Is there still an individual body?
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"In the ultimate realization, the individual self dissolves into the vastness of Brahman, revealing that what you thought was 'you' was merely a fleeting illusion."
According to Osho, at the fifth, ineffable stage beyond meditation, the sense of an individual body/self disappears - though to others it may still appear. Everything you took as 'me' explodes: memory, ego, personality, even soul. What remains is Brahman - cosmic consciousness, existence itself - beyond method, guidance, or verbal explanation; either it happens or it doesn't.
At full awakening, the separate 'me in this body' is gone, like a wave realizing it's the whole ocean, even if others still see a person.
Why this matters practically
- Loosen identification with body and ego to reduce fear, pride, and hurt.
- Practice silent awareness without clinging to methods or teachers.
- Live lightly and compassionately, seeing yourself in everyone.
- Practice silent awareness without clinging to methods or teachers.
- Live lightly and compassionately, seeing yourself in everyone.
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