How to balance motivated action with causeless, unmotivated action?
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"Awaken to the taste of desireless action, where joy resides in the doing, and let your work become a play of service to the divine."
According to Osho, there is nothing to balance: motivated and unmotivated action cannot be mixed. Awaken the “taste” of desireless action—joy in the doing, not the fruit—and ordinary work continues, but as play, service, and dedication to the divine. With this vision, exploitation ends, relationships become friendship, and even businesses turn into communes; motivation falls away naturally.
Don’t try to juggle results-chasing with selfless action; discover joy in the doing, and the urge to chase results drops while life and work flow more lovingly.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces stress by shifting attention from outcomes to present-moment doing.
- Turns work into play/service, deepening ethics and relationships.
- Fosters cooperative, non-exploitative environments instead of rigid hierarchies.
- Turns work into play/service, deepening ethics and relationships.
- Fosters cooperative, non-exploitative environments instead of rigid hierarchies.
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