What is the nature of the mind?
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"The ordinary mind is a dream-and-goal factory, weaving illusions that fear the truth; true freedom begins when we drop our imagined goals and embrace the present moment."
According to Osho, the ordinary mind is a dream-and-goal factory: it craves new sensations, weaves illusions, and fears truth because truth shatters its magic, desires, and fantasies. By inventing future goals, it breeds anxiety, division, ego, and the whole neurosis. Freedom begins by dropping imagined goals, turning to present awareness, and daring the adventure of truth beyond the crowd’s conditioning.
Your mind keeps chasing shiny dreams and made-up goals, but it’s scared of real truth; calm comes by stopping the chase and being aware right now.
Why this matters practically
- Catch the mind chasing sensations or future goals; pause and return to present awareness.
- Drop imagined targets to reduce anxiety, comparison, and ego.
- Grow courage to seek truth and live as an individual, not as the crowd.
- Drop imagined targets to reduce anxiety, comparison, and ego.
- Grow courage to seek truth and live as an individual, not as the crowd.
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