What happens when I enter a trance-like state during meditation?
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outcome
"In the trance of meditation, you awaken to a deeper reality where the senses fade, and the unstruck sound of existence reveals the truth beyond thought. Trust the process, for in surrendering, you merge with the formless essence of being."
According to Osho, what you call a trance isn’t sleep but yoga-nidra—a rapturous inward absorption where hearing and seeing pause though you’re awake. This is the right direction: first, the teacher’s words and form fade; then, if you trust and continue, the anahata nada—the unstruck Omkar—is “heard,” and the formless is “seen.” Courage and non-interference allow this merging, revealing truth beyond senses and thought.
You get so quietly absorbed that your senses go silent, and a deeper inner “sound” and presence can show up.
Why this matters practically
- Recognize this drowsy-feeling absorption as progress, not a mistake.
- Encourages trust and courage to stay still so the unstruck inner sound and formless truth can emerge.
- Shifts reliance from senses and thoughts to direct inner knowing, deepening meditation.
- Encourages trust and courage to stay still so the unstruck inner sound and formless truth can emerge.
- Shifts reliance from senses and thoughts to direct inner knowing, deepening meditation.
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