How should a seeker decide what meditative practice is right for him?
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"Choose your meditative practice based on your inner state; if understanding brings silence, no method is needed, but if your mind is restless, let any effective technique dissolve your dilemma while you remain aware of the witnessing consciousness as your true goal."
According to Osho, choose practice by your inner state: if mere understanding awakens witnessing and silence, no method is needed; if the mind is split, restless, or undecided, take up meditation—any effective method—and use it to dissolve dilemma. Be honest, drop egoic pretence, and wherever you act, remember the witnessing consciousness, not the technique, is the goal.
Pick what truly helps: if clear seeing makes you quiet, just watch; if you’re still restless, admit it and meditate with any method that returns you to the silent watcher.
Why this matters practically
- Matches practice to your real state, avoiding confusion and spiritual bypassing.
- Prevents ego from rejecting needed work; keeps focus on witnessing, not rituals.
- Offers a clear test: growing silence and unity show the approach is right.
- Prevents ego from rejecting needed work; keeps focus on witnessing, not rituals.
- Offers a clear test: growing silence and unity show the approach is right.
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