What is unawareness?
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"Unawareness is the sleep of the mind, where you react like a robot to the stimuli of life; true awareness begins the moment you create a gap between stimulus and response."
According to Osho, unawareness is the all-pervading, sleep-like, mechanical state you are born and live in—so close you don’t notice it—where you react like a robot to buttons pushed by life (anger, lust, jealousy). It’s living without alert witnessing. Recognizing it requires creating a gap—a small inner distance—through watchfulness, as in pausing before reacting; this begins the shift toward awareness.
It’s like moving through the day half-asleep, doing things automatically, and you start to wake up when you pause and watch yourself.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces knee-jerk reactions and regret.
- Builds self-mastery by inserting a pause before acting.
- Opens the door to meditation and more conscious living.
- Builds self-mastery by inserting a pause before acting.
- Opens the door to meditation and more conscious living.
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