Being Happy Is Dangerous

'OSHO SINGLE': This is a short audio talk by Osho, selected from one of the many series of Osho Talks to listeners from around the world. Looking around, following the world news, what do you see? Austerity, unemployment, asylum seekers, refugee camps, police brutality¿.   Everywhere there is misery and suffering. Why?  Osho offers his insight and his solution. Osho argues that from childhood we are conditioned to believe that happiness lies somewhere in the future¿that we will be happy when we have more money, greater success, a bigger home, more recognition, or something else we believe we are missing. This endless pursuit of "more" creates ambition, comparison, and dissatisfaction, keeping happiness perpetually out of reach. Happiness, Osho suggests, is not something to be achieved. It is already present within us, here and now. The challenge is to recognize and reclaim it rather than allowing social conditioning and future-oriented ambition to obscure it. In this provocative talk, Osho examines how society, comparison, ambition, and the constant pursuit of more can become sources of misery¿and offers a radically different perspective on what it means to be truly happy. Copyright © ¿ OSHO International Foundation

Osho, known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, continues to inspire millions of people worldwide in their search to define a new approach to individual spirituality that is self-directed and responsive to the everyday challenges of contemporary life. The Sunday Times of London named him one of the '1,000 Makers of the Twentieth Century,' and novelist Tom Robbins called him 'the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ.' For more information about Osho and his work, please visit  www.OSHO.com Osho's teachings defy categorization, covering everything from the individual quest for meaning to the most urgent social and political issues facing individuals and society today. His unique "Osho Active Meditations" are designed to first release the accumulated stresses of body and mind, so that it is easier to experience the thought-free and relaxed state of meditation. (Meditation -The First and Last Freedom, by Osho) About his own work Osho has said that he is helping to create the conditions for the birth of a new kind of human being. He has often characterized this new human being as "Zorba the Buddha" -- capable both of enjoying the earthy pleasures of a Zorba the Greek and the silent serenity of a Gautam Buddha. Running like a thread through all aspects of Osho's work is a vision that encompasses both the timeless wisdom of the East and the highest potential of Western science and technology.  Biographical: Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic, ST. MARTIN'S Press, New York, available in multiple languages. Websites for more information: OSHOtimes.com OSHO.com YouTube.com/OSHOinternational Instagram.com/OSHOinternational