What is the relationship between death and Eastern psychology?
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"To understand life, one must first embrace death; only by facing the end can we transcend fear and discover the essence of our being."
According to Osho, Eastern psychology centers on facing death directly: whatever is, must be looked into. Because life inexorably moves toward death, avoiding death means avoiding life. By consciously encountering death - especially through deep meditation, a voluntary inner 'death' - one discovers the witnessing essence beyond death and thereby transcends fear. Thus, understanding death becomes the key to understanding life and attaining inner freedom.
Don’t hide from death; if you look at it calmly—like in meditation—you find a quiet part of you that doesn’t die, and living gets easier.
Why this matters practically
- Lowers fear and anxiety about loss, aging, and change.
- Helps you live more fully now, with clearer priorities and less avoidance.
- Guides meditation as a way to ‘practice’ dying and discover the fearless witness within.
- Helps you live more fully now, with clearer priorities and less avoidance.
- Guides meditation as a way to ‘practice’ dying and discover the fearless witness within.
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