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What does the statement 'the observer is the observed' mean?

The observer and the observed are not separate; in true awareness, there is only the act of witnessing, where the mind's divisions dissolve into the unity of existence.

— Osho
According to Osho, 'the observer is the observed' names a mystical, non-dual realization beyond intellect’s subject–object split. In meditative awareness, the seer and the seen are not two; there is only witnessing, and the mind’s divisive movement subsides. This insight belongs to the unknowable mystery: it cannot be grasped by logic, only lived, transforming perception from analytical separation to direct, undivided presence.

When you become deeply aware, the one who looks and what is looked at are the same happening—just seeing.

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