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What is the significance of deception in the context of final reckoning?

In the final reckoning, what matters is not the game you played, but the awareness and joy with which you played it; deception only clouds your inner peace and spoils the beauty of existence.

— Osho
According to Osho, in the final reckoning life is like a game that ends at noon: what remains is your inner residue. Deception—whether you cheat or feel cheated—spoils your sleep with guilt or grievance. What counts is not winning, status, or others’ opinions, but whether you played in awareness and joy. A non-dual, accepting attitude lets bliss continue after the play.

If you cheat or feel cheated, you won’t rest easy; if you play kindly and happily, peace stays when the game ends.

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