According to Osho, recognizing the true self is hard because you can only recognize what you've already tasted within; the self is unknown/unknowable to the mind. Greed, fear, and bargaining motives seek knowledge and outcomes, not being, so projections and borrowed images (Krishna, Christ, ideals) veil it. Only when expectations drop and you attune experientially—disciple-like receptivity—does recognition dawn.
You can’t see your real self while chasing wants and ideas; when you drop them and quietly experience, it reveals itself.