Ah here it is! Zen is an alarm clock that awakens from sleep

Osho always said that the trouble with a modern person is the desire to make simple things complex. He is sure that it is difficult to know Zen to the “achieveers” - it will happen faster “itself”, once, suddenly. The main thing is to stop fanatically strive for enlightenment and try to look for it in small things. And then one day you will say: Oh here it is!
In this series of conversations, Osho offers your attention a selection of classic Zen History. You will see that you do not need to make great efforts to gain enlightenment. Osho gives one advice: “awaken” from actions on the machine - to a conscious life, which (you will be surprised!) Every second is full of joyful and happy moments. You will learn what Zen tools are and how to use them to act decisively, with clarity and awareness, to live to the maximum every second and transform the most ordinary activity into something unique, unique and wonderful. After all, this is enlightenment.
“Zen is not a philosophy. This is an alarm, awakening to a new life - amazing and joyful. For centuries you were sleeping. You forgot what awareness is. It"s time to wake up. Osho
What is the book.
When everything suddenly clarifies in you, great joy and celebration rises in you, and all your being, every fiber of your body, mind and soul dances. You say: Oh here it is! A great cry of joy arises in your being. This is enlightenment. Suddenly, stars begin to fall from the roof. You become part of the eternal dance of existence.
Zen is not a teaching, because Zen knows that you are sleeping. The first thing to do is not to teach you. The first thing to do is to wake you up. And Zen is an alarm clock.
Zen believes in sudden enlightenment: only a certain situation is needed to arouse you. If you are a little vigilant, a small alarm clock is enough, and suddenly you wake up. And all the dreams with all their long, long desires, travel, kingdoms, mountains, oceans disappeared in an instant. And then there will be the same “Oh here it is!”.
Osho.
Why is the book you should read.
After reading the book, you will be more likely to rejoice (for the sake of one it is worth reading!) You will begin to notice the very small pleasures and surprises that make a regular day - wonderful. Osho teaches us simply to be, not turning enlightenment into a great goal, which must certainly be achieved: Enlightenment is not an achievement, it can happen at a moment instantly. And then your “alarm clock” may become a city sunset, drawing up a regular report or the process of preparing a soup.
For whom this book is.
We recommend a book to those who have forgotten the daily vanity that life is beautiful. It will also appeal to novice readers of Osho (as it reflects well its main ideas and worldview), and will be useful to those who love oriental culture, esoteric literature and various spiritual practices