What is the difference between the consciousness described by quantum physicists and the consciousness you describe?
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"Consciousness is not a by-product of the material; it is the very essence of existence, knowable only through the depths of inner exploration."
According to Osho, quantum physicists treat consciousness as an objective hypothesis—a by‑product inferred from behavior and experiments—because they study it from outside. He insists consciousness is irreducible subjectivity, knowable only by turning inward through meditation. Direct experience reveals it as an independent, indivisible, nonmaterial reality, not produced by biology, distinct from body and mind, participating in the eternal. Hence object‑oriented science cannot grasp what a subject‑oriented 'science of interiority' can.
Scientists try to examine consciousness like a thing, but Osho says it’s your own inner awareness, knowable only by looking within, beyond brain and body.
Why this matters practically
- Encourages meditation to directly sense awareness beyond thoughts and body.
- Loosens fear and anxiety by reducing identification with brain/body processes.
- Shifts reliance from external theories to firsthand inner knowing.
- Loosens fear and anxiety by reducing identification with brain/body processes.
- Shifts reliance from external theories to firsthand inner knowing.
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