Who knows non-being and on what basis is it known?
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"To ask 'who knows non-being' is to miss the point, for in true non-being, there is no knower left to ask the question. Non-being is not an experience to be registered; it is the silence that arises when the knower ceases to exist."
According to Osho, the very question ‘Who knows non-being?’ is invalid: to ask ‘who’ already assumes a remaining knower, which means non-being has not occurred. Non-being (nirvana) is not a bodily or experiential event; when it is, no subject remains to register it. Thus it cannot be known as an object, only realized by the cessation of the knower.
You can’t ask who knows nothingness, because when nothingness truly happens, there’s no one left to know it.
Why this matters practically
- Stops chasing conceptual answers and redirects you to silence and meditation.
- Prevents confusing bodily or peak experiences with nirvana.
- Encourages surrender of the ego/knower, opening space for true emptiness.
- Prevents confusing bodily or peak experiences with nirvana.
- Encourages surrender of the ego/knower, opening space for true emptiness.
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