Core Insight:
According to Osho, the mind originates when the inherently blissful, attributeless consciousness freely chooses to veil itself—becoming dormant, ‘asleep,’ or unmanifest. This self-chosen forgetfulness gathers the clouds of duality and impurity upon the inner sky, creating the restless, separate mind. Mind is thus not an external imposition but a byproduct of consciousness’s absolute freedom; awakening reverses it.