According to Osho, belief is auto-suggestion—a repeated mental imprint that creates projections and consoling illusions (mantras, visions, deities, even 'I am the Absolute'). Awareness or inner nature appears only when all beliefs and thoughts drop. It is direct, wordless realization—one, not two—where dialogue ceases and a silent resonance remains. Inner nature cannot be manufactured; it is discovered by ending belief.
Belief is pretending by repeating ideas; awareness is what remains when you stop pretending and rest in quiet, clear being.