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What happens when one tries to get out of the well?

Liberation is not about escaping the well; it is the recognition that the water within is already the vast ocean of oneness.

— Osho
According to Osho, trying to "get out of the well" is misguided: the well’s water is already the ocean, joined from below. Liberation comes by recognizing this oneness, not by escaping somewhere. Make effort only to open the door—drop ego and laziness—but know realization arrives as grace. When recognition dawns, the well dissolves into ocean; no going, only seeing.

Don’t try to escape—notice you already belong to the ocean, and just open the door for grace to enter.

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