Should we hide or reveal our sorrow?
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"Do not hide or reveal your sorrow; instead, turn your awareness toward it and understand its roots, for in understanding, the wheel of suffering loses its power."
According to Osho, neither hiding nor revealing sorrow helps; instead, turn awareness toward it, inquire into its roots in your own expectations and identification. Stop blaming others and see how you yourself ‘pedal’ the wheel of suffering. With understanding, you withdraw the support that keeps sorrow alive, and it naturally falls away, revealing your intrinsic freedom.
Don’t hide or perform your sadness—look at it honestly, see how your own expectations feed it, and it will loosen and fade.
Why this matters practically
- Shifts you from blaming others to taking empowering responsibility.
- Reduces hurt by exposing the expectations behind your reactions.
- Builds inner freedom so moods depend less on others’ behavior.
- Reduces hurt by exposing the expectations behind your reactions.
- Builds inner freedom so moods depend less on others’ behavior.
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