The Book of Understanding

The path to freedom is filled with questions and uncertainty. Is it possible to truly know who we are? Do our lives have a purpose or are we just accidental? What are we meant to contribute? What are we meant to become to create and to share? In The Book of Understanding Osho one of the most provocative thinkers of our time challenges us to understand our world and ourselves in a new and radical way. The first step toward understanding he says is to question and doubt all that we have been taught to believe.. All our lives we’ve been handed so-called truths by countless others—beliefs we learned to accept without reason. It is only in questioning our beliefs assumptions and prejudices that we can begin to uncover our own unique voice and heal the divisions within us and without.. Once we discover our authentic self we can embrace all aspects of the human experience—from the earthy pleasure-loving qualities that characterize Zorba the Greek to the watchful silent qualities of Gautam the Buddha. We can become whole and live with integrity able to respond with creativity and compassion to the religious political and cultural divides that currently plague our society.. In this groundbreaking work Osho identifies loosens and ultimately helps to untie the knots of fear and misunderstanding that restrict us—leaving us free to discover and create our own individual path to freedom.