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Rating: Among the various questions one asks in life, it is quite common to wonder "What does True Happiness consist of? Is it a momentary state due to the fulfillment of some temporal emotion or can it be a continuous state of joy and well-being perpetuated over time?"
In this new book by the controversial "guru" Osho Rajneesh (which is actually a collection of talks and interviews given and recorded live during his conferences) titled "A Laugh Will Awake You" (Ed. Urra, 352 pages, € 9.50) he tries to delve into the question present repeatedly in the Dhammapada, the quintessential Buddhist work whose millennial impact confirms its universal value.
The same question that we, common debaserians, and other contemporary and non-contemporary philosophers (from Homer to Freud, from Shakespeare to Albano and Romina), ask ourselves, which is then a continuous source of discussions and debates.
Osho's singular answer is that the value and existential crisis of contemporary Western society like this, can actually offer concrete opportunities for fulfillment.
He says: "From the Research standpoint, the times are ripe. We can investigate the Real with intellectual honesty because today, no profession of faith hinders us anymore... It is possible, in other words, to clearly focus on any real problem, something that the spirit of the times seems to emphasize, and strip away the embellishments reaching the ultimate essence, the final distillate, without the possibility of mythologizing or falling into yet another illusion."
The problem that arises is: "we live in an emotional and existential darkness that envelops our heart: how to transform it into brightness and welcome, knowing that we all have the potential but do not know how to apply it in practical terms?"
In this book, recommended to a select group of "you" who love to be amazed, to confront, and who are constantly hungry for non-conforming theories of a spiritual nature, Osho explains how to do it through the power of the smile and the light that accompanies us when we adopt a proactive and "open" attitude towards the world and the sacred entities that govern us (as Battiato would say).
A book, all in all, easy to read in a few hours and that offers a lot of never banal or predictable reflections.
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