Introduces a series of practical, step-by-step guides to ancient and modern techniques of meditation, from Buddhist and Sufi practices to Osho's own Dynamic Meditation and Mystic Rose Meditation, along with suggestions to help readers select the techniques that are most appropriate to personal lifestyles. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. Introduces a series of practical, step-by-step guides to ancient and modern techniques of meditation, from Buddhist and Sufi practices to Osho's own Dynamic Meditation and Mystic Rose Meditation, along with suggestions to help readers select the techniques that are most appropriate to personal life Introduction x Part 1: ABOUT MEDITATION 1(22) What Is Meditation? 2(8) Witnessing, the Spirit of Meditation 3(7) The Flowering of Meditation 10(8) The Great Silence 11(1) Growing in Sensitivity 12(1) Love, the Fragrance of Meditation 13(1) Compassion 14(1) Abiding Joy for No Reason at All 14(1) Intelligence: The Ability to Respond 15(3) Aloneness: Your Self-Nature 18(5) Your Real Self 20(3) Part 2: THE SCIENCE OF MEDITATION 23(36) Methods and Meditations 24(10) Techniques Are Helpful 25(1) Begin with Effort 26(1) These Methods Are Simple 27(2) First Understand the Technique 29(1) The Right Method Will Click 30(1) When to Drop the Method 31(3) Suggestions for Beginners 34(12) Enough Space 34(1) The Right Place 35(1) Be Comfortable 36(1) Begin with Catharsis 37(9) Guidelines to Freedom 46(10) The Three Essentials 46(1) Be Playful 47(1) Be Patient 47(1) Don't Look for Results 48(1) Appreciate Unawareness 49(1) Machines Help but Don't Create Meditation 50(2) You Are Not Your Experiences 52(4) Meditation Is a Knack 56(3) Part 3: THE MEDITATIONS 59(150) OSHO Active Meditations 60(6) Why Active Meditation? 61(1) Powerful Methods for Awakening 62(1) An Energy Phenomenon 62(4) OSHO Dynamic Meditation: Catharsis and Celebration 66(12) Remember, Remain a Witness 69(9) OSHO Kundalini Meditation 78(3) OSHO Nataraj Meditation 81(3) OSHO Nadabrahma Meditation 84(3) Anything Can Be a Meditation 87(11) Running, Jogging and Swimming 89(2) Laughing Meditation 91(2) Gibberish Meditation 93(1) Smoking Meditation 94(4) Breath -- A Bridge to Meditation 98(8) Vipassana 99(5) Throwing Things Out 104(2) Opening to the Heart 106(10) From Head to Heart 107(4) The Heart of Peacefulness 111(3) Atisha's Heart Meditation 114(2) Inner Centering 116(13) Abdullah 117(1) Finding the Real Source 118(2) Center of the Cyclone 120(8) Who Am I? 128(1) OSHO Whirling Meditation 129(3) Meditations on Light 132(6) Golden Light Meditation 133(2) Heart of Light 135(3) Meditations on Darkness 138(8) Inner Darkness 139(7) Meditations in Sound 146(10) Aum 147(2) Devavani 149(2) The Center of Sound 151(5) Finding the Space Within 156(7) Enter the Clear Sky 157(1) Include Everything 158(3) A Meditation for the Jet Set 161(1) Watching with the Third Eye 161(2) OSHO Gourishankar Meditation 163(3) OSHO Mandala Meditation 166(8) Finding the Witness 168(3) Touching As a Feather 171(3) Just Sitting 174(4) Zazen 175(3) Just Listening 178(8) OSHO Meditative Therapies 186(2) OSHO Mystic Rose Meditation 188(9) Laughter and Tears: A Cleansing of the Heart 192(5) OSHO No-Mind Meditation 197(5) OSHO Born Again 202(4) OSHO Reminding Yourself of the Forgotten Language of Talking to Your Bodymind 206(3) Part 4: OBSTACLES TO MEDITATION 209(34) The Two Difficulties 210(18) The Ego 211(9) The Chattering Mind 220(8) False Methods 228(8) Meditation Is Not Concentration 229(4) Meditation Is Not Introspection 233(3) Tricks of the Mind 236(7) Don't Be Fooled by Experiences 237(1) Mind Can Enter Again 238(1) Mind Can Deceive You 239(4) Part 5: RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS ABOUT MEDITATION 243(54) Only a Witness Can Really Dance 244(5) The Goose Has Never Been In 249(5) The Watcher on the Hill 254(4) Where Did You Leave Your Bicycle? 258(5) Just a 180° Turn 263(3) All Paths Merge on the Mountain 266(2) Celebrating Consciousness 268(7) Count the Moments of Awareness 275(6) Make Things as Simple as Possible 281(4) Witnessing Is Like Sowing Seeds 285(8) Witnessing Is Enough 293(4) About the Author 297