According to Osho, becoming absorbed in work narrows consciousness to a single object; you become oblivious to everything else and even forget yourself. This is “absorption in the other”—it yields efficiency and pleasure but not awareness. True mastery is to act with total awareness, remaining centered in oneself while engaging, which brings skillfulness and inner bliss.
When you get totally into a task, you block out everything—even yourself—so the real art is to work while staying aware and centered.