According to Osho, when you are not aware of the present, you function like the trick horse—responding to subtle cues, associations and conditioning rather than reality itself. You become mechanical, manipulated by handlers called mind, society, and habit; symbols replace seeing, reaction replaces understanding. Unawareness breaks contact with the living moment, so your life is a set of trained responses, not authentic intelligence.
Like a horse doing tricks because someone secretly presses its back, you run on autopilot from past training instead of truly choosing now.