What could be the reason for the habit of turning back to look at the past?
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outcome
"Until you see the past as futile for yourself, you will continue to treasure it like a hidden jewel, guarding yesterday's garbage instead of embracing the freedom of the present."
According to Osho, the habit of looking back persists because, despite what you've heard from the awakened, you haven't directly seen the past as futile; you still prize it like a hidden jewel. Borrowed belief creates inner conflict; real seeing and dropping happen together. Until insight becomes your own experience (not imitation), the mind keeps guarding yesterday's garbage.
You keep checking the past because you still think there's something valuable there; once you truly see it's just trash, you'll stop looking.
Why this matters practically
- Practice honest self-checks about what you still cherish in the past.
- Replace borrowed beliefs with firsthand seeing through mindfulness or meditation.
- Reduce rumination by letting genuine insight trigger natural letting go.
- Replace borrowed beliefs with firsthand seeing through mindfulness or meditation.
- Reduce rumination by letting genuine insight trigger natural letting go.
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