What is the significance of 'This is this' in relation to 'This is that' and 'That is Brahma'?
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"This is this; the ordinary is already divine, and in the here-now, the sacred and the mundane are one. Stop searching for distant ideals and embrace the intimacy of the present."
According to Osho, 'This is this' proclaims tantra’s here-now nonduality: the ordinary 'this' is all, already divine; 'that' and 'Brahma' are included within it. Hence no higher/lower or near/far split—world and Brahma are one. Stop searching in distant ideals; turn to the intimate present, where the master and the sacred appear as the utterly ordinary.
Everything right here and now—even the most ordinary—already holds God, so stop looking somewhere else.
Why this matters practically
- Shifts attention from fantasies to present-moment living.
- Ends spiritual hierarchy; cultivates ease with ordinariness.
- Reveals the sacred in daily relationships and simple tasks.
- Ends spiritual hierarchy; cultivates ease with ordinariness.
- Reveals the sacred in daily relationships and simple tasks.
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