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What is the way to balance sensitivity and sensuality?

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"Balance is found not in suppression or excess, but in the awareness that allows sensitivity to blossom and sensuality to flow naturally, keeping the essence of aliveness vibrant and free."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, balance arises when you stop suppressing the senses yet refuse excess: be fully sensitive, enjoy sensuality as part of being alive, but don’t turn it into obsession. Suppression breeds later indulgence; awareness lets pleasure stay simple and sane. Choose the “right” middle—neither fasting nor feasting—so sensitivity flowers, sensuality remains natural, and aliveness doesn’t collapse into deadness or compulsion.
Feel everything fully but don’t overdo it—like enjoying some candy, not none and not the whole jar.
Why this matters practically
• Avoids swings between repression and bingeing • Nurtures guilt-free joy and responsiveness • Brings awareness to daily pleasures for steadier well-being
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