According to Osho, we bind ourselves whenever we meet the present through the curtain of memory. Memory has utility, but as a lens it colors reality and forces repetitive reactions, chaining us to yesterday’s anger, images and identities. Freedom begins by seeing freshly, directly—meeting each moment and person anew—so response replaces reaction, the past releases its grip, and suffering doesn’t accumulate.
We trap ourselves by judging today with old memories; if we look at what’s happening right now, we stop adding new chains.