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Rebellion, Revolution, and Religiousness

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For those of you who have been wobbling between political movements and spiritual search, this is a wonderful book. It sorts out the virtues and shortcomings of socialism and anarchism, it smashes christianitys self-destructive demands of serving others, and it gives you guidelines, not for a future utopia, but for a constant ongoing inner rebellion, a change that might change the world

"It is easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission."
"Delay is the strongest form of denial."

There is so much that we don't know about ourselves. The powers that be, political, economic or religious, would like to keep it that way. They don't want us to know that we can be totally responsible for ourselves, thereby making ourselves totally free of them. After all, there are governments, churches, courts, etc... because at some point in history we allowed these institutions to form so we wouldn't have to worry about certain things like making our own decisions. To find out what "good" is, we don't need to think for ourselves - we can just ask our local religious or political representative. No thought necessary.

It's time to change things around a bit. It has become crystal clear that living in a social collective has its disadvantages. Mediocrity is praised, while often, genius is attacked as evil by disassociation. If you're not part of the herd, you're not to be trusted.

Fighting with the established powers is futile. Revolution only succeeds in putting the revolutionaries into the very seat of corruptible power their enemies occupied previously. What is needed is not a change of leaders, but rather a change in mode of existence. The change must start from within each individual. Each individual is a single unit in the mass that forms the social collective, so to have a truly successful "revolution" the change must start from within the single units. Through meditation we can hope to change ourselves, which on a grand scale will change the world.

This self-change or self-revolution is what Osho means by "rebellion." Rebellions are not tied to any particular group of people, or system of belief. Rebellions are wholly the concern of the individual. There is no need for bloody, violent revolutions once we see that they only lead to the same twisted human relations that existed beforehand.
Rebellion has never been tried on a mass scale; considering that the death toll will equal zero, what do we have to lose?

For thought-provoking treatment of similar topics, in addition to this and other books by Osho, I strongly recommend reading Christopher Hyatt, Robert Anton Wilson, and many other authors who can be found [...](a very interesting publishing company).

this book is good. osho says revolutoins fail. So, he says, rebel. Change inside. Then after you change inside you will be better equipped to change the world outside. good book, read it.

This book contributes widely to the construction of a vital awareness of what a "militant" should be in our contemporary society. Osho praises the power of rebellion through meditation and despises all traditional ways of violent materalistic revolutionary schemes. Good food for thought.

Osho presents relentlessly and endlessly many ways for me to think differently; to view the world in more significant ways; and, his capacity to evoke and shift paradigms is unique and empowering! Always seeking more.......this book is mind-expanding! i love this book!

American pop idol Lady Gaga revealed in a first press conference on her India visit her love for books by Osho.

Asked about Osho she responded: "Oh yes Osho! I read a lot of Osho's books and I believe "Rebellion" was my favorite so far. I have been reading a lot about rebellion and how creativity is the greatest form of rebellion in life."

In an interview with TIMES OF INDIA she said:"I love reading Osho, so that was my first experience with India"
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