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Is there a relationship between traveling at the speed of light and enlightenment?

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"In the journey of enlightenment, as the ego dissolves into pure awareness, we become light, just as matter vanishes when it travels at the speed of light. Both paths lead to the same radiant peak of existence."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, there is a parallel: at light-speed matter burns and disappears; in enlightenment, through awareness, the ego dissolves and one ‘becomes light.’ Both culminate in the same metaphorical peak—disappearance into light—reached from different paths: science seeks motion at light-speed; religion dissolves identity into pure awareness, which mystics describe as thousands of inner suns.
Both are like turning into light: going super-fast would burn everything away, and waking up inside makes the ‘me’ melt into bright awareness.
Why this matters practically
- Points to enlightenment as ego-dissolution, not a supernatural power.
- Directs effort toward awareness practice instead of technological shortcuts.
- Uses the light metaphor to guide inner meditation (quietness revealing inner radiance).
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