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Osho Quotes on Meditation

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When you go deep into meditation, your family does not lose you; they finally meet the real you, free from the chains of ego.

Embrace the dullness in meditation as a natural pause; with patient watchfulness, it will dissolve, revealing the aliveness of awareness within.

When the mind is healed through meditation, the roots of disease dissolve, revealing that true health arises from within.

Do not cling to joy or pain in meditation; remain the witness, and you will discover a bliss that transcends both.

In meditation, remember no one and nothing; drop all thoughts and supports, for in that emptiness, your true essence reveals itself.

Your essence is a pure mirror; sins are merely dust that can be brushed away through the light of meditation.

Keep your glasses on during night meditation if you are seated, for clarity is essential in the pursuit of inner vision.

Meditation is the art of preparing the soil, but the flower of stillness blooms only when you let go of the gardener.

True mastery of the mind is not a race; it is a delicate process of cleansing the ancient residues of countless lives, requiring patience and the right guidance.

Meditation and worship are two doors to the same truth; choose the path that resonates with you, for in realization, all labels dissolve.

Only when your restlessness reaches its peak will you turn inward, for true peace comes in a flash when the longing is total.

Choose your meditation method based on your current state; as you deepen into silence, the question of 'which method?' will naturally dissolve.

Mechanical meditation is mere outer performance; true awakening arises only when awareness blossoms from within.

Decide with your heart and trust; whether you choose meditation or devotion, both will lead you home. Begin now and let your trust be the root that carries you.

When the heights of meditation are touched, the ego often follows, transforming spirituality into mere pride and ritual, while the true quest for inner silence fades into the shadows of materialism.

Meditation is not a method; it is the art of non-action, a letting go that reveals your true nature in the silence of being.

Meditation is not a struggle; it is the art of letting go, resting in effortless awareness where silence blooms naturally.

Meditation is not a means to acquire the soul, but a device to dissolve the illusion; when delusion falls away, what is eternally present reveals itself.

Meditation is the silent stillness within, bhajan is that stillness blossoming into song, and prayer is the fragrant communion of love and gratitude that arises from this unity.

Trust the inner vision to deepen your meditation, for the true master resides within you, beyond any external props.

Meditate without the greed to gain; come empty and relaxed, allowing everything to settle naturally as you merge with the present moment.

True meditation is the art of doing nothing while remaining fully awake, where body and mind rest in harmony, and consciousness burns brightly without effort.

When tears flow in meditation, they are not of sorrow but the blissful expression of your heart's prayer; let them flow and celebrate this divine intoxication as the flowering of your being.