Intelligence: The Creative Response to Now

Osho challenges the idea that the best way to promote intelligence is to train the intellect. Intellect is logical, he says, intelligence is paradoxical. Intellect takes things apart to see how they work; intelligence puts things together to see the functioning of the whole. When our education systems put too much emphasis on developing intellect, an imbalance is created and both the individual and the society suffer. It is only through intelligence that we can respond creatively to the challenges of a changing world. By exploring the distinctions between intellect and intelligence, the book encourages readers to be more aware of how they approach problems - logical, emotional, and practical - and how they resolve them.

notes

Part of the Insights for a New Way of Living series.

time period of Osho's original talks/writings

(unknown)

number of discourses/chapters

6 + foreword & aftewords   (see table of contents)

editions

	Intelligence: The Creative Response to Now Insights for a New Way of Living Year of publication : Jun 2004 Publisher : St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-312-32072-8 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : 192 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : P Edition notes :
	Intelligence: The Creative Response to Now Year of publication : 2007 Publisher : St. Martin's Press ISBN 9781429907729 (click ISBN to buy online) Number of pages : ~ 208 Hardcover / Paperback / Ebook : E Edition notes :

table of contents

edition 2004 chapter titles		source of the compilation
	Foreword: Intelligence Is Not What You Think	Ah This ~ 02, q.7 (extract)
1	Intelligence -- A Gift of Nature The Poetry of the Heart An Openness of Being	unknown
2	What Makes People Stupid Survival of the Fittest Striving for Efficiency Repression and Manipulation The Sin of Disobedience Just Following Orders	unknown
3	Mind -- A Pandora's Box Stepping Out of the Pyramid	unknown
4	From Mind to No-Mind From Thinking to Understanding From Reaction to Response From Belief to Faith From Sympathy to Compassion From Communication to Communion The Master and the Servant Known, Unknown, Unknowable	unknown
5	Outside the Box -- Breaking Free of Conditioning A Different Kind of Disobedience The Intelligence of Innocence The Gift of Being Alive Discovering the "Off" Switch Being Simple A Light unto Yourself	unknown
6	Symptoms, Stepping-stones, and Stumbling Blocks: Responses to Questions Can computers take over the work of human intelligence? Why does humanity seem so willing to walk the path toward global Suicide? I cannot cope with many social situations I find myself in. Do I need the help of a psychiatrist? I feel fed up with myself, feel no connection between my inner world and the outer one. I used to have many interests but no longer feel in touch with them. In my work I am always afraid of losing confidence in myself. I can see that my mind is still childish. What can I do? I sometimes feel muddle-headed, as if losing my memory. How can lovers behave more intelligently? Sometimes I have doubts about my intelligence. How can I support my own growth of intelligence?	unknown
	Aftewords: Rediscovering Intelligence Through Meditation	unknown