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According to Osho, desire is born from existential anxiety—the inner tension of being “in-between” animal innocence and Buddha-consciousness. Feeling split and uncertain, we project goals and cravings to escape the unease; thus desire doesn’t cause anxiety, anxiety creates desire. When awareness ripens and the fever of becoming subsides, anxiety drops—and with it compulsive desire—revealing the quiet bliss of simply being.
When you feel unsettled inside, your mind starts wanting things so it doesn’t have to feel that uneasiness.