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OSHO – THE BOOK OF SECRETSThe 112 ancient Tantra meditation techniques of Lord Shiva.(Vigyan Bhairav Tantra)Introduction   The Book of Secrets became an Osho “classic” shortly after it was first published. And no wonder – it contains not only a comprehensive overview of Osho’s unique, contemporary take on the eternal human quest for meaning, but also the most comprehensive set of meditation techniques available to help find that meaning within our own lives. As Osho explains in the first chapter: These are the oldest, most ancient techniques. But you can call them the latest, also, because nothing can be added to them. They have taken in all the possibilities, all the ways of cleaning the mind, transcending the mind. Not a single method could be added to [these] one hundred and twelve methods. It is the most ancient and yet the latest, yet the newest. Old like old hills – the methods seem eternal – and they are new like a dewdrop before the sun, because they are so fresh. These one hundred and twelve methods constitute the whole science of transforming mind. A few things will help the reader’s understanding: Each chapter of The Book of Secrets was originally delivered as an extemporaneous talk, addressed to a gathering of seekers from all over the world, from all walks of life. This gives the text an immediacy and fluidity that is hard to achieve in “written” texts, and the reader is encouraged to approach the book (and all Osho books, for that matter) in that spirit – like taking a walk on the beach, not in search of a specific seashell but with an openness to the unfamiliar and unexpected. In the opening chapter, Osho urges the reader to experiment with each of the meditation techniques he will be talking about – “just play with it for three days,” he suggests. And he emphasizes the word play. Not to be serious, not to make strenuous efforts or discipline yourself, but play. And when you find a technique that really seems to “click” with you, one that you enjoy and that seems to bring something new and fresh into your life, then you can explore it more deeply. Each chapter that focuses on describing specific meditation techniques is followed by a chapter of questions from those who were present during the talks. In most cases, their questions relate to the techniques given in the previous chapter. So, as you start to experiment with a technique, it will be helpful to look into these chapters for some extra hint, some greater depth of understanding, or response to a question that might have arisen for you in your experiments. Finally, remember not to mistake the map for the destination. The Book of Secrets is not a series of answers, it’s a set of keys. Osho promises at the very beginning that this set of keys is complete, not missing even one pattern for even a single door. The key to your own door is in here somewhere. All you have to do is try the keys, one after the other, until you find the one that fits. Then open the door and see for yourself what lies within.   —Sarito Carol NeimanContents The Book of Secrets Introduction Contents Preface 01.    The World of Tantra 02.    The Path of Yoga and the Path of Tantra 03.     Breath – A Bridge to the Universe                 Watch the gap between two breaths                 Watch the turning point between two breaths                 Watch the fusion point of two breaths                 Be aware when breathing stops 04.    Overcoming the Deceptions of the Mind 05.    Five Techniques of Attentiveness                 Focus your attention on the third eye                 Focus on the gap during your daily activities                 A technique to be aware in dreams                 Watch the turning point with devotion                 Lie down as dead. Stare without blinking. Suck something and become the sucking. 06.    Devices to Transcend Dreaming 07.    Techniques to Put You at Ease                 Become the caress                 Close your senses, become stone-like                 Let yourself become weightless 08.    Total Acceptance and Non-Division: The Meaning of Tantric Purity 09.    Techniques for Centering                 Concentrate totally on one object                 Put your awareness on your spine 10.    Self Actualization: The Basic Need 11.    Techniques to Penetrate the Inner                 Close all the openings of your head                 Absorb the senses in your heart                 Do not choose, keep in the middle 12.    Beyond the Mind to the Source 13.    Inner Centering                 Look lovingly at an object                 Sit on your buttocks only                 Meditate in a moving vehicle                 Concentrate on a pain in your body 14.    Changing the Direction of Energy 15.    Seeing the Past as a Dream                 Look at your past, disidentified                 Feel an object and become it                 Watch your moods 16.    Beyond the Sin of Unconsciousness 17.    Several Stop Techniques                 Stop!                 Face any desire                 Exhaust yourself and drop to the ground 18.    Remaining with the Facts 19.    A Technique for the Intellectual and a Technique for the Feeling Type                 Imagine yourself losing all energy                 Devote yourself 20.    Ordinary Love and the Love of a Buddha 21.    Three Looking Techniques                 Close the eyes and stop their movement                 Look at an object as a whole                 Look at an object as if for the first time 22.    Unblocking the Third Eye 23.    Several More Looking Methods                 Look into the limitless sky                 A secret method                 Look into a deep well                 Withdraw yourself completely 24.    Doubt or Faith, Life or Death: The Bases of Different Paths 25.    From Words to Pure Words to Being                 Beyond words and sounds                 Feel yourself in the center of sounds 26.    Acceptance of the Peaks and the Valleys 27.    Soundlessness, Soundfulness and Total Awareness                 Intone a sound and become it                 Listen to a fading sound                 Listen to a stringed instrument 28.    Meditation: An Unburdening of Repressions 29.    Methods for the Dropping of Mind                 Use sound as a passage toward feeling                 Focus your mind on the tongue                 A method for those with a sensitive ear 30.    Surrendering in Sex and Surrendering to a Master 31.    From Sound to Inner Silence                 Intone a word ending in “AH”                 Closing ears and contracting rectum                 Use your name as a mantra 32.    “No Fight” Is the Central Teaching 33.    The Spirituality of the Tantric Sex Act                 In the sex act, do not seek the release                 Shaking in sex                 Make love without the partner                 When joy arises, become it                 Eat and drink consciously 34.    Cosmic Orgasm through Tantra 35.    Turning Inward toward the Real                 Self-remembering                 Fee the satisfaction                 Be aware of the gap between waking and sleep                 Think of the world as an illusion 36.    From Illusion to Reality 37.    Techniques to Witness the Flux-like Film of Life                 Be undisturbed by desires                 See the world as a drama                 Stay in the middle between two polarities                 Acceptance 38.    Toward the Authentic Being 39.    From the Wave to the Cosmic Ocean                 Experience existence as wave-ing                 Use mind as the door to meditation                 Be aware who is sensing 40.    Sudden Enlightenment and Its Obstacles 41.    Tantric Methods for Awareness and NonJudgment                 At the beginning of a strong sensation, be aware                 Do not judge 42.    alertness through Tantra 43.    Finding the Changeless through the Changing                 Be aware of that which never changes in you                 Remember that everything changes 44.    Secrets of Love and Liberation 45.    Remaining with the Real                 Be hope-less                 Go beyond bondage and freedom 46.    The Tantric Way to Freedom from Desires 47.    Tantric Meditation Using Light                 Visualize light rays rising up your spine                 Visualize a spark of light jumping from one chakra to the next                 Feel the presence of the ever-living existence 48.    The Potentiality of the Seed 49.    Conscious Doing                 Become the clarity of the cloudless sky                 Feel the whole universe in your head                 Remember yourself as light 50.    Moving to the Roots 51.    Coming Back to Existence                 Dissolve into darkness                 Bringing out the inner darkness                 Develop pure attentiveness 52.    Entering This Moment 53.    From Death to Deathlessness                 Focus on fire                 Imagine the whole world burning                 Everything converges in your being 54.    The Fire of Awareness 55.    Only the Unreal Dissolves                 Feel, don’t think                 Change your focus to the gaps 56.    Discovering Emptiness 57.    You Are Everywhere                 Detach yourself from your body                 Thinking no thing 58.    Go Beyond Karma 59.    Watch from the Hill                 Imagine the unimaginable                 Feel “I am” 60.    Liberate Yourself From Yourself 61.    Techniques to Become One with the Whole                 Know the knower and the known                 Include everything in your being 62.    Right Now Is the Goal 63.    Start Creating Yourself                 Touch your eyes lightly                 Experience your etheric body 64.    Choicelessness Is Bliss 65.    Destroy the Limits                 Be aware of the moments of no-thought                 Consider the body limitless 66.    A Buddha Is a Nobody 67.    Go Beyond Mind and Matter                 Feel yourself saturated                 Concentrate on the breasts, or on the root of the penis 68.    Energy Enjoys Itself Playing 69.    You Are Unknown to Yourself                 Look into unlimited space                 Fill endless space with your bliss body 70.    Suffer the Pain of Aloneness 71.    Forget the Periphery                 Feel the peace in your heart                 Expand in all directions 72.    Start Living in Insecurity 73.    Fear of Transformation Goes Deep                 Remain detached                 Believe that you are all-powerful 74.    Sensitivity Is Awareness 75.    Seek the Rhythm of Opposites                 Imagine spirit within and without                 Do not fight with desire                 The limits of perception                 Realize the oneness of existence 76.    Life is Sex Energy 77.    Become Each Being                 Become each being                 Know only consciousness exists                 Become your own inner guide 78.    The Inner Guide 79.    The Philosophy of Emptiness                 Feel your body as empty                 Be playful in activity                 Beyond knowing and not-knowing                 Enter the space within 80.    All and Nothing Mean the Same List of Meditations