According to Osho, 'Be the witness' addresses not the brain or body but you—the aware presence beyond all cells and mental processes, the one who knows the body. This witnessing self is already awake yet habitually pretends to sleep. The call is a whistle to the driver, inviting your conscious cooperation to stop the pretense and live as awareness itself.
We’re speaking to the real you—the awareness using the body like a driver uses a car—asking it to stop pretending to sleep and simply watch.