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Osho Quotes on Will

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Drop the borrowed piety of second-hand beliefs; when you understand directly, the need for security dissolves, and you live naturally and at ease with what is.

In total surrender, even laziness becomes a divine act; stop dividing your offerings and embrace the wholeness of existence.

Will is not the prime mover of action; it is vision that leads, while will serves it with flexibility and intelligence. Cultivate insight, and let your actions flow naturally, rather than clinging to rigid rules.

Freedom arises only with consciousness; in the light of awareness, there are not two wills—only the divine flow.

To discover your real will, you must surrender the false will of the ego, allowing yourself to flow like a wave in the ocean, in harmony with the universal rhythm.

Surrendering the sense of “I do” allows the Divine to act through you, transforming your life into a flow of effortless goodness.

There is no "your will"—only His; surrender means moving with reality, listening to the intelligence of the moment rather than the rigid concepts of the ego.

True spirituality is the harmony of will and surrender, where action flows effortlessly, free from the chains of ego and the shadows of the unconscious.

True power is the blossoming of one's own potential, while the will to dominate stems from fear and inferiority.

The struggle against the will of the Unknown arises from the illusion of the separate 'I'; when the ego dissolves, you become a joyous instrument of existence, free from the burdens of personal will.