What is the way to befriend death and achieve liberation from it?
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"To befriend death, recognize that you are the witness, not the body; when the illusion of identification fades, fear dissolves, and you can embrace death with laughter, merging with the eternal."
According to Osho, befriend death by seeing—through meditation—that you are the witness, not the body. Death is only the loosening of a connection: the body was dead already and the soul is deathless. When identification with the body ends, fear of death dissolves; you can enter death laughing, and, knowing yourself as the deathless, you are freed from rebirth—merging with existence.
Become a quiet watcher of your body and mind, and you’ll see death only affects the body—not the real you—so there’s nothing to fear.
Why this matters practically
- Practice witnessing meditation (watch breath, sensations, thoughts) to loosen identification with body-mind.
- Face illness, aging, and loss with less fear—seeing them as changes of houses, not your end.
- Live more freely and lovingly now, since death no longer threatens who you are.
- Face illness, aging, and loss with less fear—seeing them as changes of houses, not your end.
- Live more freely and lovingly now, since death no longer threatens who you are.
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