The Beauty of the Human Soul

The Beauty of the Human Soul continues the Authentic Living series by Osho, showcasing talks by the contemporary mystic during his stay in the United States.

All of the Osho books are created from his extemporaneous talks. In this volume, the intimate setting of the Oregon commune reflects in the small audiences gathered around him. Everything is on the table—belief in God, the meaning of compassion, and what happens when we die. By sharing stories from his own life, providing new insights into old parables, and challenging his listeners to examine their own conscious and unconscious beliefs, Osho begins to create a more authentic "narrative" about the existence of human beings on this planet and our purpose here.

The entire Authentic Living series is a manifesto of the priceless gift of individuality, celebrating both the freedom and the responsibility that come with living life according to your own light, free from fixed concepts and ideologies imposed by others, whether they be parents, teachers, priests, or politicians. The challenge is to take nothing for granted, leave no sacred cow unexamined, and to have the courage to step into the unknown. This journey requires great creativity, sensitivity, and awareness, but no fixed ideology.

Osho says: "You have to go through a transformation and that, only you can do. Except you, nobody can reach there. And this is the beauty of the human soul, that it is absolutely unavailable to anybody. Your centre is so protected by existence that nobody can even touch it."