Are there two opposite wheels by which liberation is made?
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"Liberation is not the opposite of the world; it is the absence of all wheels, where craving ceases and your true nature is finally recognized."
According to Osho, liberation is not born of two opposite wheels; duality is the world, non-duality is freedom. The world moves on the paired wheels of attachment and aversion; liberation is arrival, rest, and the silent midpoint—no wheels at all. It is not the opposite of the world but its absence: when craving ceases and the journey ends, your already-present nature is recognized.
Freedom isn’t made by two opposite forces; it happens when you stop clinging and rejecting, everything becomes still, and you realize you were free inside all along.
Why this matters practically
- Breaks the stress of swinging between like and dislike by practicing equanimity and the center.
- Shifts life from restless striving to restful awareness, easing craving and anxiety.
- Encourages non-opposition to life, letting natural detachment arise without repression.
- Shifts life from restless striving to restful awareness, easing craving and anxiety.
- Encourages non-opposition to life, letting natural detachment arise without repression.
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