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What is the role of participants in the play of Purusha and Prakriti amidst suffering?

You are not the actor in the drama of life; you are the witness. When you cease to identify with the play, suffering dissolves and the dance continues.

— Osho
According to Osho, suffering arises because you mistake yourself for a participant in Prakriti’s drama; identification and doership (asmita) bind you to alternating pleasure and pain. The remedy is Purusha: witness-consciousness. Act outwardly as an actor, but inwardly remain the seer—non-identifying, non-doer. When the inner participation ceases, the play continues, yet suffering drops.

Live like you’re in a movie—do what’s needed, but remember you’re the watcher, not the character, and the hurt fades.