Every day, our minds are filled with thoughts. But where do these thoughts come from? Are they independent or are they concepts and doctrines that we have borrowed from others? Have they been assimilated from parents and teachers? From religious or political leaders?

In this series of lectures given at a meditation center, Osho describes what "thought" really means: it is the freedom to live a life independently, consciously, and with trust in your own experience.

"A person who collects thoughts will become knowledgeable. A person who gives birth to meditation - gives birth to the ability to think, asks questions, and challenges his consciousness and then waits for the answer - knowledge is born in his life. You cannot acquire knowledge through thoughts, but through meditation. Not by collecting thoughts, but by giving birth to meditation."

Osho