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How can the state of surrender be attained?

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"Surrender is not an effort but an insight; when you recognize that the ego's separate center is an illusion, you can place your trust in the Whole and let go of personal doership."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, surrender is attained not by effort but by insight: see that the ego's separate center is false and that existence has one center beyond 'me'. Place your center in the Whole (call it God, Buddha, life) and live as a means to That end. Trust the total movement, relinquish personal doership, and align with the interconnected flow; then surrender flowers naturally.
Realize you are not the boss of life; trust the bigger whole and let it lead.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces anxiety from over-control and constant self-centered striving.
- Cultivates compassion and harmony by feeling part of a larger whole.
- Increases resilience by flowing with what is rather than resisting it.
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