What is it that is impossible for everyone to know?
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definition
"To know oneself is not to gather information, but to dissolve the separation between the knower and the known, realizing that you are not an object to be understood, but the very essence of awareness itself."
According to Osho, the only thing impossible for everyone to know is oneself. All knowledge needs a knower, a known, and their relationship; in self-inquiry this triad collapses. The self cannot be turned into an object of knowledge—you can only be it. Hence, real 'knowing' of oneself is direct awareness or realization, beyond concepts, not information about a separate entity.
Why this matters practically
- Redirects energy from judging others to turning inward.
- Encourages meditation and awareness instead of collecting ideas.
- Softens ego conflicts by dissolving the subject–object divide.
- Encourages meditation and awareness instead of collecting ideas.
- Softens ego conflicts by dissolving the subject–object divide.
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