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Tim Guest
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My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru |
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English |
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Paperback |
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320 |
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2005-02-01 |
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015603106X |
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Mariner Books |
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0.85 pounds |
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0.8 x 5.25 x 8.0 inches |
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1 |
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At the age of six, Tim Guest was taken by his mother to a commune modeled on the teachings of the notorious Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The Bhagwan preached an eclectic doctrine of Eastern mysticism, chaotic therapy, and sexual freedom, and enjoyed inhaling laughing gas, preaching from a dentist's chair, and collecting Rolls Royces.
Tim and his mother were given Sanskrit names, dressed entirely in orange, and encouraged to surrender themselves into their new family. While his mother worked tirelessly for the cause, Tim-or Yogesh, as he was now called-lived a life of well-meaning but woefully misguided neglect in various communes in England, Oregon, India, and Germany.
In 1985 the movement collapsed amid allegations of mass poisonings, attempted murder, and tax evasion, and Yogesh was once again Tim. In this extraordinary memoir, Tim Guest chronicles the heartbreaking experience of being left alone on earth while his mother hunted heaven.
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Mellissa (Canada) (2010/03/19):
This book is a true story, and it keeps you intrigued throughout the whole book. It taught me something I knew nothing about.
Tikay (USA: CA) (2011/05/24):
I liked this book:
Anyone who is curious about the ways of communal living, must read many books to find out what it may or may not be all about. This book chronicles a boys perspective, once he has become a man, about his upbringing in this (Cult of Personalities) community of followers of Bagavan Rashneesh. Who was later known as OSHO. The child, who rarely encountered his own mother, relates his loss, for he lived through many lonely moments while surrounded by hundreds of sannyasins, of the infamous guru to thousands.
The sexaulity aspect of this enterprise was not much explored, and the adult life could have been explained further...at times much was left to ones imaginings, in this particular take on life, living with Rashneeshikins...here is a bit of what goes on (on the inside) and not much else. It leaves one wanting to know more, which may not be a bad thing.
The ideas of Osho are left mainly unexplored, and Bagavan was a sort of genius, many of his "ideas" and ways of thinking about life were rarely spoken with so much eloquence by anyone I have read elsewhere.
The young boy, living a life abandoned by his mother, found Rashneesh lackluster, for very good reason, an yet...he leaves much to be discovered.
I have really enjoyed this book nonetheless, and it puts me in mind of Hideous Kinky, the movie (also a book by Ester Freud), where a similar search for God, in Morocco, leaves two young girls feeling estranged and possibly even foolishly neglected by their "mummy" while she uncovers her own need to meet God in the daily life. This happens in many different religions...
These two books I have mentioned deserve attention, and so do the children of these various worlds and worldviews.Tim's is but one view, and I think he just lacks a bit of imagination, but still...the book is a great example of a bit of young mans life, one who grew up as many do, in a strange and foreign world that many will never ever explore. No more than they would take a canoe down the amazon river...
It is my hope that someday more folks will be more curious, and will attempt to understand the counter-culture movement through reading about it. It is only through better understanding that we grow...so, for me, it is an important book, in that it is imperative to gain knowledge of the times, and the circumstances of daily living that employ people, at/in/ during these various movements. Some deeply misunderstood. My Life In Orange, should be read, and it is satisfying (while sad)...but don't stop at this book, do read something by OSHO, he was profound, and grow in knowledge of his varying views of the world, as well. I tend to think he was extremely advanced in many ways although his methods were a bit raw. We all have differing views and like Tim's Osho's are as valid as anyone elses. DreamingTikay
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