註釋
Everyone, regardless of their nationality, religion, or political beliefs, has some sense of the current crisis of planet Earth. The environmental movement has support around the globe, while politicians ? lagging behind reality, as always ? are still fighting over whether global warming is real. In all areas of concern, decision-makers in government and in the private sector are dealing only with the symptoms of this crisis. None of the current mainstream discussions seem able to really put a finger on the underlying causes and address them in a positive and constructive way. Everybody wants change ? but not really, when it threatens their own little comfort zone. Osho's unique contribution is to point out that the current world crisis is a crisis of consciousness. Long before the rest of us began to sit up and take notice, Osho recognized that unless there is a radical change in human consciousness, the interrelated social, political, economic, and ecological crises we are facing will continue to worsen. Unless we understand how our past has brought us to this point ? and find the courage to disconnect ourselves from that past ? we are headed towards what he has called a ?global suicide.” Osho offers a quite radical vision of change and how we can turn the present crisis into an opportunity. He talks about what we must do in order to steer our course away from global suicide and toward a ?golden future” for all of humankind. This is not an easy book, and Osho has been criticized for many of his ideas which are, for many, simply too radical ? that is, until the reality of our situation becomes so clear and urgent that suddenly these ideas begin to look more like common sense. This book and content was compiled on Osho's request from his many talks in response to one of the first international conferences or world leaders that was held to address these issues ? and this new and expanded edition shows how reality and time, and in some ways our capacity for understanding, is finally catching up with Osho. Topics addressed in the book include: The Crisis of Human Values; The Ecological Crisis; The Population Challenge The End of Nations; The End of Religions; Creative Science; Education and Human Rights
