Intelligence The Creative Response to Now

In Intelligence, Osho extrapolates and describes the difference between intellect and intelligence. Intellect is logical; intelligence is paradoxical. Intellect takes things apart to see how they work; intelligence puts things together to see the functioning of the whole. Osho posits that it is only through intelligence that one can see a true and whole vision of the world. Topics covered include: - The difference between 'reacting' and 'responding' to challenges and problems. - How traditional education tends to stifle the native intelli-gence and curiosity of children in the name of sharpening the intellect and adding to their knowledge. - The respective roles played by logic, emotion, and intuition in the phenomenon of intelligence. By exploring the distance between intellect and intelligence, Intelligence encourages readers to be more aware of how they approach problems-logical, emotional, and practical-and how they solve them.

The works of Osho challenge readers to examine and break free of the conditions, belief systems, and prejudices that limit their capacity to experience life in all its richness. One of the best-known and most provocative spiritual teachers of the twentieth century, Osho has been described by the Sunday Times of London as one of the "1000 Makers of the 20th Century" and by American novelist Tom Robbins as "the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ." More than a decade after his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to grow, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world.