Gee You Are You

Whenever I hear about or read about Osho, I am automatically reminded of my dear friend and previously mentioned enigmatically striking listener Krishna Prem. Krishna has been sharing as much as possible about his experience with Osho, not only through his famous workshops that he calls 'playshops', but also through his newsletters, his website, his blog, and through his book 'Gee You Are You'.

Herewith I would like to try and share something about my experience of reading Krishna's book, as everything in it I see as a genuine aim to practice core conscious living. Where Osho when pointing to the moon would say "don't look at my finger, look at the moon", and Krishna when pointing at Osho would say "don't look at my finger, look at what Osho is pointing at", I would now while pointing to Krishna Prem like to say "don't look at my finger, look at what Krishna Prem is pointing at".

Gee You Are You (G.U.R.U.) is not like any other book I have ever read. At least I don't remember to have ever looked forward to reading every next chapter this much. For sure it was a very long time ago that I cried tears of laughter with so many passages. I believe it must have helped to have met Krishna Prem in person for the first time already years before in a place called 'Bagels & Wraps' in Amsterdam, though I trust that also without being accused of taking too long with his favorite newspaper, you will most definitely sense his fierce lightness straightaway. Even without having seen his videos on YouTube or without having heard any of his radio-interviews, everybody will recognize the wonderful weaving together of brilliance and boldness mixed with an attitude of never having aged a day since a youth in Boston.

I won't even try to come near to something of a summary of the book, but what in my opinion makes it so worthwhile to read outside of the already guaranteed fun and laughter, is the wholehearted balance between lessons learned from Osho and brutally honest examples and reflections around these lessons from Krishna's intimately personal life. In a very elegant way quite a number of moments are spent in the space where we are able to sit back and enjoy watching what we are doing, no matter what it is. On top of all of this there is a relevant quote from people like among others Rumi and Thich Nhat Hanh on the bottom of every two pages, as well as a suggestion for a different practical meditation at the end of every chapter.

To give you a further idea of the contents of the book, here are Krishna's chapter headings, which are titles of Osho books he has loved:
Chapter 1  I Celebrate Myself - God is No Where, Life is Now Here
Chapter 2  Courage - The Joy of Living Dangerously
Chapter 3  Bliss - Living Beyond Happiness and Misery
Chapter 4  Creativity - Unleashing the Forces Within
Chapter 5  Maturity - The Responsibility of Being Oneself
Chapter 6  Tantra - The Supreme Understanding
Chapter 7  Ecstasy - The Forgotten Language

Anyway, please feel free to share Your experience of 'Gee You Are You' too!