Is it a cosmic joke that most of us are born with awareness and die in unconsciousness?
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"Most of us are born in innocent ignorance, sleepwalking through life, and it is only a rare few who awaken to the beauty of conscious existence before they die."
According to Osho, it's no cosmic joke: most of us are born not in awareness but in innocent ignorance, live like sleepwalkers, and die unconscious. Only a rare few are born aware (or attain awareness in life), so their death is conscious; birth and death mirror each other. Conscious birth virtually guarantees enlightenment; otherwise unconscious birth, life, and death simply continue.
Most people aren’t truly awake at birth or death; only a few become aware, and then both living and dying happen consciously.
Why this matters practically
- Catch ‘sleepwalking’ behaviors and choose mindful actions.
- Build daily moments of witnessing (watching thoughts/feelings) to grow awareness.
- Live consciously now, because birth and death mirror your level of consciousness.
- Build daily moments of witnessing (watching thoughts/feelings) to grow awareness.
- Live consciously now, because birth and death mirror your level of consciousness.
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