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Osho Quotes on Consciousness

Osho Quotes on Consciousness

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As consciousness evolves, we must continue to offer fresh flowers upon the timeless prayers, enriching their essence without displacing their depth.

To exist without consciousness is to be trapped in the layers of form, mistaking the subtle for the sacred; true realization lies beyond all sheaths, in the pure witnessing presence of the soul.

Enlightenment has one flavor, transcending names and traditions; it is the followers and labels that create separation.

Emptiness is not unnatural; it is the mind's deeper nature, revealing the ocean of consciousness beneath the surface waves of thought. In the silence between thoughts, we discover the freedom that allows thinking to flow without compulsion.

Enlightenment transforms consciousness from aggression to receptivity, allowing the divine to flow in through the open heart.

In the emptiness of consciousness, truth is not recognized but simply is; it shines in the choiceless clarity of a silent mind, free from the distortions of thought.

Your original purity never disappears; it is rediscovered when the winds of desire settle, revealing the childlike innocence that lies within.

Higher consciousness does not guarantee perfect health; the realized one often transcends the body, viewing it merely as a temporary shell while focusing on the eternal being within.

The insentient and the conscious are not separate; they are two poles of the same reality, where matter is the unmanifest consciousness and consciousness is the matter revealed.

A thought-free state of consciousness is not inert; it is pure, centerless awareness—alive and expansive, while inert existence is merely a shadow of life, devoid of awareness.