Is the search for religion done without cause?
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"The search for religion is born from disappointment, but true realization comes when you drop the search itself and embrace the bliss of causelessness."
According to Osho, the search for religion begins with cause - disappointment with the world and a desire for meaning. This motivated seeking is necessary to start, yet final realization happens only when even the search, its cravings and goals, fall away. In utter causelessness - when nothing is being pursued - bliss arises on its own; the seeker arrives by dropping seeking.
You start looking for God because you want something, but you find God only when you stop wanting and even stop looking.
Why this matters practically
- Begin sincerely, but notice how craving for results creates tension and suffering.
- Use awareness/meditation to let the urge to attain naturally dissolve.
- Avoid two traps: never starting, or clinging to seeking forever.
- Use awareness/meditation to let the urge to attain naturally dissolve.
- Avoid two traps: never starting, or clinging to seeking forever.
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