Is watching the tendencies a form of repression or suppression?
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"True witnessing is not about getting rid of tendencies, but about observing them with a dispassionate heart, allowing understanding and freedom to arise naturally."
According to Osho, watching tendencies becomes repression when it is done with a hidden agenda to get rid of them—prejudging them as bad and standing as a partisan. True witnessing is dispassionate, neutral, and conclusion-free; you simply see, without deciding beforehand. From such choiceless observation, understanding flowers and freedom from tendencies happens by itself, as a natural consequence, not as a forced outcome.
If you watch your habits just to make them go away, you’re fighting them; instead, look calmly without judging, and they loosen on their own.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces inner conflict by replacing self-condemnation with curious awareness.
- Builds genuine change that arises naturally, not through willpower or suppression.
- Clarifies perception, enabling wiser choices and less suffering.
- Builds genuine change that arises naturally, not through willpower or suppression.
- Clarifies perception, enabling wiser choices and less suffering.
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