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wanderingstories's review against another edition
4.0
"Death is the Greatest Illusion on earth."
Maturity is my first book that I've read from Osho.
It was really good. I liked that he puts examples throughout the book about the different scenarios, and it helped me a lot to understand it more.
Osho seems to have a wide knowledge about quite a lot of things and you can feel it throughout the book.
Maturity is my first book that I've read from Osho.
It was really good. I liked that he puts examples throughout the book about the different scenarios, and it helped me a lot to understand it more.
Osho seems to have a wide knowledge about quite a lot of things and you can feel it throughout the book.
rahikh90's review against another edition
5.0
What are the odds really that I happen to be reading this book at the right time in my life? Once again I am very grateful to you for lighting up my way and giving me perspective on what is going on in my life.
I simply cannot leave this review without quoting my most favorite parts of the book:
"A mature person has the integrity to be alone. And when a mature person gives love, he gives without any strings attached to it, he simply gives. When a mature person gives love, he feels grateful that you have accepted his love, not vice versa. He does not expect you to be thankful for it, no, not at all, he does not even need your thanks. He thanks you for accepting his love. "
"Man becomes mature the moment he starts loving rather than needing. He starts overflowing, sharing; he starts giving. Then love is not dependent. Then you can be loving whether the other is or is not. Then love is not a relationship, it is a state.
What happens when a flower blooms in a deep forest with nobody to appreciate it, nobody to know its fragrance, nobody to pass by and say “beautiful”, nobody to taste its beauty, its joy. What happens to the flower? It dies? It suffers? It commits suicide. It goes on blooming, it simply goes on blooming.
If I am alone, then too I will be as loving as when I am with you. It is not you who are creating my love. If you were creating my love, then naturally, when you are gone my love will be gone. You are not pulling my love out, I am showering it on you.
How can a need be love? Love is a luxury. It is abundance. It is having so much life that you don’t know what to do with it, so you share.
When you depend on the other there is always misery. The moment you depend, you start feeling miserable because dependence is slavery. "
I simply cannot leave this review without quoting my most favorite parts of the book:
"A mature person has the integrity to be alone. And when a mature person gives love, he gives without any strings attached to it, he simply gives. When a mature person gives love, he feels grateful that you have accepted his love, not vice versa. He does not expect you to be thankful for it, no, not at all, he does not even need your thanks. He thanks you for accepting his love. "
"Man becomes mature the moment he starts loving rather than needing. He starts overflowing, sharing; he starts giving. Then love is not dependent. Then you can be loving whether the other is or is not. Then love is not a relationship, it is a state.
What happens when a flower blooms in a deep forest with nobody to appreciate it, nobody to know its fragrance, nobody to pass by and say “beautiful”, nobody to taste its beauty, its joy. What happens to the flower? It dies? It suffers? It commits suicide. It goes on blooming, it simply goes on blooming.
If I am alone, then too I will be as loving as when I am with you. It is not you who are creating my love. If you were creating my love, then naturally, when you are gone my love will be gone. You are not pulling my love out, I am showering it on you.
How can a need be love? Love is a luxury. It is abundance. It is having so much life that you don’t know what to do with it, so you share.
When you depend on the other there is always misery. The moment you depend, you start feeling miserable because dependence is slavery. "
stevep's review
Pretty good. As always, the man makes some very useful observations.