What is the relationship between individual responsibility and the laws of the Vast?
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"Either you carry the weight of your ego alone, or you surrender to the Vast and let it bear the burden of existence with you."
According to Osho, responsibility corresponds to your sense of being the doer: cling to ego and you alone are liable; dissolve in the Vast and the Whole acts—and bears all responsibility. The law of the Vast is uncompromising: you cannot divide the load. Either carry everything yourself, with its sorrow, or surrender totally and let the Vast carry everything, with freedom.
If you say “I’m doing it,” you must own it; if you truly give everything to the Vast, it does it—and owns it.
Why this matters practically
- Stops hypocritical blame-shifting by demanding either full accountability or full surrender.
- Reduces anxiety: choose wholehearted responsibility or release control and rest in trust.
- Guides practice: notice the ego’s claim of doership and decide—own it or drop it completely.
- Reduces anxiety: choose wholehearted responsibility or release control and rest in trust.
- Guides practice: notice the ego’s claim of doership and decide—own it or drop it completely.
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