What is the awareness experienced by a person committing suicide during the process of dying?
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definition
"In the act of suicide, one is not truly ready to die; it is a flight from life’s demands, a momentary escape that lacks the meditative presence needed to embrace the soul's journey."
According to Osho, the suicide’s inner state is not clear, witnessing awareness but a compulsive, scattered, escapist momentum. He feels pushed by circumstances, gathers a momentary, negative will, and flees life’s demands; there is no meditative presence or readiness to die. Such dying lacks conscious resolve and diminishes the soul, unlike slow, vowed deaths used as spiritual practice.
When someone kills themselves, they aren’t calmly aware; they’re being pushed by pain and panic, not choosing with a clear, steady mind.
Why this matters practically
- Helps recognize impulsive despair and create pauses that can save a life.
- Cultivates resolve and awareness, facing life’s trials instead of fleeing.
- Distinguishes unconscious escape from conscious practices that build inner strength.
- Cultivates resolve and awareness, facing life’s trials instead of fleeing.
- Distinguishes unconscious escape from conscious practices that build inner strength.
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