The World of Emotions: creating a milieu of friendliness around yourself

By Osho

The World of Emotions:

A unique set of tools for everybody who is interested in improving human relations, and a great help in understanding where we are all coming from and what makes us tick. Full of simple, practical suggestions for creating a milieu of friendliness around yourself that is honest, sincere, and accepting of all our human frailties.

One of the greatest challenges we face in life is learning how to handle and transform emotions. In this small book, Osho takes the reader step by step toward a deeper understanding of the inner world of emotions - where they come from, what types of situations can trigger them, and why they so often take us by surprise.

We are taught that anger is bad, and we resolve not to be angry - but still it happens! Why is that? The first step in understanding is to identify and become aware of the conflicts between our intellectual understandings and the emotional realities that so often dominate our lives, between what we think and what we what we feel. Once the roots of this conflict are clearly seen and understood, the split can be healed. And the powerful life

• Language: English
• Publisher: Osho Media International
• Release date: Mar 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9780880500692

Osho

Osho is one of the most provocative and inspiring spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. Known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, the influence of his teachings continues to grow, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world. He is the author of many books, including Love, Freedom, Aloneness; The Book of Secrets; and Innocence, Knowledge, and Wonder.

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The World of Emotions

creating a milieu of friendliness around yourself

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The World of Emotions, by Osho

Talk No. 5 from a series of OSHO Talks titled: The Path of Meditation

This OSHO Talk is complete in itself.

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[Editorial note about the setting:

This fascinating look at the world of emotions is part of a series of talks given by Osho during one of his meditation events. The full series, published as The Path of Meditation, is a step-by-step account of how to prepare the body, mind, and emotions to enhance consciousness and conscious living. Each talk is complete in itself, but this talk does occasionally refer back to what was said before or what is still to follow.  It may whet your appetite for more.]

The World of Emotions

friendliness, compassion, cheerfulness and gratitude

We have talked about two phases that are related to the spiritual journey: purity of the body and purity of thought. Emotions are at a deeper level than the body and thoughts. The purity of emotions is the most important quality. On the spiritual journey and in meditation, the purity of emotions is more useful than that of the body and of thoughts. This is so because man does not live so much according to thoughts, he lives more according to his emotions. It is said that man is a rational animal, but this is not true. You don’t do very many things in your life as a result of thinking, most of what you do is influenced by your emotions. Your hatred, your anger, your love – all these are related to your emotions, not to your thoughts.

Most of the activities in life originate from the world of emotions, not from the world of thoughts. You must also have noticed that you think one thing, and when the time comes you do something else. The reason for this is that there is a fundamental difference between emotions and thinking. You may decide that you will not become angry; you may think that anger is bad, but when anger gets hold of you, thinking is left aside and you become angry.

As long as a transformation in the world of emotions does not happen, just thinking and contemplation alone cannot bring about a revolution in life. That is why, on the spiritual journey the most basic point is the emotions. So this morning we will discuss how to bring about the purification of the emotions.

Of the many dimensions that emotions cover I would like to emphasize four. I will talk about the four aspects through which emotions can become pure. These are also the four aspects that can reverse and become a womb for impure feelings. The first of these aspects is friendliness, the second is compassion, the third is cheerfulness, and the fourth is gratitude. If you were to include these four