Is it true that Osho is really Italian?
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definition
"To touch the extremes of folly is to awaken the longing for the source, for only in the depths of experience can one leap beyond the mind into the silence of meditation."
According to Osho, he isn’t Italian now—though he jokes he must have been in a past life. He uses “being Italian” as a playful metaphor for going below the mind, the opposite pole of enlightenment. Touching such extremes awakens the longing to return to the source. Experiencing folly fully can catalyze the jump beyond mind into meditation and awakening.
No—he jokes about it to show that going very off-track can make you want to come back to peace.
Why this matters practically
- Don’t fear mistakes or intensity; use them to ignite genuine longing for inner peace.
- See humor in your ego and extremes; it loosens the mind and invites meditation.
- Transform every high or low into fuel for awakening instead of spiritually bypassing life.
- See humor in your ego and extremes; it loosens the mind and invites meditation.
- Transform every high or low into fuel for awakening instead of spiritually bypassing life.
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