Meditation: The Art of Inner Ecstasy
- There is a confusing number of meditation techniques: Zen techniques, Tantra techniques, Yoga Techniques en Sufi techniques to name but a few. Yet no technique is meditation. It is merely an attempt te create a situation in which mediation can happen spontaneously. Meditation is not a doing. It is a happening, an allowing.
- notes
- This is the only publication of this book under this title. All other publications and editions, both from Rajneesh Foundation and other publishers are under the title Meditation: The Art of Ecstasy. The type-page is the almost the same as that of the first edition of Meditation: The Art of Ecstasy, except for the page-order mix-up mentioned with the "ERRATA", below.
- Colophon page:
- With the exception of chapter 3, chapter 8, and the section on techniques devised by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the material in this book originally appeared in Dynamics of Meditation, published by Jeevan Jagriti Kendra (now known as the Rajneesh Foundation). It is published here with their kind permission.
- Chapter 3 originally appeared in Sannyas 3 No 1 (January-February 1974), under the title "Modern Man and His Neurosis". It is reprinted here with the kind permission of the publisher, Neo-Sannyas International.
- Chapter 8 is an excerpt from a discourse titled "The Occult Mysteries of Initation" that originally appeared in the book I Am the Gate.
- The material from Dynamics of Meditation is mixed to form completely new chapters, extensively edited, parts have been left out.
- Ch. 3 is the "Text of an interview with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh by Ma Yoga Bhasha of New York, U.S.A., on January 20, 1973, Bombay, India." It has about half of that interview.
- Ch. 8 is from 1971-06-10, I Am the Gate ch.7. It contains about half of that text.
- time period of Osho's original talks/writings
- Oct 1970 to Jan 20, 1973 : timeline
- number of discourses/chapters
- 19 in 3 parts plus introduction (see table of contents)
editions
Meditation: The Art of Inner Ecstasy
Pages IV - V. Pages XXII - 1. Pages 2 - 3. |
table of contents
edition 1977 chapter titles |
interviews & discourses | |||||||
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event | location | duration | media | |||||
0 | Introduction - Meditation: The Art of Celebration | 4 Jun 1964 pm | Shri Muchala Mahavira, Ranakpur, meditation camp | unknown | none | |||
Part I. Dynamics of Meditation | ||||||||
1 | Yoga: The Growth of Consciousness | Oct 1970 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
2 | Non-Doing Through Doing | 10 Nov 1970 am | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
3 | "Chaotic" Meditation… | 20 Jan 1973 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
4 | ... or, Silent Meditation | Nov 1970 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
5 | Moving Deeply into the Known | Nov 1970 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
6 | 'Kundalini: The Awakening of the Life Force | 19 Jan 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
7 | Enlightenment: An Endless Beginning | Feb 1971 | Dwarka, meditation camp | 1h 13min | audio | |||
8 | Initiation to a Master: The Ultimate Technique | 10 Jun 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
9 | 'Sannyas: Dying to the Past | 22 Oct 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
10 | Total Desire: The Path to Desirelessness | 21 Dec 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
Part II. Questions and Answers | ||||||||
11 | What Is the Soul? | 22 Dec 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
12 | LSD and Meditation | 22 Dec 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
13 | Intuition: A Non-Explanation | 23 Dec 1971 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
14 | Consciousness, Witnessing, and Awareness | Feb 1972 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
15 | The Difference Between Satori & Samadhi | 20 Feb 1972 | Woodlands, Bombay | unknown | none | |||
16 | Sexual Energy and the Awakening of the Kundalini | 20 Feb 1972 | Woodlands, Bombay | unknown | none | |||
17 | The Manifestations of Prana in the Seven Bodies | 20 Feb 1972 | Woodlands, Bombay | unknown | none | |||
Part III. The Techniques | ||||||||
18 | Traditional Techniques | 4 Jul 1972 | Bombay | unknown | none | |||
19 | Techniques Devised by Bhagwan Shree | (text of editors) |