What happens when I feel fear after initiation?
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"When fear intensifies after initiation, it is not a setback but the true beginning, stripping away your identification with the mortal body and revealing the deathless within."
According to Osho, after initiation your fear often intensifies—not as a setback but as the true beginning. A real master strips borrowed consolations, exposing your identification with the mortal body. As fear peaks and you feel nothing but trembling, the false falls away; in that crisis the identification breaks and your attention turns to the deathless within, birthing real fearlessness (abhaya).
Feeling more scared after starting is normal; the make-believe safety is being removed so you can discover the part of you that can’t die.
Why this matters practically
- See rising fear as progress, not failure; stay present with it.
- Stop seeking outside reassurance; turn inward through awareness and meditation.
- Choose real transformation over borrowed bravery or comforting beliefs.
- Stop seeking outside reassurance; turn inward through awareness and meditation.
- Choose real transformation over borrowed bravery or comforting beliefs.
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