How does one begin a new spiritual practice after achieving mastery in another?
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"Before the final dissolution, you can choose a new path, but after ultimate knowing, there is no separate 'you' left to begin anything anew."
According to Osho, you can start a new practice only before the final dissolution. If mastery has brought you to nirvana—the threshold where seeker and goal are still two—you may turn back and walk another path, as Ramakrishna did, seeing all rivers reach the ocean. But after ultimate knowing (parinirvana), there’s no returning—no separate ‘you’ remains to begin anything.
You can try a different path until you completely become one with the goal; after that, there’s no separate ‘you’ to start something new.
Why this matters practically
- Clarifies when exploration is skillful: before complete union, you may test other methods.
- Prevents spiritual restlessness after true realization—there is nothing more to do or change.
- Encourages seeing methods as rivers to the same ocean, reducing dogmatism.
- Prevents spiritual restlessness after true realization—there is nothing more to do or change.
- Encourages seeing methods as rivers to the same ocean, reducing dogmatism.
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