Tao is a rebellion, and the greatest rebellion possible. Tao respects the unique and not the crowd. Tao respects the individual and not the society. With Tao you have to go alone, you have to be alone. "Christianity, Hinduism, Mohammedanism are super-highways: you need not risk anything, you simply follow the crowd, you go with the mob. In his commentaries on five parables from the Leih Tzu, Osho brings a fresh and contemporary interpretation to the ancient. If you have the courage, that risk is there – it is risky, it is adventurous. You can be a Taoist if you simply live your life authentically, spontaneously if you have the courage to go into the unknown on your own, individual, not leaning on anybody, not following anybody, simply going into the dark night not knowing whether you will arrive anywhere or you will be lost. It is an organic religion but not an organised religion. "That's why Taoism is not an organised religion cannot be. Only by walking, only by living your life, will you find the Way. Buddha has walked, Lao Tzu has walked, Jesus has walked, but those ways are not going to help you because you are not Jesus, and you are not Lao Tzu, and you are not Lieh Tzu. And you will have to find it in your own way nobody else's way is going to function. It is not ready-made, available you cannot just decide to walk on it, you will have to find it. The bird has flown but no marks are left nobody can follow. The Way is not like a super-highway the Way is more like a bird flying in the sky – it leaves no marks behind. "Things become a little more complicated because they say: The Way has no map, the Way is not charted, the Way is not such that you can follow somebody and find it. Very simple is their message: You have to find the Way. Hence they don′t talk about the goal, they don′t talk about God, they don′t talk about moksha, nirvana.& enlightenment – no, not at all. It is not that when the Way ends you arrive at the goal each moment, wherever you are, you are at the goal if you are on the Way. If you know the Way you know the goal, because the goal is not at the very end of the Way, the goal is all over the Way – each moment and each step it is there. They say: The goal will take care of itself you need not worry about the goal. Since his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world."Lieh Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lao Tzu, the three Taoist Masters, only talk about the Way 'Tao' means the Way – they don′t talk about the goal at all. He has been described by the Sunday Times of London as one of the “1000 Makers of the 20th Century” and by Sunday Mid-Day (India) as one of the ten people-along with Gandhi, Nehru, and Buddha-who have changed the destiny of India. Osho challenges readers to examine and break free of the conditioned belief systems and prejudices that limit their capacity to enjoy life in all its richness. Tao: The Pathless Path also features a Q&A section that addresses how Taoist understanding applies to everyday life in concrete, practical terms. “Best Be Still, Best Be Empty” discusses the difference between the path of the will, the via affirmitiva of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, versus the path of the mystic, the via negativa of Buddha and Lao Tzu. “No Rest for the Living” uses a dialogue between a despondent seeker and his master to reveal the limits of philosophy and the crippling consequences of living for the sake of some future goal. Wisdom of The Pathless Path: Embracing non-doing, falling in love, taking extended breaks, leaning into leisure, re-thinking retirement, and money, and learning to trust the world. “No Regrets” is a parable about the difference between the knowledge that is gathered from the outside and the “knowing” that arises from within. Embracing a different kind of journey, one focused on coming alive, embracing uncertainty, experimenting, and being open to possibility. “A Man Who Knows How to Console Himself” looks beneath the apparent cheerfulness of a wandering monk and asks if there is really a happiness that endures through life’s ups and downs. “Who Is Really Happy” uses the discovery of a human skull on the roadside to probe into the question of immortality and how misery arises out of the existence of the ego. Leih Tzu was a well-known Taoist master in the fourth century B.C., and his sly critiques of a Confucius provide abundant opportunities for the reader to explore the contrasts between the rational and irrational, the male and female, the structured and the spontaneous. In Tao: The Pathless Path, Osho, one of the greatest spiritual teachers of the twentieth century, comments on five parables from the Leih Tzu, bringing a fresh and contemporary interpretation to the ancient wisdom of Tao.
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