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The Mystery Beyond Mind With his signature wisdom and wit Osho offers his refreshing vision of religiousness one based on the truth of one's own direct experience of life. In The Mystery beyond Mind he infuses new life into the ancient sayings of Patanjali an Indian sage who systemized Yoga nearly two thousand years ago. Through his responses to individuals' questions Osho shows that by simply applying new approaches to ordinary everyday situations these can become opportunities for awareness and relaxation. This book provides both inspiration and practical contemporary guidance for seekers everywhere. Osho offers inspiration and practical tools for transformation to seekers worldwide. For more than three decades he spoke about every aspect of the human condition supporting individuals on their own paths of growth and fulfilment. With humor and compassion Osho opens new doors with his insights. Celebrating the outer and inner dimensions of life Osho's approach towards the search is refreshingly healthy and holistic. The Path of Yoga Yoga is now an integral part of our health-conscious cultural landscape practiced by millions for health and fitness reasons. While Yoga is seen and practiced mostly as a body exercise program the interest in the philosophical and spiritual dimension of Yoga is growing. This book introduces us to Patanjali the founder of ancient Yoga in India. It takes us step by step into a deeper understanding of the essence and origins of Yoga. Osho introduces and unlocks Patanjali's ancient sutras revealing how contemporary this ancient message truly is. It quickly becomes clear that we are just on the cusp of a gaining a much deeper understanding of Yoga and its place in our evolving world. Surprisingly the mind even more than the body is the focus of Patanjali's teaching. He says: Yoga is the cessation of mind. As Osho says: This is the definition of Yoga the best definition. Yoga has been defined in many ways; there are many definitions. Some say Yoga is the meeting of the mind with the divine; hence it is called yoga ? yoga means meeting joining together. Some say that Yoga means dropping the ego ego is the barrier: the moment you drop the ego you are joined to the divine. You were already joined; it only appeared that you were not joined because of the ego. There are many definitions but Patanjali's is the most scientific. He says: Yoga is the cessation of mind. ?What is the mind? What is the mind doing there? What is it? Ordinarily we think that mind is something substantial there inside the head. Patanjali doesn't agree and no one who has ever known the inside of the mind will agree. Modern science also doesn't agree. Mind is not something substantial inside the head. Mind is just a function just an activity. This book is part one of a 10-part series of talks titled Yoga: The Science of the Soul in which Osho speaks about Yoga.