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Osho on Consciousness

Consciousness

Consciousness unfolds as a pure witness, a mirror reflecting existence without judgment, revealing that all labels and judgments arise from the ego; in this state of non-judgmental clarity, compassion and transformation flourish, much like Buddha's serene presence before Angulimal.

Osho's perspective on Consciousness

Be a kind but confident boss inside: quietly watch and tell your mind what to do, and it will listen.
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Be with a true master, stay quiet and watchful, and your noisy mind will settle until clear awareness appears.
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No one is born higher; whoever becomes totally one with what they do—thinking, fighting, trading, or working—reaches the same peak.
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You don’t need anything Eastern; just drop learned labels and be your original, pure self.
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Yes, if you’re deeply tuned in and relaxed; no, if you’re bored or just tired—either wake up or sleep better at night.
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There is only true being-awake right now; “ordinary” is like sleeping and dreaming, while enlightenment is bright, full wakefulness in this moment.
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Yes—when you stop stirring the mind with wants and worries, your natural childlike clarity returns.
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You can stay awake while dying only if you’re enlightened; otherwise, nature puts you to sleep.
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You can peek at the light and forget it, but if you fully become the light, there’s no one left to fall back into darkness.
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Your mind is like an ocean: thoughts are waves that come and go, but the ocean can be still without losing its ability to make waves.
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It’s not a little part watching silence; when thinking stops, the ‘me’ drops and only the quiet, alive whole remains.
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It may feel like drug sleep, but with him it's an awake, loving quiet where your busy thoughts stop and you rest in shared silence.
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The Whole isn’t like being asleep or awake; it’s a quiet, bright awareness with no separate ‘me,’ known only by experiencing it.
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We each look at God through our own little window, but once we step outside, we see it’s the same sky and the walls never really divided it.
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If everything were just one thing, we couldn’t call it ‘conscious’ or ‘matter’—words only make sense when there’s an opposite.
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Your best offering is to wake up inside: pay full attention and grow beyond old habits, instead of just doing rituals.
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Like placing a tiny flower on a full bowl of milk, we can gently add fresh meaning to the ancient prayer without spilling its essence.
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Consciousness is the little light inside that notices everything, and by being quiet and fully attentive, it grows and shows you who you are and what to do.
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It’s like feeling a never-ending, wakeful happiness that’s so strong others can feel it too.
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Becoming conscious means stop fighting the mess in your head and simply switch on an inner light (meditation) so the mess melts away.
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It means you’re just living as a body (even a subtle one), not as the bodiless awareness you really are.
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If you don’t fully wake up, you forget most of it; only what truly became part of you comes with you next time.
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Big disasters don’t change who you are; they show it—calm people stay calm, and others display their fears and habits.
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When you just watch, the fight between opposites stops and only quiet being is left.
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Profound Quotes on Consciousness

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