Is it true that a person becomes what they constantly strive for and imagine with total absorption?
Synthesized from Source
definition
"You do not become what you strive for; you simply uncover what you already are beneath the layers of imagination and ego."
According to Osho, not at all: the idea that you become what you ceaselessly strive for and imagine is self-hypnosis, not awakening. There is nothing to become; your essence already is, like the Kohinoor beneath mud. Drop imaginative overlays, refine awareness, and cut away the nonessential; then reality reveals itself. Imagination paints spectacles; removing them restores clear seeing—value grows as egoic weight falls.
No—pretending very hard won’t make you that; you’re already a jewel, just clean the dust from your eyes instead of daydreaming.
Why this matters practically
- Replace visualization with alert witnessing/meditation to see what is.
- Question beliefs and projections; drop “spectacles” to meet life as it is.
- Subtract the false (ego, habits) instead of chasing new identities.
- Question beliefs and projections; drop “spectacles” to meet life as it is.
- Subtract the false (ego, habits) instead of chasing new identities.
AI Confidence Score: 96%
Read Original Discourse →