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> Trained in Zen Buddhism, Mr. Jobs came to value experiential wisdom over empirical analysis. He didn’t study data or crunch numbers but like a pathfinder, he
by powertower 15y ago
> Trained in Zen Buddhism, Mr. Jobs came to value experiential wisdom over empirical analysis. He didn’t study data or crunch numbers but like a pathfinder, he could sniff the winds and sense what lay ahead.
A choice quote from a man known as Osho...
> Intellect takes things apart to see how they work; intelligence puts things together to see the functioning of the whole.
(note that the above is greatly simplified, both are needed, neither is better, and there is overlap between the two)
One is analytic and clinical, it can be put in a book and taught to people. It has a limit that's set by your neuron connections.
The other is more spontaneous, exploratory, and creative.
- davidw 15y agoPerhaps "Osho" said some nice things, but he was also a grade-A crazy in some ways - some of them decidedly not 'good' ways - and had some followers who were outright dangerous: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Rajneeshee_bioterror_attack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Rajneeshee_bioterror_attac... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Rajneeshee_assassination_plot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Rajneeshee_assassination_p...
- powertower 15y agoSeparate the man from the media image and the actions of the organization and people that grew around him. Osho was not all seeing and knowing. The events that took place did so due to power hungry people that were attracted to him. Would you blame Christ for the sins of the Church? If you read any of Osho's material you'll find more insight on a single page, then you've received in your entire k12 education. He might have made some mistakes but I doubt he was actively poisoning people and herding children like they were cattle.
- davidw 15y agoI'm not much into religions in general, even less so cults. And you can't claim that that lot were anything less than a cult. A picture is worth a thousand words: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Osho_Drive_By.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Osho_Drive_By.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osho_%28Bhagwan_Shree_Rajneesh%29#USA_and_the_Oregon_commune:_1981.E2.80.931985 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osho_%28Bhagwan_Shree_Rajneesh%...
- powertower 15y agoA following or a cult ... it does not really matter what you call it. Osho was all about de-programming. Not having a belief system. Every time someone asked him a question, he would give an answer which always showed how misguided the question was, that, and an incredible amount of insight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQFUpOOINd8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQFUpOOINd8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8gtLtaNTwo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8gtLtaNTwo Imagine a Buddha with 99 Rolls-Royces and a collection of diamond encrusted watches. Thats Osho! A contradiction.
- davidw 15y agoPeople who are "de-programmed" do not stand around in orange robes in the middle of the eastern Oregon desert, miles away from anything else (I've driven through the former site of their ranch, and it is extremely remote), waiting for The Leader to drive by in one of the 90 some odd Rolls Royces that they have given up all their money to purchase for him.
- powertower 15y agoI have no idea what someone that's becoming "de-programmed" should wear. Neither do you. Those where mere students waiting to get close to someone they considered to be a rock-star. They're just going the distance.
- davidw 15y agoPart of the difference between a religion and a cult is that 'normal' religions are a part of people's lives, but coexist with the other things they have going on. Cults, like the Rashneesh group, are all-consuming. Those people lived out there in the middle of the desert, and "Rashneesh" was their entire life. They weren't just lining up at the Apple store for fun, or going to see the pope come to town or something.
- powertower 15y ago