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What is the time gap between the feeling for sannyas and actually taking sannyas?

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"The time gap between the feeling for sannyas and taking sannyas is entirely up to you; it can vanish in an instant if your surrender and resolve are total. Say a wholehearted yes now, and your journey begins now."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, the time gap is entirely up to you: it can stretch across lifetimes or disappear this very moment. There is no fixed waiting period—fulfillment can happen in a single instant when your urgency, intensity, depth, surrender, and resolve are total. Postponement is only hesitation; say a wholehearted yes now, and sannyas begins now.
If you truly want sannyas and say yes totally, you can take it right now; delay only happens if you hold back.
Why this matters practically
- Ends procrastination: act on deep callings without waiting for a perfect time.
- Trains totality: commit with full heart to catalyze instant change.
- Cultivates surrender: letting go of doubt accelerates transformation.
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