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What is meant by the explosion?

The explosion is the moment when the mind falls silent, breath disappears, and you transcend the familiar, entering the realm of nameless being.

— Osho
According to Osho, the 'explosion' is the pivotal inner event when the mind falls utterly silent, breath itself disappears, and all capacity to measure or reckon ceases. What remains is ineffable, like a sudden death of the familiar sense of life. Breath is the last station; beyond it, nameless being bursts open.

It’s when thinking stops and even breath seems to vanish, feeling like dying, but a silent, indescribable presence remains.