What happens when I feel, 'I am dissolving'?
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outcome
"When you feel 'I am dissolving,' it is the ego that dissolves, revealing that the 'I' is merely a fleeting feeling, not an objective reality."
According to Osho, when you feel 'I am dissolving,' the ego actually dissolves, because the sense of 'I' is only a feeling—not an objective reality. Unlike a house, which won’t vanish by feeling, the 'I' can be erased by its opposite feeling. Hence "false" spiritual methods (samadhi, imaginative cutting) effectively undo the "false" illness of ego.
Because the 'me' is just a feeling, if you truly feel it melting, it melts—unlike real things outside you.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you loosen anxiety and pride by sensing their emptiness and choosing the opposite feeling (surrender, spaciousness).
- Encourages playful, imaginal meditation to let go of rigid identities.
- Prevents over-treating imagined problems; use skillful means proportional to the illusion.
- Encourages playful, imaginal meditation to let go of rigid identities.
- Prevents over-treating imagined problems; use skillful means proportional to the illusion.
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