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How does one experience the rasa of devotion, bhakti-rasa?

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"Devotion blossoms when you transcend the identity of body and mind, recognizing yourself as the soul; love is the bridge that transforms sexual energy into the pure essence of bhakti."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, bhakti-rasa arises when your identity shifts from body and mind to soul. Body-identity yields sex; mind-identity yields love; soul-identity flowers as devotion—the radical transmutation of sexual energy, with no falling back. Love is the bridge from sex to devotion. Nurture love and consciously disidentify from body-mind; with this third recognition—'I am the soul'—the current of devotion begins to flow.
See yourself as the soul (not just body or mind), let love mature, and devotion naturally appears.
Why this matters practically
- Transforms raw desire into steady compassion and reverence.
- Reduces sexual craving and emotional instability, bringing inner peace.
- Offers a clear path: move from sex to love, then into soul-centered devotion.
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