Is meditation beyond both devotion and knowledge?
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"Meditation transcends both devotion and knowledge, merging them into pure awareness-love, where the 'I' and 'Thou' dissolve into the oneness of existence."
According to Osho, meditation is the distilled essence and destination of both devotion (love) and knowledge (awareness); it is beyond their dualities. Devotion drops the 'I,' knowledge drops the 'Thou'—meditation drops both, leaving only pure awareness-love, godliness. Thus, any path—bhakti or jnana—matures as meditation, the one reality where two no longer remain.
Like making perfume from flowers, meditation blends love and awareness until both ‘me’ and ‘God’ fade, leaving a quiet, kind knowing.
Why this matters practically
- Choose the path (heart or head) that suits you; both lead to the same inner silence.
- Balance love and awareness in daily life for wiser, kinder actions.
- Dropping ‘I’ and ‘Thou’ reduces ego conflicts, anxiety, and fosters compassion.
- Balance love and awareness in daily life for wiser, kinder actions.
- Dropping ‘I’ and ‘Thou’ reduces ego conflicts, anxiety, and fosters compassion.
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