A Sudden Clash of Thunder (Talks on Zen Stories)

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According to Osho, laughter is 'the very essence of Zen'. And while the theme of these talks is that meditation-watching, remaining alert and aware-is the path to self-realisation, Osho encourages us first to 'be happy and meditation will follow'.

Through Zen stories, jokes and questions on topics such as creativity, how to stop thinking, whether India is the spiritual centre of the world, and falling in love, Osho highlights our conditioning our learned, social, cultural behaviour and beliefs as the barrier to our natural state of happiness.

Wielding his words like a Zen stick-yet always with love and compassion-Osho conveys the messsage that through awareness, we can begin to recognise our conditioning and see that it is not the same as our authentic self. And this truth can strike us '...like a sudden clash of thunder. Suddenly you are together, suddenly you have a direction, suddenly you know where your gold is'.

Every few thousand years an individual appears who irrevocably changes the world around him in ways that are never immediately apparent, except to the most perceptive.

Osho is one such individual: his spoken words will resonate for centuries to come.

All these words have been recorded and transcribed into books like this one; written words that can carry a transforming message to the reader.

For Osho, all change is individual. There is no 'society' to change; it can only happen to each one of us, one at a time.

So, no matter what the subject matter of the book, the thread that runs through all Osho's words is like a love song that we can suddenly, mysteriously, hear at just the right moment. And strangely, no matter what the words seem to be referring to, they are really only referring to us.

And this is no ordinary love song; it is more an invitation to open our hearts to hear something beyond the words, beyond the heart...a silence beyond all understanding. Where we all belong.