How can meditation be considered a non-action?
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"Meditation is not something you do; it is the natural state that arises when you cease to obstruct it."
According to Osho, meditation is a non-action because it cannot be produced, seized, or forced; it happens when you stop obstructing it. Like sleep or sunlight entering a room, your role is only to make outer arrangements—quiet, ease, watchfulness—and open the 'door' by removing mental hindrances. There is no technique to ‘do’ meditation; you simply allow it to come.
You don’t do meditation; you clear the clutter and wait, and it comes on its own—like sleep when the lights are off and the bed is ready.
Why this matters practically
- Lowers frustration by shifting from efforting to allowing
- Guides you to create supportive conditions (quiet time/space) instead of chasing methods
- Helps you notice and drop blocks like tension, analysis, and expectations
- Guides you to create supportive conditions (quiet time/space) instead of chasing methods
- Helps you notice and drop blocks like tension, analysis, and expectations
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