How did our minds gain control and deceive us into believing we were confined?
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"You are not the prison of your mind; you are the vastness that transcends its illusions."
According to Osho, the mind is only a thought-wave that penetrates all walls, enters the ‘bottle’ of objects and desires, and gets attached there. Because you identify with the mind, its attachments become your own, creating the illusion that ‘you’ are trapped. As radio waves need a receiver, identification amplifies subtle thoughts into a loud, convincing prison—though your being was never inside.
Your mind grabs onto things and you think that’s you, so you feel stuck, even though who you really are was never trapped.
Why this matters practically
- Practice witnessing: notice thoughts as passing waves, not as you.
- Loosen attachments to objects, roles, and opinions to dissolve the felt prison.
- Use mindfulness pauses to ‘turn down the receiver’ and regain inner freedom.
- Loosen attachments to objects, roles, and opinions to dissolve the felt prison.
- Use mindfulness pauses to ‘turn down the receiver’ and regain inner freedom.
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