According to Osho, fear itself never awakens; it is your projection onto the master’s compassionate shock. The Zen stick is a loving jolt to shatter sleep and ego, but the sleepy mind interprets it as threat. When inner fear dissolves and you are receptive now—not postponing—the same blow becomes a shower of blossoms, and awareness flowers.
Fear doesn’t wake you up; a loving shake that seems scary helps you wake now if you stop resisting.