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Do I have to pass through devotion to become your friend?

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True friendship with a master is a dance of devotion, love, and gratitude, where the heart leads and the mind follows, creating a bond that transcends ordinary definitions.

— Osho
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Core Insight:
According to Osho, you don't bypass devotion to be his friend; true friendship with a master inherently contains devotion, reverence, love and gratitude. It is a spiritual, multidimensional bond beyond ordinary friendship and beyond dictionary meanings. Trust the heart’s felt truth—its tears—not the mind’s definitions. Let the heart be master and the mind its servant, and the relationship naturally includes all that is beautiful.
You don’t choose between friendship and devotion; real friendship with a master already includes devotion, so follow your heart.
Why this matters practically
- Resolves the false choice between friendship and devotion by uniting them.
- Encourages trusting heartfelt experience over mental definitions.
- Guides practice: cultivate love, reverence, gratitude; let the mind serve the heart.
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