How does the modernized original mind become identified with past knowledge and experience?
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"The original mind is pure awareness, but as we cling to names and roles, we become lost in the dust of identity, forgetting our true nature. Only through the frustration of these labels can we return to the simplicity of our being."
According to Osho, the original mind is pure, formless awareness; it gets identified with past knowledge through the utilitarian need for name and form in society. To function, we adopt labels—'I,' roles, memories—which accumulate as dust and become a verbal, egoic identity. This practical convenience masks our buddha-nature until frustration with labels turns us back toward naked, present awareness through meditation.
We wear names, roles, and memories to get by, but then forget they’re just labels and mistake them for who we are.
Why this matters practically
- Notice when you’re speaking from labels and past stories; pause and return to simple present awareness.
- Use meditation to loosen identification with 'I,' roles, and memories.
- Reduce suffering by treating names and experiences as tools, not your true self.
- Use meditation to loosen identification with 'I,' roles, and memories.
- Reduce suffering by treating names and experiences as tools, not your true self.
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