What is the path of devotion and its place in the vision of the rebel?
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definition
"Devotion is not a path to travel but the dissolution of boundaries, where the rebel melts into existence in a love affair with the whole."
According to Osho, devotion is not a path to travel but the dissolution of boundaries - the death of personality - so the rebel melts into existence in a love affair with the whole. It is love's highest flowering: intimacy with totality. Personal love may mature into devotion, with the master as a bridge or window; yet one must not cling - use the door and pass into the infinite.
Devotion means letting your small self drop so you can love and flow with everything, using a master only as a doorway, not a place to stop.
Why this matters practically
- Softens ego and anxiety by relaxing control into life's larger flow.
- Transforms personal attachment into compassion for all beings.
- Prevents guru- or ritual-clinging by using guidance as a bridge, not a cage.
- Transforms personal attachment into compassion for all beings.
- Prevents guru- or ritual-clinging by using guidance as a bridge, not a cage.
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