What is bondage and what is freedom?
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"Bondage is the unconscious identification with the mind's illusions, while freedom is the awakening to your eternal, unchanging essence that transcends all states of consciousness."
According to Osho, bondage is unconscious identification with the changing mind—its doubts, dreams and pseudo‑methods (avidya)—which closes you and keeps you a slave, circling in birth and death. Freedom is awakening to the fourth (turiya), your unborn, ever‑present being, beyond waking, dream and sleep. It unfolds through prayerful receptivity, faithful doubt, and true methodology (vidya), not mere knowledge.
Being stuck means clinging to your shifting thoughts and tricks; being free means resting as the quiet you that watches everything, found by open-hearted asking and right guidance.
Why this matters practically
- Shifts you from endless skepticism to open inquiry that can receive insight.
- Helps you choose authentic practices over pseudo-methods.
- Centers you beyond moods and states in a stable inner presence.
- Helps you choose authentic practices over pseudo-methods.
- Centers you beyond moods and states in a stable inner presence.
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