What happens to my sense of self over time in spiritual growth?
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outcome
"As you grow spiritually, the self you have constructed from knowledge dissolves, revealing a silent presence that expresses itself through gratitude, tears, song, and dance."
According to Osho, as spiritual growth deepens your self built from information thins: the urge to know yields to innocence and not-knowing, the proud knower (even of "I don't know") dissolves, and finally the separate "I" disappears in oneness. What remains is silent presence—gratitude, tears, song, dance—expressing the inexpressible beyond mind and words.
Over time, the busy 'me' that needs answers softens until it melts into a quiet, happy being-with-everything.
Why this matters practically
- Lowers the need to be right, easing conflict and anxiety.
- Encourages meditation and humility, opening space for silence and insight.
- Helps you meet life and death with gratitude rather than fear.
- Encourages meditation and humility, opening space for silence and insight.
- Helps you meet life and death with gratitude rather than fear.
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