Does one need practice to attain the divine?
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"The divine is already within you, waiting to be revealed; it is the dissolution of the ego that requires your effort, not the attainment of something outside yourself."
According to Osho, the divine needs no practice—it is already here like an underground stream; what needs effort is dissolving the ego, the earthen wall in between. Meditation, prayer, witnessing, yoga, tantra, bhakti are tools to remove this barrier, not to manufacture divinity. Mechanical practice breeds cleverness, not wisdom; right awareness—and sometimes a master’s shock—opens the clear spring.
You don’t practice to make God appear; you practice to clear away your ego so the God that’s already there can be felt.
Why this matters practically
- Aim your effort at loosening ego and habits, not collecting techniques.
- Persist through dry and muddy phases; clarity comes after.
- Seek guidance that disrupts routine and points to direct awareness.
- Persist through dry and muddy phases; clarity comes after.
- Seek guidance that disrupts routine and points to direct awareness.
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