Why does the soul cast off a worn-out body and assume a new one if it does not incline in any direction?
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"The soul is the open sky, untouched and actionless, while bodies come and go like clouds, shaped by the transient dance of karma."
According to Osho, the soul neither chooses nor travels; it is pure, beginningless being—the open sky—within which bodies appear and disappear. 'Casting off' and 'assuming' belong to the transient wave of I-mind and nature’s causal play, not to the soul itself. Like clouds changing in the sky, karmic patterns reshape form, while the witnessing existence remains untouched, actionless, and uninclined.
The soul doesn’t decide to change bodies; nature and the ego’s habits do, while the soul just stays like the sky watching clouds come and go.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces fear of death by recognizing your real self is untouched.
- Helps you disidentify from ego patterns that cause suffering.
- Encourages responsible living, since habits (causes) shape experience.
- Helps you disidentify from ego patterns that cause suffering.
- Encourages responsible living, since habits (causes) shape experience.
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