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Can one reach a state of realization in total ecstasy?

Realization cannot be found in total ecstasy; ecstasy is the flowering of realization, arising when the ego's seeking collapses and the mind surrenders to the bliss of being.

— Osho
According to Osho, realization cannot be reached in total ecstasy — total ecstasy happens only after realization. Ecstasy flowers when total frustration with the mind’s hopes collapses ego-driven seeking; the mind drops, energy turns inward (“instasy”), and awakening occurs. Then bliss, beyond happiness and unhappiness, naturally abides; the goal is already left behind, and there’s nowhere further to go.

You don’t get enlightened by joy; when you stop hoping the mind can make you happy and turn inward, the mind falls away and true, beyond-happy peace appears.

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