What has happened to the heart?
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"Love dissolves the inner 'I,' and in the great death of ego, you discover that what remains is the immortal essence of your being. Surrender completely, for in that total letting go, pain ceases and the heart finds its true home in the Divine."
According to Osho, your heart is not malfunctioning; love is dissolving the inner 'I.' This is the great death—ego effacement—where one feels neither breath departing nor death arriving as the self dies within. The pain comes from clinging; when surrender is total, pain ceases. Let the heart be lost; what remains is the immortal, and love leads you to the Divine.
Your heart hurts because the little ‘me’ is melting so love/God can enter; stop gripping and the hurt fades.
Why this matters practically
- Reframe heart-pain as ego-shedding, reducing fear.
- Practice surrender and letting go to end suffering sooner.
- Focus on love and longing, not analysis or accounting.
- Practice surrender and letting go to end suffering sooner.
- Focus on love and longing, not analysis or accounting.
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