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What is the mystery of the eight crookednesses of Ashtavakra?

Truth is already our nature; the question of "how" is irrelevant, for even in crookedness, the Self remains untouched.

— Osho
According to Osho, Ashtavakra’s eight crookednesses symbolize a curse deforming Patanjali’s eight limbs of yoga, declaring that neither scripture nor sadhana yields truth. Even if body and mind are twisted, the Self stays untouched—like space in a crooked pot. The real mystery: truth is already our nature, so the question “how” is irrelevant.

No matter how your body or mind seems, the real you is like open space—already fine without doing anything.