What is the relationship between emptiness and perfection?
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"Emptiness is not a void to be filled, but a boundless presence that, when recognized as our true nature, blossoms into perfection, embracing all polarities without attachment."
According to Osho, emptiness has two faces: an attained, one-dimensional absence (Buddha as seen by us) and the intrinsic, multidimensional void (the supreme nothing) that needs no negation and overflows as total presence (Krishna). When emptiness is remembered as our nature, it flowers into perfection - spontaneous, all-inclusive, nowhere fixed - able to express every polarity without attachment, like a line drawn and instantly erased on water.
Perfection happens when emptiness is not forced by dropping things, but is your natural state that freely plays as everything without clinging.
Why this matters practically
- Ends harsh self-denial; shifts from suppression to relaxed awareness.
- Brings effortless spontaneity—act fully yet remain unattached.
- Reconciles opposites (silence/action, love/detachment) in daily life.
- Brings effortless spontaneity—act fully yet remain unattached.
- Reconciles opposites (silence/action, love/detachment) in daily life.
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