According to Osho, the ‘dead’ past rules desire because mind clings to the known; it repeats old grooves mechanically, making craving circular and unconscious. Desire feeds on sleep; awareness breaks the loop. Freedom comes by becoming totally aware and disidentifying from the mind’s repetitions; in desirelessness the unknown—real life, truth, God—reveals itself, not by seeking but by open, present witnessing.
We keep wanting the same familiar things, but if we wake up and just watch our mind without chasing, the old loop stops and something truly new appears.