Many South Carolina visitors return, some to experience the states beautiful beaches, vibrant waterways and verdant mountains for a second or third time and others to put down permanent roots.

Regardless of whether they stay for a day, a week or a lifetime, few are disappointed by what they find in a state known for its beautiful places, smiling faces and historical significance.

While South Carolinians have taken great pains to preserve the relics of their past, they also have taken great pride in looking to the future. Not far from Charleston, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired, the Boeing Corp. is getting ready to fire up an assembly line for its 787 Dreamliner jet, a $750-million facility in nearby North Charleston.

Boeing is not the only large corporation that has established a home in the Palmetto State. In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, BMW is in Spartanburg and Michelin is in Greenville, and an array of other thriving companies have decided that South Carolina is the place to be.

In between the mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, in the center of South Carolina, Columbia, the state capital, offers a revitalized downtown and its own brand of Southern hospitality.

But South Carolina has much more to offer to refugees from the overcrowded metropolitan areas of the North and Northeast than the cities that straddle Interstate 26. Along the coast, theres the sun and sand of Hilton Head Island, historic Georgetown, booming Mount Pleasant and Myrtle Beach, the entertainment capital of the Carolina coast.

Moving inland, those who prefer the serenity of small-town living have a seemingly endless menu of choices, from Summerville to Walterboro to Orangeburg.

And for those who appreciate distinct seasons, the small towns that surround Spartanburg and Greenville in the Upstate beckon, among them Anderson, Easley, Lyman and Gaffney.

Everywhere you look in South Carolina, you will find unbeatable weather, magnificent scenery and friendly people.

Now you know why the Palmetto state is home to so many of those smiling faces.

Aiken, South Carolina Aiken, South Carolina has long been a magnet for people seeking the solace of a simpler, healthier lifestyle. Shortly after the railroad arrived in 1833, wealthy Charleston residents chose to spend months at a time in the small but vibrant town, escaping... Read More...

Fort Mill, South Carolina Today, in addition to Springs Industries, several large businesses have a presence in the Fort Mill area, including Continental Tire and URS Corporation, and the town also hosts the headquarters of the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps... Read More...

Santee, South Carolina With a population of fewer than 800 people, some might consider Santee a bit too sleepy, but that is not the case at all. The areas 15 golf courses draw visitors from around the country, many of whom decide to settle in the area. In addition... Read More...

Summerville, South Carolina Located amid thick pine forests 30 miles inland from the South Carolina coast, 18th century Summerville was a vacation spot for Charlestonians seeking relief from summer humidity and mosquitoes. In the 21st century, a combination of affordable housing... Read More...

Aiken, South Carolina Aiken, South Carolina has long been a magnet for people seeking the solace of a simpler, healthier lifestyle. Shortly after the railroad arrived in 1833, wealthy Charleston residents chose to spend months at a time in the small but vibrant town, escaping... Read More...

Beaufort, South Carolina Even 20 years later, the locale that served as the setting for the classic baby boomer film, The Big Chill,continues to attract people longing for a connection to the past and the peace of mind found only in a town like Beaufort, South Carolina... Read More...

Fort Mill, South Carolina Today, in addition to Springs Industries, several large businesses have a presence in the Fort Mill area, including Continental Tire and URS Corporation, and the town also hosts the headquarters of the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps... Read More...

Isle of Palms, South Carolina Located north of Charleston Harbor, the upscale barrier island exudes a feeling of community that most resort islands simply cannot offer. IOP is known for its cool breezes, mild winters and pleasant summers, the perfect setting for people in search of a year-round, warm... Read More...

Litchfield, South Carolina Located on the northern tip of Pawleys Island, Litchfield is rapidly becoming one of the areas top retirement destinations. The sleepy island lifestyle Pawleys Island is known for has carried over to Litchfield, though to a lesser degree, as Litchfield was designed... Read More...

Little River, South Carolina Heading north along well-traveled Highway 17, as the bright lights of South Carolina's Grand Strand begin to dim, you will find Little River, once an important port city but now a small town striving to maintain its well-earned reputation as a quaint fishing village... Read More...

Manning, South Carolina Centrally located in Clarendon County just off Interstate 95, Manning, South Carolina has a population slightly larger than 4,000 people. What began in 1855 as 'the Village of Manning' it is now a great place to live while enjoying many recreational activities. Lake Marion, nearby Manning, was created... Read More...

Summerville, South Carolina Located amid thick pine forests 30 miles inland from the South Carolina coast, 18th century Summerville was a vacation spot for Charlestonians seeking relief from summer humidity and mosquitoes. In the 21st century, a combination of affordable housing... Read More...

Walterboro, South Carolina In 1784, when rice plantation owners began looking for the ideal place for their summer homes in what is now Colleton County, they chose a pleasant, wooded area and named it Hickory Valley. Forty-two years later, bearing the name of two of its original... Read More...

FUN FACT: The walls of the American fort on Sullivan Island, in Charleston Harbor, were made of spongy Palmetto logs. This was helpful in protecting the fort because the British cannonballs bounced off the logs.

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Nunca he sido espiritual en el sentido en el que t entiendes la palabra. Nunca he ido a los templos o a las iglesias, o ledo las escrituras, o seguido ciertas prcticas para encontrar la verdad, o adorado a Dios o rezado a Dios. se no ha sido en absoluto mi camino. Por eso, ciertamente puedes decir que no he estado haciendo nada espiritual. Pero para m, la espiritualidad tiene una connotacin completamente distinta. Necesita una individualidad honesta. No permite ningn tipo de dependencia. Crea una libertad para s misma, cueste lo que cueste. Nunca est en el grupo sino a solas, porque el grupo nunca ha encontrado ninguna verdad. La verdad se ha encontrado slo en la soledad de las personas.

Por eso mi espiritualidad tiene un significado distinto de tu idea de espiritualidad. Las historias de mi infancia, si las logras entender, sealarn todas esas cualidades de una forma u otra. Nadie las puede llamar espirituales. Yo las llamo espirituales porque considero que me han dado todo aquello a lo que un hombre puede aspirar.

Mientras ests escuchando las historias de mi infancia debes tratar de encontrar un tipo de cualidad; no slo la historia en s misma, sino una cualidad intrnseca que es el hilo conductor a travs de todos mis recuerdos. Y ese fino hilo es espiritual.

Para m, espiritual significa encontrarse a s mismo. Nunca le he permitido a nadie que haga ese trabajo por m, porque nadie puede hacer este trabajo por ti; lo tienes que hacer t mismo.

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KUCHWADA, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA

Me estoy acordando de la aldea donde nac. Para empezar, es incomprensible por qu la existencia eligi esa aldea. Es como tena que ser. La aldea era preciosa. He viajado por todas partes, pero nunca he visto una belleza equiparable. Uno nunca vuelve a lo mismo. Las cosas vienen y van, pero nunca es lo mismo.

Puedo verla todava, una pequea aldea. Unas cuantas cabaas cerca de un estanque y los altos rboles donde sola jugar. En la aldea no haba escuela. Eso tiene mucha importancia porque, durante casi nueve aos, no recib educacin, y sos son los aos ms formativos. Despus de eso, aunque lo intenten, no te pueden educar. En cierto sentido todava sigo sin educar, aunque tenga muchos ttulos acadmicos, y no slo ttulos acadmicos, sino ttulo de maestro de primera clase. Cualquier necio puede hacerlo; tantos necios lo hacen cada ao que no tiene importancia. Lo importante es que durante mis primeros aos no recib educacin. No haba colegio, ni carretera, ni ferrocarril, ni oficina de correos. Qu bendicin! Esa pequea aldea era todo un mundo. Incluso en los perodos en que me encontraba lejos de aquella aldea, segu en ese mundo, sin educar.

Y aunque me he topado con millones de personas, las de aquel pueblo eran ms inocentes que ninguna, porque eran muy primitivas. No saban nada del mundo. A aquel pueblo no haba llegado ni un solo peridico. Ahora podis entender por qu no haba escuela, ni siquiera una escuela primaria Qu bendicin! Ningn nio moderno se lo puede permitir.

En el pasado haba nios que se casaban antes de los diez aos. Algunas veces los casaban incluso cuando todava estaban en el vientre de su madre. Dos amigos decidan: nuestras esposas estn embarazadas, de modo que si una tiene un nio y la otra una nia, el matrimonio est acordado, prometido. El hecho de preguntarles al nio y a la nia ni se plantea, ni siquiera han nacido! Pero si uno es un nio y la otra es una nia, el matrimonio queda acordado. Y la gente mantiene su palabra.

A mi propia madre la casaron cuando tena siete aos. Mi padre no tena ms de diez aos, y no tena idea de lo que estaba sucediendo. Yo le sola preguntar: Qu es lo que ms disfrutaste en tu boda?

l dijo: Montar en el caballo. Naturalmente! Por primera vez le haban vestido como a un rey, con un sable colgando del cinturn, iba montado en el caballo y todo el mundo iba caminando a su alrededor. Lo disfrut enormemente. Esto fue lo que ms disfrut de toda su boda. Y la luna de miel ni se planteaba. A dnde vas a mandar a un nio de diez aos y a una nia de siete aos de luna de miel? Por eso en la India nunca sola celebrarse la luna de miel y, en el pasado, tampoco en ningn otro lugar en el mundo,

Cuando mi padre tena diez aos y mi madre tena siete, mi abuela paterna muri. Despus de la boda, quizs uno o dos aos despus, toda la responsabilidad recay sobre mi madre, que tena slo siete aos. El padre de mi madre haba dejado dos hijas pequeas y dos hijos pequeos. De modo que eran cuatro nios, y la responsabilidad de ocuparse de ellos recay en una nia de nueve aos y el hijo de doce aos. A mi abuelo paterno nunca le gust vivir en la ciudad donde tena su tienda. Le gustaba el campo, y cuando su esposa muri qued totalmente libre. El gobierno sola dar tierras gratis a la gente, porque haba mucho terreno y no demasiada gente para cultivarlo. Por eso mi abuelo consigui 20 hectreas de tierra del gobierno y dej la tienda en manos de sus hijos -mi padre y mi madre, que tenan slo doce y nueve aos respectivamente. Disfrut creando una huerta, creando una granja, y le gustaba vivir all, al aire libre. Odiaba la ciudad

As que mi padre no tuvo ninguna experiencia de la libertad de la gente joven de hoy en da. Nunca fue un joven en este sentido. Antes de poder convertirse en un joven ya era mayor, ocupndose de sus hermanos y hermanas ms jvenes, y de la tienda. Y cuando tuvo veinte aos tuvo que arreglar los matrimonios de sus hermanas, y el matrimonio y la educacin de sus hermanos.

Nunca le llam a mi madre madre, porque antes de que yo naciera ella se ocupaba de cuatro nios que solan llamarla bhabhi. Bhabhi quiere decir la esposa del hermano. Y como haba cuatro nios que ya le llamaban a mi madre bhabhi, yo tambin empec a llamarla bhabhi. Lo aprend desde el principio, cuando otros cuatro nios ya le llamaban as.

Fui educado por mi abuelo y mi abuela maternos. Aquellos dos ancianos estaban solos y queran un nio que fuera la alegra de sus ltimos das. De modo que mi padre y mi madre accedieron: Yo era su hijo primognito, el primero recin nacido; me enviaron. []

No recuerdo haber nido ninguna relacin con la familia de mi padre en los primeros aos de ni infancia. Pas mis primeros aos con dos ancianos -mi abuelo y su viejo criado que era un hombre hermoso de verdad- y con mi anciana abuela. Esas tres personas con las que la distancia eral tan grande que yo estaba completamente slo. Aquellos ancianos no eran compaa, no podan ser compaa para m. Y no tena a nadie ms porque en aquella pequea aldea mi familia era la ms rica, y era una aldea tan pequea -en total no ms de doscientas personas- y tan pobre que mis abuelos no dejaban que me mezclara con los nios de la aldea. Estaban sucios, y por supuesto eran casi mendigos. De modo que no haba forma de tener amigos. Eso caus un gran impacto. En toda mi vida no he conocido a nadie que fuera mi amigo. Slo he tenido conocidos.

En aquellos primeros estaba tan solo que comenc a disfrutarlo, y es realmente una felicidad. De modo que para m no fue una calamidad, sino que demostr ser una bendicin. Comenc a disfrutarlo, y empec a sentirme autosuficiente; no dependa de nadie.

Nunca he estado interesado en los juegos por la sencilla razn que desde mi primera infancia no tena forma de jugar; no tena con quin hacerlo. Todava me puedo ver en aquellos primeros aos, simplemente sentado. Nuestra casa estaba en un lugar muy hermoso, justo enfrente de un lago. Durante kilmetros a lo lejos, el lago Y era tan hermoso y tan silencioso! Slo de vez en cuando se poda ver una fila de cigeas blancas volando, o llamando a su pareja, yla paz se vea alterada; por otra parte, era un lugar casi perfecto para la meditacin. Y cuando la llamada enamorada de un pjaro alteraba la paz despus de aquella llamada la paz se haca ms profunda.

El lago estaba lleno de flores de loto, y yo me sentaba durante horas tan feliz conmigo mismo, como si el mundo no importara: las flores de loto, las cigeas blancas, y el silencio

Y mis abuelos se dieron cuenta de una cosa: de que disfrutaba de mi soledad. Haban visto que no tena deseos de ir a la aldea y encontrarme o hablar con alguien. Incluso si ellos queran hablar mis respuestas eran s o no; tampoco estaba interesado en hablar. Se dieron cuenta de que disfrutaba de mi soledad y de que su obligacin sagrada era no molestarme.

Por eso durante siete aos continuamente nadie trat de corromper mi inocencia; no haba nadie. Aquellos tres ancianos que vivan en la casa, el criado y mis abuelos, trataron de todas las maneras posibles que nadie me molestase. De hecho, mientras creca, me comenc a sentir un poco avergonzado de que por mi causa no pudieran hablar, no pudieran ser normales como lo estodo el mundo. Sucede con los nios que les dices: Estate callado porque tu padre est pensando, tu abuelo est descansando. Estate callado, sintate en silencio. En mi infancia sucedi lo contrario. Ahora no puedo responder el por qu y ni cmo; simplemente sucedi. El mrito no me corresponde.

Aquellos tres ancianos estaban continuamente hacindose seales entre ellos: No le molestes, est disfrutando tanto .Y comenzaron a amar mi silencio.

El silencio tiene su vibracin; es contagioso, particularmente el silencio no impuesto de un nio, que no se debe a que le ests diciendo: Te pegar si molestas o haces ruido. No, eso no es silencio. Eso no crear la vibracin gozosa de la que estoy hablando, cuando un nio est en silencio l solo, disfrutando sin ninguna razn; su alegra no tiene causa. Eso crea grandes ondas a su alrededor.

Por eso no fue slo una coincidencia el que durante siete aos no me molestaran, nadie me rega para prepararme para el mundo de los negocios, la poltica, la diplomacia. Mis abuelos estaban ms interesados en dejarme tan natural como fuera posible; en especial mi abuela. Ella es una de las causas -estas pequeas cosas afectan a todos los patrones de tu vida-, ella es una de las causas de mi respeto por todo el mundo femenino. Era una mujer sencilla, sin educacin, pero inmensamente sensitiva. Ella dej claro a mi abuelo y a su criado: -Todos nosotros hemos vivido un cierto tipo de vida que no nos ha conducido a ningn lugar. Estamos ms vacos que nunca, y ahora la muerte se est cercando.

Ella insisti:

-Dejemos que este nio no sea influido por nosotros. Qu influencia podemos darle? Slo podemos hacerle como nosotros, y nosotros no somos nada. Dmosle la oportunidad de ser l mismo.

Mi abuelo -les escuchaba discutir cuando pensaban que yo estaba dormido- le sola decir:

-Me ests diciendo que haga esto y lo otro; pero l es hijo de otra persona, y ms pronto o ms tarde tendr que volver con sus padres. Qu dirn?, No le has enseado ningunos modales, ninguna etiqueta, es absolutamente salvaje.

Ella dijo:

-No te preocupes por eso. En todo el mundo todos son civilizados, tienen modales, etiqueta, pero, cul es el beneficio? T eres muy civilizado. Qu has conseguido con eso? Como mucho se enfadarn con nosotros. Y qu? Deja que se enfaden. No nos pueden hacer dao, y en ese momento el nio ser lo suficientemente fuerte para que no puedan cambiar el curso desu vida.

Le estoy inmensamente agradecido a esa anciana. Mi abuelo estaba preocupado una y otra vez de que ms de que ms pronto o ms tarde iba a ser el responsable:

-Me dirn, Te dejamos a nuestro hijo y t no le has enseado nada.

Mi abuela no consinti ni siquiera un tutor. Haba un hombre en la aldea que al menos poda ensearme los principios del lenguaje, matemticas, un poco de geografa. Estaba educado slo hasta el cuarto grado -el cuarto grado inferior, as se llamaba la educacin primaria en lndia- pero era la persona ms educada del pueblo. Mi abuelo lo intent:

-l puede venir y ensearte. Por lo menos conocer el alfabeto, algo de matemticas, de modo que cuando regrese con sus padres no dirn que ha desperdiciado siete aos por completo.

Pero mi abuela dijo:

-Djales que hagan lo que quieran despus de los siete aos. Durante siete aos l tiene que desarrollar su ser natural, y nosotros no vamos a interferir.

Y su argumento siempre era:

-T te sabes el alfabeto, y qu? Sabes matemticas, y qu? Has ganado un poco de dinero; quieres que l tambin que l gane tambin un poco de dinero y viva igual que t?

Eso era suficiente para tener callado al anciano. Qu hacer? Estaba metido en un lo porque no poda discutir, y saba que le haran responsable a l, no a ella, porque mi padre le preguntara:

-Qu has hecho?

Y de hecho hubiera ocurrido eso, pero afortunadamente l se muri antes de que mi padre pudiera preguntrselo.

Ms tarde mi padre siempre estaba diciendo:

-Ese viejo es el responsable, ha malcriado al nio.

Pero ahora yo ya era lo bastante fuerte, y se lo dej muy claro:

-Delante de m nunca digas ni una sola palabra en contra de mi abuelo materno. l ha evitado que me malcriaras; realmente ests enfadado por eso. Pero tienes otros hijos; malcralos a ellos. Y al final veremos quin es el malcriado.

l tuvo ms hijos, y siguieron llegando cada vez ms nios. Yo le sola tomar el pelo:

-Ten un hijo ms, ten una docena. Once hijos? La gente pregunta, Cuntos hijos? Once no parece correcto; una docena hace mejor impresin. -y aos ms tarde le sola decir:

-Sigues malcriando a tus hijos; yo soy salvaje, y seguir siendo salvaje.

-De alguna manera he permanecido fuera de las garras de la civilizacin.

Mi abuelo, el padre de mi madre, era un hombre generoso. Era pobre, pero rico en su generosidad. Le daba a todo el mundo todo lo que tena. Aprend de l el arte de dar; nunca le vi decir que no a ningn mendigo ni a nadie.

Al padre de mi madre le llamaba nana; esa es la forma de llamar al padre de tu madre en la India. A la madre de tu madre se le llama nani. Yo le sola preguntar a mi abuelo: Nana, dnde conseguiste una esposa tan bella?. Sus facciones no eran indias, pareca griega, y era una mujer fuerte, muy fuerte. Mi nana no tena ms de cincuenta aos cuando muri. Mi abuela vivi hasta los ochenta y todava estaba llena de salud. Ni siquiera entonces pens nadie que se fuera a morir. Yo le promet una cosa, que cuando ella se muriera vendra. Y sa fue mi ltima visita a la familia; muri en 1970. Tuve que cumplir mi promesa.

Durante mis primeros aos consider a mi nani; como mi madre; sos son los aos en los que uno crece. Mi propia madre lleg despus; yo ya haba crecido, ya estaba hecho a un cierto estilo. Y mi abuela me ayud inmensamente. Mi abuelo me quera, pero no pudo ayudarme demasiado. Era muy carioso, pero para poder ayudar hace falta ms; un cierto tipo de fuerza. Siempre estaba asustado de mi abuela. Estaba de alguna forma dominado por su mujer. Pero meam, me ayud, qu poda hacer yo si su mujer le tena dominado? El 99 % de los maridos lo estn, de modo que no importa.

OSHO -VISLUMBRES DE UNA INFANCIA DORADA-

Osho no es un filsofo. Sus palabras no son un intento de llenar nuestras mentes con ms conocimiento. Son un intento de empujamos hacia la experiencia directa de aquello-que-se encuentra-ms-all-de-las-palabras. Son un intento de empujarnos hacia nuestra propia evolucin interna.

El proceso evolutivo es el proceso de desarrollo de la conciencia. Los rboles son ms conscientes que las rocas; los animales son ms conscientes que los rboles; el hombre es ms consciente que los animales; los Budas son ms conscientes que el hombre. La cualidad del Buda, la conciencia del Cristo y la iluminacin apuntan a lo mismo; el florecimiento de la conciencia total. La materia es totalmente inconsciente; un Buda es totalmente consciente. El hombre se encuentra en algn punto intermedio: ni en un extremo ni en el otro. Vive en un estado de limbo. Ya no es un animal, pero an no es un dios. Ya no lo que fue y no an aquello en lo cual se puede transformar.

La evolucin inconsciente finaliza al aparecer el hombre, nos dice Osho, y la evolucin consciente comienza. Pero la evolucin consciente no comienza necesariamente con cada hombre en particular. Comienza slo si eliges que as sea.

La vida significa movimiento. Es imposible permanecer donde estamos. O evolucionamos hacia un nivel de conciencia ms elevado o bien retrocedemos. Nosotros elegimos. No podemos no-elegir. Aun el no elegir representa una sutil eleccin. La mayora de las personas busca el olvido: un regreso a la inconciencia. Con ese objetivo, se valen del alcohol y las drogas, del trabajo, del sexo, de la estimulacin sensorial. Slo unos pocos deciden emprender el camino hacia un nivel de conciencia ms elevado.

Osho toma el relevo all donde la psicologa occidental se detiene. Va ms all de Freud, ms all de Jung, ms all de las nuevas comprensiones del movimiento del potencial humano. Si la psicologa de Freud es una psicologa de la patologa y la psicologa de Maslow es una psicologa del nombre sano, la psicologa de Osho es una psicologa de la iluminacin, de la cualidad del Buda. Osho no es slo un maestro iluminado; es tambin un maestro de psicologa. El remueve los estratos de nuestro ser revelando las profundidades que permanecen escondidas en nuestro interior. Comienza desde lo fsico y avanza paso a paso hacia lo trascendental. Comienza desde lo conocido y avanza hacia lo incognoscible. Comienza desde donde nos encontramos ahora, y nos lleva a donde podemos llegar. En el Oriente, nos dice, no es cuestin de psicologa; es cuestin de ser. No es cuestin de salud mental. Ms bien es cuestin de crecimiento espiritual. No es cuestin de lo que haces, sino de lo que eres.

De lo que Osho habla en estos discursos es, nada menos, de la creacin de un hombre nuevo. Todo su esfuerzo se centra en crear un clima en el cual la cualidad del Buda pueda comenzar a florecer. Para que eso ocurra, nos dice, debemos aceptar al hombre en su totalidad. No debemos negar ni lo racional ni lo irracional; ni el intelecto ni las emociones; ni lo cientfico ni lo religioso. El hombre debe seguir fluyendo, debe ser capaz de movilizarse de un polo al otro. La mente debe ser entrenada de un modo lgico y racional, nos dice, pero, simultneamente, debe tambin ser entrenada en la meditacin irracional (no racional). La razn debe ser entrenada al mismo tiempo que las emociones. La duda debe estar ah, pero tambin la fe No evoluciona ni el que ha negado lo irracional ni el que ha negado lo racional. No puedes crecer, a menos que crezcas en forma total.

Osho no es un filsofo. Sus palabras no son un intento de llenar nuestras mentes con ms conocimiento. Son un intento de empujarnos hacia la experiencia directa de aquello-que-se encuentra-ms-all-de-las-palabras. Son un intento de empujarnos hacia nuestra propia evolucin interna. Hacia la realizacin ltima de nuestro potencial. El potencial de nuestra semilla.

Ma Satya Bharti

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Osho est un iconoclaste qui propose une vision nouvelle de l'homme et c'est ce mlange trange qui fait de lui peut-tre un des matres spirituels d'aujourd'hui!

Il est la fois un matre zen, soufi et tantrique.

Matre zen, car il choque et dtruit toutes nos croyances et nos conditionnements ! Ses centaines de discours sur des thmes aussi varis que la mditation, les motions, le zen, le sexe, la mort, la politique, l'amour, l'ducation, la science, les religions ou la qute spirituelle nous obligent nous regarder nous-mme et faire confiance notre propre intuition et intelligence plutt que de suivre une croyance, une idologie ou juste des habitudes. Il insiste : " Doutez et trouvez votre voie par vous-mme ! ".

Matre soufi, car il nous rappelle constamment que la mditation ne peut se sparer de l'ouverture du Cur et que la vie est une clbration, une danse. Vous avez oubli de commencer vivre ! L'homme moderne est devenu tellement srieux. Redevenez des soufis... riez, dansez et profitez de la vie !

Matre de Tantra, car il intgre le corps et le sexe dans la vision de la spiritualit : "vivez votre sexualit !", "toutes les religions y compris le christianisme rpriment votre sexualit" et "je suis contre toutes formes de rpressions car elles mnent toutes la perversion..." et inversement, il nous met en garde contre l'excs contraire, une sexualit sans amour et il suggre l'homme et la femme de faire voluer le sexe, l'amour et la mditation par le Tantra.

Selon Osho, seul l'homme riche intrieurement et extrieurement peut tre heureux et symboliser un espoir pour un changement sur cette plante. Le nouvel homme se doit d'tre un Zorba le bouddha nous dit-il, zorba reprsentant la terre, le bon-vivant et la joie de vivre et Bouddha reprsentant la conscience, la mditation et la sagesse.

Pour cela, il a cr des mthodes comme les mditations actives et la Mystic Rose qui permettent de relaxer, de changer rapidement, et de vivre pleinement. Et il insiste aussi sur la thrapie : "Quelques groupes de thrapie peuvent vous prparer la mditation."

Osho a quitt son corps en 1990 et ses discours sont aujourd'hui publis dans plus de six cents ouvrages et en cinquante langues et semblent intresser des populations trs diffrentes : aux USA, Europe mais aussi en Inde, au Japon, en Iran, en Russie, en Chine, etc...

Son centre de mditation en Inde continue aujourd'hui d'tre un des plus grands centres de croissance spirituelle au monde, attirant des milliers de visiteurs internationaux venant participer des programmes de mditation, de thrapies, de travail corporel et de crativit artistique.

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Rajneesh Born 11 December 1931 Kuchwada Village, Bareli Tehsil, Raisen Distt. Bhopal State, British India (modern day Madhya Pradesh, India) Died 19 January 1990 (aged 58) Pune, Maharashtra, India Nationality Indian Field Spirituality Movement Jivan Jagruti Andolan; Neo-sannyas Works Many books, audio and video tapes (exact number not known) Influenced by Zen Buddhism, Tantra, Sufism, Samkhya, Krishna, Gautama Buddha, Mahavira, Bodhidharma, Lao Tzu, Gorakhnath, Guru Nanak, Kabir, Gurdjieff, Krishnamurti

Rajneesh (11 December 1931 19 January 1990) was an Indian mystic, guru, and spiritual teacher. His international following has continued after his death. Rajneesh was born Chandra Mohan Jain; he was known as the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh during the 1970s and 1980s, and finally as Osho in the last year of his life.

He was born in a small village in the Narsinghpur District of Madhya Pradesh state in north India. He spent most of his childhood with his maternal grandparents, which he later mentioned as "the blessing in his life" for its carefree environment.

He entered college at his age of nineteen. Asked by the principal to leave the college, he transferred to D.N. Jain College and completed his B.A. in philosophy in 1955. After obtaining his M.A. in philosophy in University of Sagar in 1957, he started teaching at Raipur Sanskrit College and became a professor at Jabalpur University in 1960. While teaching at colleges, he became known as a public speaker.

As a professor of philosophy, he traveled throughout India in the 1960s as a public speaker. He was a critic of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi, and other stalwarts of Indian politics, including institutionalised religions. He advocated a more open attitude towards sexuality: so the press called him a "sex guru".[1] In 1970, he settled for a time in Bombay initiating disciples, known as neo-sannyasins, and expanded his spirutal teaching and work. In his discourses, he reinterpreted writings of religious traditions, mystics, and philosophers from around the world. Moving to Poona in 1974,[2] he established an ashram that attracted increasing numbers of Westerners.

The Poona ashram was by all accounts an exciting and intense place to be, with an emotionally charged, madhouse-carnival atmosphere.[3][4][5] The day began at 6:00 a.m. with Dynamic Meditation.[6][7] From 8:00 a.m., Osho gave a 60- to 90-minute spontaneous lecture in the ashram's "Buddha Hall" auditorium, commenting on religious writings or answering questions from visitors and disciples.[3][7] Until 1981, lecture series held in Hindi alternated with series held in English. During the day, various meditations and therapies took place, whose intensity was ascribed to the spiritual energy of Osho's "buddhafield".[4] In evening darshans, Osho conversed with individual disciples or visitors and initiated disciples ("gave sannyas").[3][7]

The ashram offered therapies derived from the Human Potential Movement to its Western audience and made news in India and abroad, chiefly because of its permissive climate and Osho's provocative lectures. By the end of the 1970s, there were mounting tensions with the Indian government and the surrounding society.

A situation rose when Rajneesh entered a three-and-a-half-year period of self-imposed public silence on 10 April 1981. He occupied himself with satsangssilent sitting with music and readings from spiritual works, and gave no discourses.[7][1] Around the same time, Ma Anand Sheela replaced Ma Yoga Laxmi as Osho's secretary.[5]

Later in 1981 Osho moved to the United States, and his followers established a community, later known as Rajneeshpuram, in the state of Oregon. Within a year, the leadership of the commune became embroiled in a conflict with local residents, primarily over land use, which was marked by hostility on both sides. Osho lived in a trailer next to a covered swimming pool and other amenities. He did not lecture and only saw most of the residents when, daily, he would slowly drive past them as they stood by the road. He gained public notoriety for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use, eventually numbering 93 vehicles.[8][9] This made him the largest single owner of the cars in the world.[10]

Ma Anand Sheela (born Sheela Ambatal Patel, 28 December 1949) was Osho's personal secretary from 1981 to 1985. On 10 July 1981, she purchased the 64,000-acre (260km2) Big Muddy Ranch to create the Rajneeshpuram, Oregon commune.[11][12] She was the main manager and spokesperson. She carried a .357 Magnum handgun, and created a Rajneeshpuram police force armed with Uzi submachine guns and a Jeep-mounted .30-calibre machinegun.[13][14] It was under Sheela's influence that Rajneesh decided to travel to the United States and begin an ashram there.[12]

While at Rajneeshpuram, Rajneesh depended on Sheela to manage the organisation.[12] She was seen as Rajneesh's principal aide, and as second-in-command of the organisation. She was also president of Rajneesh Foundation International. The two of them met each day in private to go over significant matters for the group.[12]

Sheela ran the operations of virtually all of the sub-groups under Rajneesh's movement, as well as Rajneeshpuram itself.[12] Rancho Rajneesh was administered through the inner circle of followers managed by Sheela.[12] She made decisions for the organisation in meetings with followers in her own private living space.[12] In addition, Sheela would make decisions for the organisation by herself or after meeting with Rajneesh.[12] Those followers of Rajneesh that did not abide by her rulings risked being kicked out of Rajneeshpuram.[12] According to Bioterrorism and Biocrimes, "This peculiar decision-making style had a significant impact on the group's move to employ biological agents".[12]

The Oregon commune collapsed in 1985 when Rajneesh revealed that the commune leadership had committed a number of serious crimes, including a 1984 bioterror attack (food contamination) on the citizens of The Dalles, Oregon.[15] He was arrested shortly afterwards and charged with immigration violations, and was deported from the United States in accordance with a plea bargain.[16][17][18]

Ma Anand Sheela was sentenced to three concurrent 20 year prison sentences, for assault, attempted murder, telephone tapping, immigration fraud and product tampering.[19] She served 29 months before being released on parole.[20] Upon release, she left immediately for Switzerland, where she now manages two nursing homes.

Twenty-one countries denied him entry, causing Osho to travel the world before returning to Poona, where he died in 1990. His ashram is today known as the Osho International Meditation Resort. His teachings emphasised the importance of meditation, awareness, love, celebration, courage, creativity and humourqualities that he viewed as being suppressed by adherence to static belief systems, religious tradition and socialisation. Osho's teachings have had an impact on Western New Age thought,[21][22]p177 and their popularity has increased since his death.[23][22]p182

One of his strong hopes was creating what he called "new man", who embodies characteristics of Gautama Buddha and Zorba the Greek [24] at the same time. Through this concept, Rajneesh tried to reject neither science nor spirituality, but embrace them both. According to him, New man is not subject to ones sex and does not belong to institutions such as family, political ideologies, or religions.

Many books of his teachings were published. They followed a pattern: he would give talks, they would be recorded. The tapes would be worked up into a typed manuscript by some of his followers. The manuscripts would be published, at first in India, and without ISBN numbers, so they were at first bought by his admirers. Later some of the best were reprinted in the West. His talks covered a wide range of religions and philosophies. The total number of books is not known, but it was certainly more than 30.[25]

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Motivation is defined as the process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. Motivation is what causes us to act, whether it is getting a glass of water to reduce thirst or reading a book to gain knowledge.

Motivation involves the biological, emotional, social and cognitive forces that activate behavior. In everyday usage, the term motivation is frequently used to describe why a person does something.

For example, you might say that a student is so motivated to get into a clinical psychology program that she spends every night studying.

"The term motivation refers to factors that activate, direct, and sustain goal-directed behavior... Motives are the "whys" of behavior - the needs or wants that drive behavior and explain what we do. We don't actually observe a motive; rather, we infer that one exists based on the behavior we observe." (Nevid, 2013)

So what exactly lies behind the motivations for why we act? Psychologists have proposed a number of different theories of motivation, including drive theory, instinct theory and humanistic theory. The reality is that there are many different forces that guide and direct our motivations.

Anyone who has ever had a goal (like wanting to lose ten pounds or wanting to run a marathon) probably immediately realizes that simply having the desire to accomplish something is not enough.

Achieving such a goal requires the ability to persist through obstacles and endurance to keep going in spite of difficulties.

There are three major components to motivation: activation, persistence and intensity.

So what are the things that actually motivate us to act? Psychologists have proposed a number of different theories to explain motivation:

Different types of motivation are frequently described as being either extrinsic or intrinsic. Extrinsic motivations are those that arise from outside of the individual and often involve rewards such as trophies, money, social recognition or praise. Intrinsic motivations are those that arise from within the individual, such as doing a complicated cross-word puzzle purely for the personal gratification of solving a problem.

Learn more about some of the surprising things you can do to increase your motivation.

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Nevid, J. (2013). Psychology: Concepts and applications. Belmont, CA: Wadworth.

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Card. Mller, when addressing the LCWR nuns, spoke about problems with their Faith. He was not being political. He was not picking on them as women.

Card.Mller was effectively asking them: Do you want to be Catholic?

What the nuns are into is, basically, warmed-up gnosticism. Because we really want to be living in the 2nd century rather than the 21st. We need a new Irenaeus!

Card. Mller spoke to them about how they have gotten into conscious evolution. Lets call it CE. This is pure crap, of course, and spiritually dangerous and some of these nuns are in it up to their necks.

Do you want to do a little reading around the issue?

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An evolutionary spirituality is emerging, experienced as the impulse of evolution, the process of creation, the implicate order, a patterning process coming through our own hearts. It is felt as the sacred core of the evolutionary spiral, the evolving godhead arising, or even incarnating within each of us as our own impulse to co-create. It is the creator-within expressing itself uniquely through each person as a new form of social cosmogenesis. The generating power of universal evolution is guiding us toward a more synergistic, cooperative democracy.

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At the heart of Gnostic Christianity, as taught in the Sophian Tradition, is the view of Yeshua (Aramaic for Jesus) as a human being who embarked upon a spiritual or mystical journey and became Self-realized or Enlightened; hence attained Supernal or Messianic Consciousness. According to the Sophian Gospel he was not born Christ, but became Christed by the reception of teachings and initiations from his Spiritual Teachers and engaging in spiritual practice and spiritual living. It is said that Yeshua was, indeed, the incarnation of a Great Soul and that he had accomplished the divine labor of Self-realization or Enlightenment in previous lives. Nevertheless, incarnate in the world as a Light-bearer, he had to sojourn the Path to Enlightenment as any other human being. In so doing he became a living example of the Path to Self-realization or Enlightenment and was empowered to teach others how to attain Supernal or Messianic Consciousness.

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This emerging human has been called by many names. Teilhard de Chardin called it the Ultra Human, orHomo progressivus, in whom the flame of expectation burns, attracted toward the future as an organism progressing toward the unknown. Sri Aurobindo, the great Indian evolutionary sage, called this the Gnostic Human, the individual in whom the Consciousness Force itself, the supramental power of universal creativity, incarnates and begins to transform the body/mind into the very cells that evolve beyond the human phase.

Others have called thisHomo noeticus, a being of gnosis or deep knowing of the Field out of which we are co-arising. OrHomo divina, as Sister Judy Cauley puts it. Or the universal human, connected through the heart to the whole of life, awakening from within by the core of the spiral of evolution. The implicate order is becoming explicate in us, turning into the essential self, animated by a passionate life-purpose to express our creativity.

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Self awareness is the foundation of personal growth and success. Daniel Goleman calls it the 'keystone' of emotional intelligence. Find out how one of the most powerful tools recognised by leading psychologists and change agents can revolutionise your life starting today.

Recognise and understand your emotions and you have the power to control them. This kind of self awareness makes it impossible for your emotions to rule you. Unless you choose to give them the upper hand.

Men and women are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. Roosevelt's insight, shared by thought leaders around the world, points to an opportunity for the ultimate prison break. You can escape reacting to events and emotions and learn to choose your response to any situation.

In the Prison Break television series Michael Scofield's freedom came as a result of learning the system well. The freedom to choose your response and not be a prisoner to reactions also comes as a result of learning the system well. In this case the system is you. You have to know yourself.

Emotional intelligence consists of four basic capabilities, or domains. These are:

Use the links above to find out about the other domains or get an overview of emotional intelligence here.

Before you can make changes in yourself you have to know what there is to work with. Becoming self-aware is about the process of understanding yourself.

Emotional awareness means being able to recognise emotions that you experience, understand the feelings associated with the emotion, and understand what you think and do as a result.

Professional sportsmen and women get intensive training to help them recognise and overcome emotions during a game.

It's essential they don't allow their performance to be affected by frustration or anger.

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When you're aware of your strengths and limits you'll be more confident about what you can and cannot do. Self-confident people are more assertive about what they believe to be right.

Being assertive doesn't mean you always get your way but rather that you convey your thoughts and ideas confidently and justify why you believe a particular decision or idea is the right one.

According to Daniel Goleman the competencies associated with self-awareness are:

Awareness of self and emotions can be developed. Spend some time recognising areas you need to develop and intentionally making an effort to develop or strengthen that aspect of yourself.

So, how can you become more aware of your strengths and areas for development?

You could

In reality a combination of all three of these is best.

Emotionally intelligent people plan to put time aside to build self awareness. One way to do this is to meditate or reflect daily.

This means that you plan to create a quiet space for yourself in the day, away from work or other activities, and spend time focusing on doing something that opens your mind to deeper thoughts.

Values, beliefs and assumptions

Values are the principles, standards, morals, ethics and ideals that guide our lives. Knowing your values is an essential part of building awareness of yourself.

Knowing your values is like following a well sign-posted road. You're comfortable and secure because you know where you are, you know where you're heading, and you're confident, relaxed and happy knowing you're on the right road.

Here's a great personal assessment I created to help you discover your values. Complete the other three parts of this assessment for a complete awareness building exercise.

Assumptions

Developing awareness of the assumptions we hold about others is an important aspect of emotional intelligence. Self awareness also means that we shouldn't ignore the assumptions we hold about ourselves.

Assumptions about ourselves can be positive or negative. Negative assumptions include thoughts such as Bad things always happen to me or I dont know enough to start my own business. Positive assumptions might include thoughts such as If I keep trying I will be successful or People are inherently good.

Spend some time thinking about a challenging task you performed recently. Can you think of one? It could be work related, or something you did at home.

The beliefs that we have about ourselves are important as they determine our behaviour.

To have greater self awareness or understanding means to have a better grasp of reality. Dalai Lama

Self awareness is the essential building block for emotional intelligence. Becoming self aware is a journey and we'll probably spend a life time learning about ourselves. But as we improve self awareness we also improve our experience of life, create opportunities for better work life balance , become aware of our emotions, and improve our ability to respond to change.

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