According to Osho, a setback at the very threshold is not minor but the greatest lapse: it exposes that your 'awareness' was borrowed—often from a guru’s momentum—and collapses when left alone. At the final door only the solitary can enter; if awareness was not self-born, sleep seizes you and you miss. Authentic seekers become more alert and surge forward; dependency stalls and defeats.
If you stumble right at the door, it means your wakefulness wasn’t yours; without the guru’s push you doze off and miss, so you must stand awake on your own.