OSHO The ultimate alchemy / Volume two

Thousands of years ago, awakened beings in India spoke to seekers of truth. Their words were compiled according to themes and now exist in a body of work called the Upanishads. In this book, Osho gives his response to the Atma Pooja Upanishad – which literally means "worship of the self." His words show present-day seekers how to penetrate their unconscious and find the truth within themselves. This uncovering of inner truth is called the ultimate alchemy.

Chapter Titles

1: Man: a Bridge between Two Infinities 2: Totality Is Bliss 3: The Fire of Awareness 4: The Fear of Freedom 5: The Inner Alchemy 6: Real Freedom 7: The Center of the Cyclone 8: Tomorrow Never Comes 9: Blissfulness beyond Ignorance 10: Worship of the Self 11: Two Paths: One Ultimate Reality 12: Silence Is the Prayer 13: The Taste of Now 14: Conscious Dying 15: Divorce Yourself 16: The Western Mind and the Eastern Mind 17: Wholeness Is Holiness 18: Neither This, nor That

Excerpt from: The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol.2, Chapter 5

"You must have heard about the Taoist concept of yin and yang, the concept of polar opposites into one reality. Reality exists through polar opposites – through the positive and the negative, through the male and the female, through yin and yang.

"Reality is a dialectical process. And when I say ‘dialectical process,’ I mean it is not a simple process, it is very complex. A simple process means one element working; a dialectical process means two polar opposites working in one direction. And though they appear as opposites, they create a symphony, they create a musical harmony. And that harmony is reality.

"Man and woman, they create humanity. Man alone is not humanity, neither is woman alone humanity. Human being – the music, the synthesis we call human being – is a dialectical…