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What does it mean when insights occur during mundane activities?

Awakening can happen in the most ordinary moments; when the mind is relaxed and unoccupied, even the mundane becomes a doorway to the divine.

— Osho
According to Osho, insights can erupt in the most ordinary moments—there’s nothing wrong with satori arriving during mundane acts. Awakening needs no special posture, place, or ritual; when the mind is unoccupied and relaxed—even on a toilet—the gap opens. Many great people awakened so; drop embarrassment and honor the sacred in the everyday, as with Martin Buber’s first satori.

Big “aha” moments can show up anytime—even on the toilet—so don’t worry; they happen when you’re relaxed and not trying.

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