What is a contemporary mind?
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definition
"To be truly contemporary is to be free from the mind, embracing the freshness of the present moment in a state of no-mind."
According to Osho, a 'contemporary mind' is a contradiction: mind is always past—memory, repetition, stale knowledge. To be truly contemporary is to be without mind, present herenow in no-mind—fresh, original, spontaneous. In a looser, cultural sense, questions and fashions change with eras, but fundamentally only no-mind is contemporary; mind remains old, mechanical, and secondhand.
There’s no real modern mind; the mind is just old memories, and being truly contemporary means dropping thoughts and being fully present right now.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces anxiety by freeing you from past and future.
- Lets you respond freshly and creatively instead of from conditioning.
- Cultivates clarity and spontaneity through present-moment awareness.
- Lets you respond freshly and creatively instead of from conditioning.
- Cultivates clarity and spontaneity through present-moment awareness.
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