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What is the significance of the forty-eight minutes?

A single, sincere pause is more transformative than a prescribed duration; it is in the stillness that true awareness unfolds.

— Osho
According to Osho, the 'forty-eight minutes' carries no special significance. Time isn’t the point; even a brief pause is enough. What matters is interrupting the mind’s momentum and touching stillness, not clocking a set duration. A single, sincere stop—however short—opens the space of awareness more than mechanically sitting for a prescribed time.

There’s nothing magic about 48 minutes—just pause for a short moment and be still.

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