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Osho on Why have I always been in such a hurry?

Why have I always been in such a hurry?

Your hurry is a conditioning imposed by society; when you realize that life is not a race, you can embrace being instead of compulsive doing.

— Osho
According to Osho, your lifelong hurry is conditioning: society tells you life is short, desires are many, and doing is supreme—especially in Judaic‑Christian cultures that believe in only one life. This belief compresses time, fuels anxiety, and keeps you running even in sleep. The East’s many-lives view removes hurry but breeds passivity. Seeing this conditioning lets you relax into being rather than compulsive doing.

You rush because you were taught there’s only one short life to do everything, so you keep hurrying.