Why does the soul choose bodies that experience suffering?
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"The unconscious soul is drawn to suffering by its own fixations and beliefs, while the enlightened soul transcends the cycle of rebirth, knowing that every body is a prison."
According to Osho, souls don’t consciously choose suffering; only an enlightened soul is truly free—and it doesn’t re-enter any body, because every body is a prison. Rebirth into painful conditions happens to the unconscious, whose fixations, beliefs, and attractions (e.g., idealizing poverty) magnetize matching wombs and lives. Awareness breaks this mechanical pull; without it, conditioning selects, not freedom.
We don’t pick suffering on purpose—our unexamined habits pick it for us until awareness sets us free.
Why this matters practically
- Question any idealization of pain, poverty, or struggle.
- Meditate to awaken awareness and stop mechanical, conditioned choices.
- Choose from clarity rather than old beliefs to reduce self-created suffering.
- Meditate to awaken awareness and stop mechanical, conditioned choices.
- Choose from clarity rather than old beliefs to reduce self-created suffering.
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