление: наша истинная природа).

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

(unknown)

number of discourses/chapters

(see table of contents)

editions

	Enlightenment Is Your Nature The Fundamental Difference Between Psychology, Therapy, and Meditation Year of publication : 2017 Publisher : Watkins Publishing ISBN 978-1786780492 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 240 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes :
	Enlightenment Is Your Nature The Fundamental Difference Between Psychology, Therapy, and Meditation Year of publication : 2017 Publisher : Watkins Publishing ISBN 978-1786781024 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 240 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : E Edition notes :

table of contents

Preface: On the Neurosis of Becoming Human

PART I: What Is Enlightenment?

Paradise Regained

Peeling the Onion of Personality – Understanding Your Conditioning

Inside and Outside the Box

Waking Up from the Dream

Now or Never

Part II: Dialogues and Definitions – In Search of a Science of the Soul

Your Mind is Not Yours

Limitations of the Scientific Approach

Just to Be Normal Is Not Enough

Consciousness, Unconsciousness and Wholeness

Part III: The Psychology of the Buddhas in Action

Awareness is the Key

Modern Methods for Modern Man

Forget About Enlightenment

Epilogue – Relax and Enlightenment Comes