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Are rasa, virasa, and sva-rasa merely waystations on the journey of awakening?

Rasa is not a waystation on the journey of awakening; it is the destination itself, where self and other dissolve into the freedom of nondual existence.

— Osho
According to Osho, rasa is not a waystation but the very destination—Raso vai sah. The real waystations are para-rasa (pleasure from the other), which ends in boredom; virasa (revulsion/dispassion), a negative reaction; and sva-rasa (relishing one’s own being), freer yet incomplete. When even the sense of I dissolves, self and other vanish; only nondual Rasa remains—utter freedom (swacchanda), nirvana.

Rasa is the final oneness; tasting others, getting bored and dispassionate, and even enjoying your own self are just steps—keep going until even the I disappears.

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