Only One Sky

I recently remembered this book during a conversation with my older brother (Kenneth Rose), so I asked him to send it to me... again. I say "again" because he gave "Only One Sky" to me as a gift in 1977. I sent it back to him after I read it the following year. Looking through it now I can see that reading it was for me a profound experience of clarity during a pretty intellectual phase of my journey. I was "seeking" and creating "smoke around the flame" of my awakening (page 112). Rajneesh helped me to move from being a "goal-seeker" to becoming a "celebrator" (page 84). Thanks to the gift of this book from Rajneesh and my brother, I celebrate on.

From back of book: "A natural man simply sits inside and allows things to happen. He does not 'do.' And Tilopa says only then does Mahamudra appear, the final, the utterly final orgasm with the Existence Then you are separate no more. Then your inner sky has become one with the outer sky. There are not two skies the, only one sky." "One thousand years ago in Tibet, the 'Song of Mahamudra' was born out of the deep communion of the Enlightened Master Tilopa and his disciple, Naopa. It is a rare document and at the very heart of the Great Teaching of Tantra. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is a living Enlightened Master who is able to share with us the rich meanings of this miraculous text. Each part of the 'Song' is lovingly unraveled to expose the intricate threads of paradox which weave the complex web of Tantra."

If you want to deeply understand the tantric view of life and existence, this is your book. A transcript of a series of morning discourses given by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh at the Rajneesh Ashram in Poona, India, the clarity, simplicity, and directness of the presentation make it easy to understand and powerfully transformative. The vision and perspective expressed through the discourses can transform your meditation and change your life. Despite it's apparent simplicity, you will get more out of it every time you read it. This book is unfortunately out of print and it is rather hard to obtain a copy, but well worth the trouble.