Will disciples attain enlightenment through sudden realization or gradual growth?
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outcome
"Enlightenment is not an attainment; it is a recognition of what you already are, here and now. Drop the desire to become, and simply abide in your present beingness."
According to Osho, enlightenment is neither sudden nor gradual because it is not an attainment at all. The very desire to 'attain' is greed and creates time and becoming. You are already that which you seek; spirituality is recognition, a remembrance, here-now. Drop the idea of becoming—see greed’s misery and it falls by itself—and abide in your present beingness.
You don’t reach enlightenment step by step or in a flash—you stop chasing it and notice you already are it right now.
Why this matters practically
- Frees you from anxious striving and future fixation.
- Grounds you in present-moment awareness and self-acceptance.
- Protects you from manipulative “paths” selling spiritual attainment.
- Grounds you in present-moment awareness and self-acceptance.
- Protects you from manipulative “paths” selling spiritual attainment.
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