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What is the relationship between witnessing and experiencing pain?

When you witness pain without identification, it transforms from suffering into a transparent experience, freeing you even amidst the challenges of the body-mind.

— Osho
According to Osho, when one abides in pure emptiness/witnessing, pain may occur but it is not "mine"; suffering arises only from identification. In truth there was no struggle; hardships came from sharing love, yet he enjoyed them. Witnessing turns agony into a transparent experience, freeing you even while the body-mind endures challenges.

Watch pain like a passing cloud—let it be there, but don’t call it yours, and it won’t become suffering.

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