How can one relax while keeping the body frozen during the fourth step of morning meditation?
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"Relaxation is not about adjusting your body, but about surrendering your inner effort and letting sensations pass like clouds in the sky. In stillness, find the freedom of being indifferent to the body’s demands."
According to Osho, relax without doing: when 'Stop!' happens, freeze exactly as you are and do not adjust posture, but drop all inner effort and ego. Don’t try to be dead or to hold the pose; simply feel the body as already dead and irrelevant. Be indifferent to urges (itch, sneeze); soften the specific area and let sensations pass. Immobility outside, surrender inside.
Keep your body still exactly where it stopped, and inside just let go—feel like a dead body and ignore urges by relaxing the spot.
Why this matters practically
- Prevents tension and preserves the energetic momentum built in earlier steps.
- Trains non-reactivity, reducing ego-control and anxiety in daily life.
- Deepens inner stillness, making meditation breakthroughs more likely.
- Trains non-reactivity, reducing ego-control and anxiety in daily life.
- Deepens inner stillness, making meditation breakthroughs more likely.
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