What happens when one wakes up?
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outcome
"Waking up is the end of the dream, where the known self dissolves and what remains is the indescribable taste of the divine, ever present yet unseen in slumber."
According to Osho, to wake up is for the dream to end: the known self and its opposites—happiness/misery, peace/restlessness, beliefs, scriptures, heaven/hell—vanish. What remains is indescribable, a direct “taste of the divine” beyond language and concepts—Brahman, Buddhahood, whatever you call it. Only awakening reveals it. It’s ever at hand; once awake, you lament having slept so long.
Waking up ends the life-dream of ideas and feelings, and you directly feel a sweet truth that words can’t explain.
Why this matters practically
- Shifts focus from chasing pleasure/avoiding pain to simple awareness.
- Encourages direct experience over beliefs—practice meditation and witnessing.
- Reminds you it’s available now, so don’t postpone inner work.
- Encourages direct experience over beliefs—practice meditation and witnessing.
- Reminds you it’s available now, so don’t postpone inner work.
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