Why don't you have a beard?
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"Look at me, not my body; the essential self is beardless, for appearances are mere illusions."
According to Osho, asking about my beard confuses the body with the being: a beard belongs to the body - dead cells - while the real “me” is beyond body, birth, and death, like a reflection that never descends from the seventh heaven. Look at me, not my body. The essential self is beardless; appearances are maya. Beard or no beard is irrelevant to consciousness.
The true me isn’t this body, so whether the body has a beard doesn’t matter.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you stop identifying with looks, roles, or labels and rest in awareness.
- Reduces anxiety about appearance and aging by seeing them as surface changes.
- Encourages valuing others beyond externals, deepening compassion and presence.
- Reduces anxiety about appearance and aging by seeing them as surface changes.
- Encourages valuing others beyond externals, deepening compassion and presence.
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