original book - Rated 
Anne Geraghty's journey will resonate with anyone who's ever been on a spiritual path. The ups, the downs, the giant leaps forward and the depressing backslides - it's all here. Forget angels, new age rhetoric and all the cosy associations with the feelgood pap sold in abundance these day. This is the real stuff as the author confronts her own demons amongst groups and communes. Anne Geraghty is an original thinker and her interesting story is told with self-deprecating humour and candour which holds no bars. Any preconceptions of the nirvana experienced within communes is quickly dispelled when we see them at their meanest and fiercest when all sorts of punishments are put Anne's way by the 'mommas' and peers alike - for all the gifts bestowed on her, we see the tenderest part of her crushed.
As she is hauled over the coals we see the author truly suffer as she steps off one raft in the spiritual stream onto the next with less and less to hold on to. Finally she reaches the great sea - a vast energetic nothing which proves to be everything. Her teaching with Osho had done it's job - through the struggles, sacrifices and devotion to the truth as demonstrated in this book.
This is one of those books you can't put down and I wholeheartedly recommend it.
A gift beyond measure! - Rated
I thoroughly enjoyed this book..couldn't put it down.
A facinating story about Anne's life to date - intellectually, emotionally and spiritually stimulating.
I felt inspired and comforted by this book. It was as if my own story although different in so many ways, was synerginistic (is that a word?) with Anne's............as the book ended I sensed deep within that I had found a greater sense of acceptance and peace about aspects of my own being.
Lifestyle, Morals and values turned upside down! - Rated
I loved this book! If you read, "My Life In The Color Orange," you'll enjoy this book, which gives a more in-depht account of life with the guru Osho and living in an ashram. This is clearly an account of a woman who has lived her life to the full and not regretted it.
I particularly liked how the author's lifestyle had turned all conventional morals and values upside down. Monogamy was seen as a shelfish human weakness. Promiscuity was the way to enlightenment. As hard as it can be for many to achieve monogamy in a relationship, open promiscuity seems just as difficult! - especially when one forms an attachement to another and doesn't want to share!
There is a lot of insight in this book about giving heart and soul to a dream only to find that it can chew you up and spit you out, leaving you running for your life. This book shows how all organizations from the most conservative to the most outrageous, have their dark-sides, and the healing process that takes place when one reclaims their life.
Light on the dark - Rated
This book works on many levels. It is an autobiograghy - well written, racy, page turning stuff. It is a history of a generation who were creating a new world, casting off the Victorian values of our parents, experimenting with what was possible in a life without boundaries. It is an analysis of how society works, how culture constrains us, and how we create new forms of oppression as we try to throw off the old chains. For those with an interest in the history of the Bagwan/Osho/Rajneesh community, it is also a history of its rise and fall.
Once I started reading the book I couldn't put it down. I lived though the same period, for me a less adventurous life, but I recognised the dilemmas, the challenges, the vision of the better world. Maybe this book will help us take stock, and ask what life can we lead?
A long-awaited autobiography - Rated
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Anne's life has been guided by her questioning spirit, to places few of us can imagine. Her story is written with humour and zest, even when the times she lives through are tragic. Her resilience and strength shine through her writing. The story itself provides many insights about the way of life of a seeker of truth. It is a great read that will resonate with many. I found the last chapter somewhat obtuse - but explaining experiences that are essentially beyond words is not an easy task. I think Anne did well.
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