How did mankind originally lose awareness of its Buddha nature?
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"The moment you accept authority and borrowed knowledge, you lose touch with your Buddha nature; only through direct seeing can you reclaim your original awareness."
According to Osho, humanity forgot its Buddha nature not in a distant past but whenever authority, prohibition, and borrowed knowledge seduced the mind into imagination. Like Adam and Eve, being told don't created obsession, conditioning, and second-hand truths. This veiled our innate clarity; only direct seeing - your own knowing - restores the original, unconditioned awareness.
We lost our natural innocence when we followed rules and ideas instead of directly seeing for ourselves.
Why this matters practically
- Notice how 'don't' triggers craving; pause and watch rather than obeying or rebelling.
- Swap second-hand beliefs for firsthand experience; test reality directly.
- Practice moment-to-moment witnessing to dissolve conditioning and reveal natural clarity.
- Swap second-hand beliefs for firsthand experience; test reality directly.
- Practice moment-to-moment witnessing to dissolve conditioning and reveal natural clarity.
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