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Osho Quotes on Desires

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Desires are dreams; when you see them as such, they dissolve on their own, freeing you from the conflict of suppression. Honor your body's real needs, but let go of the mind's fantasies.

The goal of life is not to fulfill desires but to transcend them, allowing the heart to become a still lake where the ultimate mystery reflects within.

Desire is the divine current of life; it becomes unhealthy only when repressed and condemned, twisting into anxiety and perversion.

The three fundamental desires—wealth, pleasure, and power—are merely masks for our self-ignorance; true fulfillment arises only through self-knowledge, which dissolves the illusion of these pursuits.

True help awakens a divine discontent that leads to inner revolution, guiding you beyond the futility of desire into the stillness of meditation.