What is the experience of bliss in relation to the Self?
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"Bliss is the natural fragrance of the Self, arising when consciousness witnesses without identification, allowing pain to be known but suffering to dissolve."
According to Osho, bliss is the natural fragrance of the Self as pure awareness. When consciousness remains a witness—aware of sensations without tying them to ‘I’—pain may be known but suffering does not arise. The Self is untouched; only identification creates misery. In non-identification, awareness is clear, undisturbed, and this unperturbed clarity is experienced as bliss.
Bliss comes when you notice what happens without calling it ‘me,’ so nothing inside gets disturbed.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces suffering by not taking sensations and thoughts personally.
- Cultivates steady inner peace even when pain or stress appears.
- Guides meditation: stay as the witness rather than the story of “me.”
- Cultivates steady inner peace even when pain or stress appears.
- Guides meditation: stay as the witness rather than the story of “me.”
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