In this book, Osho comments on the sayings of Heraclitus, a man whom we know primarily as an ancient Greek philosopher, as the founder of dialectics. Osho reveals to us the secret meaning of the well-known sayings of this sage and allows us to see the work of Heraclitus in a completely new way. “Heraclitus is truly remarkable. If he had been born in India or any other country in the East, he would have become famous like Buddha. But in Greek history, in Greek philosophy, he remained a stranger, an outsider. In Greece he is known not as the enlightened one, but as Heraclitus the Incomprehensible, Heraclitus the Dark, Heraclitus the Mysterious.” Why was Heraclitus not understood by his contemporaries? The main work of his life has not been preserved and has not reached our days. But later authors - Aristotle, Socrates, Plutarch - constantly quote him. The sayings of Heraclitus do seem mysterious due to the deliberate polysemy of words and language play. Osho suggests remembering the Zen poets, such as Basho, and hearing Heraclitus as a poet, not a philosopher. As a special poet...