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Why can't I abide in tathata and surrender?

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"True surrender arises not from laziness or escape, but from the courageous acceptance of all that life brings, including pain and failure, as you dissolve the ego and embrace the moment fully."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, you can’t abide in tathata or surrender because you like them for the wrong reason—laziness and escape. True non‑doing is the toughest doing: the ego/doer must dissolve, body-mind become zero, and acceptance must include pain, failure, and “thorns” without complaint. Until motives are right and the habitual ‘no’ of mind drops, the divine cannot enter.
You want the comfort of “nothing to do,” but real surrender means dropping your ‘I’ and saying yes to both nice and nasty moments without grumbling.
Why this matters practically
- Check your motive: choose surrender to dissolve ego, not to avoid effort.
- Practice daily non-doing: sit, watch the mind, and allow both pleasant and unpleasant.
- Meet failure and pain without complaint; cultivate an equal yes to all.
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