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Can anyone avoid conditioning?

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"To uncondition yourself, meet life with the heart, for in the silence between two nothingnesses, the river of truth flows."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, avoiding conditioning is possible if you stop listening through the mind—the suggestible, knowledge-gathering faculty—and meet teachings (and life) with the heart: trust, presence, and inner emptiness. Treat the master like a poet, not a philosopher; then a wordless communion happens that cleans rather than imprints—an unconditioning shower. Leave the mind at the gate; between two nothingnesses, the river of truth flows.
You escape conditioning by not collecting ideas with your head and instead listening with love and emptiness, like enjoying a sunrise that leaves no trace.
Why this matters practically
- Practice heartful, present listening instead of argumentative idea-collecting.
- Pause before absorbing opinions; breathe, feel, and sense directly.
- Relate to teachers and life as living experiences, not ideologies, to decondition naturally.
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