Koestler, Arthur
1905-1983 78 years
1905-1983 78 years
Hungarian social critic, scientist, author, etc...
born into a German speaking Ashkenazi Jewish
family
naturalized as a British citizen
first pro-communist, then later anti-communist
experimented with LSD, psilocybin...
Darkness at Noon was one of his most famous
novels, an anti-totalitarian work, very successful
in the Cold War era.
supported Zionist causes, state of Israel, lived
on a kibbutz there for awhile.
born into a German speaking Ashkenazi Jewish
family
naturalized as a British citizen
first pro-communist, then later anti-communist
experimented with LSD, psilocybin...
Darkness at Noon was one of his most famous
novels, an anti-totalitarian work, very successful
in the Cold War era.
supported Zionist causes, state of Israel, lived
on a kibbutz there for awhile.
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| This happened to Arthur Koestler, one of the keenest intellects in the West. He missed the whole point completely. When he went to Japan to study Zen he thought: These people are simply mad – or else they are joking, not serious at all. He wrote a book, Against Zen. It looks absurd. It is. He is wrong, and yet right. It is absurd. If you don't know the language of Zen it is absurd; if you are identified too much with logical thinking, it is absurd. It is illogical – what more illogical thing can you find: somebody asking, 'What is Buddha?' and somebody answering, 'This flax weighs five pounds'...? --Osho And the Flowers Showered, ch. 8 |