How useful is sadhana and to what extent?
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"Sadhana is a device for preparation, a means to purify and center yourself, but when effortless awareness dawns, it must be joyfully dropped to embrace the spontaneity of being."
According to Osho, sadhana is a device, not destiny. It is invaluable as preparation—purifying habits, centering attention, and opening the heart—but must be dropped when effortless awareness dawns. Practice totally, playfully, in ordinary life; avoid egoistic achievement. The right extent is: until spontaneity, silence, and love arise by themselves—then relax into being.
Do practices until they become effortless awareness, then stop striving and just be.
Why this matters practically
- Prevents clinging to techniques and keeps attention on awakening, not achievement.
- Clarifies duration: practice until ease and naturalness appear.
- Helps turn daily routines into meditation, lowering stress and reactivity.
- Clarifies duration: practice until ease and naturalness appear.
- Helps turn daily routines into meditation, lowering stress and reactivity.
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