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Personality

In the journey of self-discovery, the ultimate encounter is with one's own essence, a realization that dissolves the longing for external validation and reveals that true fulfillment and contentment reside within, transcending the need for other personalities.

Osho's perspective on Personality

When Osho Spoke About Personality

Passages from the discourses where this theme comes alive.

Osho, is there a person you would like to meet that you have never met? Can you name a personality?

There was a person I wanted to meet. I met him thirty-five years ago: myself. Since then I have not had any desire to meet anybody.
The Golden Future · Discourse 1Question 2 1987-04-19 Chuang Tzu Auditorium English

Beloved Osho, is it really worth putting any energy into improving my personality?

Anand Tarika, have you ever heard me? I have been constantly telling you that the personality has to be dropped so that your individuality can be discovered. I have been insisting that the personality is not you; it is a mask people have put over you. It is not your authentic reality, it is not your original face. And you are asking me, "Is it really worth putting any energy into improving my personality?" Put your energy into destroying your personality. Put your energy into discovering your individuality. And make the distinction very clear: individuality is that which you have brought from your very birth. Individuality is your essential being, and personality is what the society has made of you, what they wanted to make of you. No society up to now has been able to give freedom to their children to be themselves. It seems risky. They may prove…
Geeta Darshan · Vol 5 · Discourse 5Question 1 Translated from Hindi by Osho Live

Osho, yesterday you spoke in detail about introvert and extrovert personalities. I want one more thing clarified in this regard: What are the fundamental bases and causes of someone being introvert or extrovert? And are extroversion or introversion unchangeable? Are Krishna, by nature, introvert or extrovert?

The complete man stands beyond prediction; hence he is hard to understand. That is why there are many lovers of Krishna—and yet, in truth, those who accept him are as good as none. To accept Krishna wholly is very arduous. Those who “accept” also choose; they do not accept the whole Krishna. Some accept the child Krishna; they do not touch the youth. “Our Bala-Gopala is good,” they say—because the later Krishna appears dangerous. So they settle for the little Kanhaiya—that suffices for them. Their fear is their own. For the youth—what he does—frightens them. How can Surdas accept the youthful Krishna? He put out his eyes at the sight of women! How can youthful Krishna and Sur meet? Where Surdas, who, seeing the eyes lead to lust, put them out—and where Krishna, who can make the eyes dance and play the flute! Sur will say the later Krishna is…
ओशो के मूल हिंदी शब्द · Osho's original Hindi

प्रश्न: ओशो, कल आपने अंतर्मुखी व बहिर्मुखी व्यक्तित्व की सविस्तार चर्चा की। इस संबंध में एक बात और स्पष्ट करना है। किसी का अंतर्मुखी होना अथवा किसी का बहिर्मुखी होना, इसके क्या मौलिक आधार व कारण हैं? और क्या बहिर्मुखता या अंतर्मुखता अपरिवर्तनीय है? स्वतः कृष्ण अंतर्मुखी हैं या बहिर्मुखी?

पूर्ण आदमी सदा ही भविष्यवाणी के बाहर होगा। और इसलिए पूर्ण व्यक्ति को समझना कठिन होगा। इसलिए कृष्ण को मानने वाले, प्रेम करने वाले बहुत हैं, लेकिन फिर भी कृष्ण को मानने वाले न के बराबर हैं। कृष्ण को मानना बहुत दुरूह है, बहुत कठिन है। इसलिए जो भी मानता है, वह भी चुन लेता है। वह भी पूरे कृष्ण को नहीं मानता, वह भी चुनाव कर लेता है। कुछ लोग हैं, जो बाल-कृष्ण को मानते हैं। वे युवा-कृष्ण की बिलकुल बात ही नहीं करते। वे कहते हैं, हमारे तो बाल-गोपाल भले हैं। क्योंकि वह बाद का कृष्ण खतरनाक मालूम पड़ता है। तो वे तो कहते हैं, छोटा कन्हैया। उससे ही वे अपना काम चला लेते हैं। उनका डर अपना है। क्योंकि बाद में वह जो कृष्ण जवान हो जाता है और जवान होकर जो करता है, वह उनके लिए घबड़ाने वाला है। अब सूरदास कैसे जवान कृष्ण को मानें! वे तो स्त्रियों को देखकर आंख फोड़ लिए! बड़ी कठिनाई है। कृष्ण और सूर के बीच, जवान कृष्ण और सूर के बीच तालमेल नहीं हो सकता। क्योंकि कहां सूरदास! देखा कि आंख भटकाती है वासना में, फोड़ दो आंख। …

Mahaveer Meri Drishti Mein · Discourse 8Question 32 1969-09-21 Translated from Hindi by Osho Live

Osho, do they have any separate entity now, in the liberated state?

They have no separate entity left. The moment moksha happens, no personality remains for a person. But we still have a personality, because we are not liberated; therefore, through certain methods—if we make use of them—answers can become available to us almost as though from a person. They have no personality left.
ओशो के मूल हिंदी शब्द · Osho's original Hindi

प्रश्न: ओशो, उनकी कोई सेप्रेट एंटाइटी इस समय है मुक्त अवस्था में?

उनकी कोई सेप्रेट एंटाइटी नहीं रह जाती। मोक्ष होते ही किसी व्यक्ति का कोई व्यक्तित्व नहीं रह जाता। लेकिन हमारा व्यक्तित्व है, जो हम अमुक्त हैं, इसलिए अगर इस तरह के उपाय हैं, जिनके हम उपाय करें, तो हमारे लिए करीब-करीब वे व्यक्ति की तरह उत्तर उपलब्ध हो सकते हैं। उनका कोई व्यक्तित्व नहीं रह गया है।

Don’t polish the mask others gave you; take it off and be your real self.
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When you truly meet and know yourself, you stop needing special others to feel complete.
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You’re quiet or outgoing mostly because long-built habits (past lives + daily choices) and social training shape you—steady inner practice can change that.
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When someone’s separate self is gone, their wisdom spreads everywhere and can be called back with the right ‘passwords.’
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If you still want anything—even to be kind—your pretend self stays; when all wanting stops, that mask falls away and a quiet, non-fixing care remains.
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