From Darkness to Light

Education, according to Osho, is drawing out the hidden potential of the individual, to help each person bring his own uniqueness from the darkness into the light. In these talks he examines ways in which the institutions of society have systematically done the opposite in their attempts to impose socially-acceptable norms of behavior on everyone - from the cradle to the grave both in public and private life.

notes

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Later published as part of Osho Books on CD-ROM.

This discourse series was originally part of The Rajneesh Bible, but was never published under that name.

See The Rajneesh Bible (series) for links to other volumes in this series.

Chapter 3 later published as Bringing Up Children.

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

Feb 28, 1985 to Mar 31, 1985 : timeline

number of discourses/chapters

30   (see table of contents)

editions

From Darkness to Light Answers to the Seekers of the Path Year of publication : 1988-03 Publisher : The Rebel Publishing House, Germany ISBN 0-88050-020-5 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 383 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : H Edition notes : First edition. Copyright © Neo-Sannyas International. Size : 216 x 194 x 36 mm Author as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Editing by Sammbuddha Sw Devaraj, M.D., M.B., B.S., M.R.C.P., MM., D.Phil.M.(RIMU), Sambodhi Ma Prem Maneesha, S.R.N., S.C.M., R.M.N., M.M., D.Phil.M.(RIMU), Acharya Typing by Sw Anand Jina, Ph.D.; Ma Dharma Pratito Design by Sw Deva Anugito, Sw Shunyam Max Production by Sw Prem Ramarshi, Sw Prem Visarjan Typesetting by Photon Graphics Pvt., Ltd., Poona, India Printing by Mohndruck, Guetersloh, West Germany Distributed in the U.S.A. by Chidvilas, Boulder, Colorado Distributed in Europe by The Rebel Publishing House GmbH, Cologne, West Germany Special talks for a group called THE CHOSEN FEW who are going to be the messengers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh for the world at large. These discourses were given at Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram, Oregon, U.S.A. Introduction: Sw Prem Oscar, Poona, India

table of contents

edition 1988.03 chapter titles		discourses
		event	location	duration	media
1	Who Says Humanity Needs Saving?	28 Feb 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 54min	video
2	Innocence: The Price You Pay for the Failure of Success	1 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	2h 8min	video
3	Help Your Child - Protect Him from Yourself!	2 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	2h 22min	video
4	The Death Penalty: Not Punishment but Revenge	3 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	2h 15min	video
5	Successful Criminals and Cowardly Politicians	4 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	2h 4min	video
6	Every Child's Original Face Is the Face of God	5 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	2h 8min	video
7	Time Is Very Short but My Methods Are Very Quick	6 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 50min	video
8	Agony Is Missing Yourself, Ecstasy Is Finding Yourself	7 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 43min	video
9	Your Suffering Makes You Special	8 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 27min	video
10	Not Spiritual Guidance but Spiritual Presence	9 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 48min	video
11	Science and Religion - Two Petals of the Same Rose	11 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	2h 6min	video
12	A Single Humanity Rejoycing	12 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	2h 4min	video
13	Truth Is Found in Your Own Boutique	13 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 50min	video
14	The Best Government Is No Government	14 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 59min	video
15	The Sweet Taste of Corruption	15 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 45min	video
16	Till You Live Life Totally	16 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 57min	video
17	Love Is a Very Unscientific Idea	17 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 43min	video
18	Meditation: The Door from Slavery to Freedom	18 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 32min	video
19	Where Nothing Is Right and Nothing Is Wrong	19 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 40min	video
20	Don't Drop - Transform!	20 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 36min	video
21	I Am a Man Who Hopes Against Hope	22 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 29min	video
22	Truth Is Here but You Are Not	23 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 46min	video
23	Our Way Is of Humor, Our Way Is of Bliss	24 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 47min	video
24	The Third Alternative: The Whole Man	25 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 27min	video
25	The Bell Always Tolls for Somebody Else	26 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 0min	video
26	The Enlightened and The Endarkened	27 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	2h 1min	video
27	This Time It Can Be One Earth	28 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	2h 17min	video
28	Either Politicians Remain or Humanity Remains	29 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 54min	video
29	History Repeats Itself, Unfortunately	30 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	2h 7min	video
30	Does a Flower Need Religion?	31 Mar 1985 pm	Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneeshpuram	1h 43min	video