How does responsibility fit together with choicelessness?
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"True responsibility arises not from choice, but from a state of choiceless awareness; when you live as a witness, action flows spontaneously from clarity, rendering duties unnecessary."
According to Osho, responsibility doesn’t come from deliberate choosing but from choiceless awareness. Live as a witness in let-go; then action arises spontaneously from clarity, not from moral rules or profit-loss calculations. In that state, duties and "responsibilities" are unnecessary, yet you do the right thing at the right moment - the truest responsibility - because awareness has eyes, while choice belongs to the blind mind.
Be so aware that you don’t have to choose or follow rules; you just see what’s needed and do it naturally, like walking through a door instead of into a wall.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces anxiety and overthinking; decisions become clear and effortless.
- Prevents harmful, duty-driven "good deeds" by fostering sensitivity to what is actually needed.
- Cultivates authentic, joyful action and inner independence.
- Prevents harmful, duty-driven "good deeds" by fostering sensitivity to what is actually needed.
- Cultivates authentic, joyful action and inner independence.
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