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Am I missing the point of experiencing bliss?

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"Real bliss is not a fleeting high but an existential state that remains undisturbed by doubt; embrace your unease, for it is the beginning of true intelligence and the path to lasting sweetness."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, yes—you mistook projected, honeymoon-like bliss for truth. Real bliss is existential and cannot be disturbed; if doubts arise, the 'bliss' was a hallucination. Welcome the current unease: questioning and doubt mark the dawn of intelligence and the true pilgrimage. Reject drug-induced or mind-made highs, grow courageous and inwardly alone, and let bitter truth ripen into lasting sweetness.
If your happiness vanishes when doubts come, it wasn’t real; be glad, because your questions mean you’re waking up and moving toward the kind of truth that stays.
Why this matters practically
- Stops chasing fleeting highs; redirects energy to real transformation.
- Reframes doubt as a tool for awakening, not a setback.
- Builds inner courage and aloneness needed for truth.
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