Active Meditation

Active Meditation

Active Meditation is the generic term for a number of meditation techniques created by Osho.

All Active Meditation techniques involve a beginning stage of activity – sometimes intensely physical – followed by a period of silence. [Citation
last =Fox
first =Judith M.
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title = Osho Rajneesh – Studies in Contemporary Religion Series, No. 4
publisher = Signature Books
year = 2002
location = Salt Lake City
isbn = 1-56085-156-2 , p. 5] Specially composed music is available to accompany the meditations.

Osho often said that meditation is a science and does not need any belief. Speaking on some meditation techniques, he gave an analogy that the Theory of Relativity does not become Jewish just because it was conceived by a Jew [The Book of Secrets, #1] .

Contrary to general belief, Osho says meditation is not concentration. Concentration is an act, a willed act. Meditation is a state of no will, a state of inaction. It is relaxation.

Specific methods

The Osho Active Meditation techniques are:
* OSHO Dynamic Meditation
* OSHO Kundalini Meditation
* OSHO Nataraj Meditation
* OSHO Nadabrahma Meditation
* OSHO No Dimensions Meditation
* OSHO Gourishankar Meditation
* OSHO Mandala Meditation

Literature

* Osho, "Meditation: The First and Last Freedom", St. Martin's Griffin, 2004, ISBN 0-312-3366-32
* Osho, Meditation: The Art of Ecstacy
* Osho, The Path Of Meditation

References

External links

* [http://www.osho.com/Meditation/MedComments.cfm?Name=Active Why Active Meditations?]
* [http://www.osho.com/Main.cfm?Area=Meditation&Language=English The Self-Sufficient Meditator]
* [http://www.activemeditation.com/ Active Meditation]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4506616324224559004 Instruction video for OSHO Dynamic Meditation]


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