How can there be any psychology of the Buddhas if Buddha is a state of no-mind?
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"Only a Buddha, standing on the hilltop of no-mind, can illuminate the valleys of the mind with clarity and freedom from prejudice. True psychology arises not from the mind, but from the stillness beyond it."
According to Osho, only Buddhas can found a true psychology: from the state beyond mind they have the distance, clarity, and freedom from prejudice to see the mind objectively. No-mind itself can’t be systematized, but it can illuminate the valleys of mind from the hilltop. Psychologies built from within mind—Freud, Adler, Jung—are colored fictions; a real psychology would be singular and unbiased.
Like someone who climbed out of a muddy river, a Buddha can clearly describe the water; those still splashing inside can only guess.
Why this matters practically
- Create inner distance (meditation) to observe thoughts and feelings objectively.
- Question your lenses and avoid reducing everything to one fixation.
- Value first-hand clarity over second-hand theories; test insights in experience.
- Question your lenses and avoid reducing everything to one fixation.
- Value first-hand clarity over second-hand theories; test insights in experience.
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