What is the gap between death and rebirth?
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"The gap between death and rebirth is a silent witness of pure awareness, a conscious vacuum where nothing happens and time dissolves into emptiness."
According to Osho, the gap between death and rebirth is a bodiless interval of pure, empty awareness—a conscious vacuum where nothing happens. 'Happening' requires embodiment; without a body there is only witnessing. One may remain fully conscious in this no-event space until a new embodiment arises, but time there is mere emptiness, not experience.
It’s like being awake in a totally empty, silent space with nothing to do until you get a body again.
Why this matters practically
- Eases fear of death by seeing it as peaceful awareness, not torment.
- Encourages meditation to befriend emptiness and pure witnessing now.
- Motivates wise use of embodied life, where action and growth actually happen.
- Encourages meditation to befriend emptiness and pure witnessing now.
- Motivates wise use of embodied life, where action and growth actually happen.
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