Not the object of desire, but the movement of desire itself. OSHO explains: desire creates future, future creates anxiety, anxiety destroys the present. The enlightened one lives without desire for or against anything—what OSHO calls “the easy existence.”
In the vast ocean of spiritual literature, two texts stand out for their radical, no-compromise approach to enlightenment: the Ashtavakra Gita and the discourses of OSHO. When OSHO—the 20th century’s most provocative mystic—took up the ancient dialogue between the sage Ashtavakra and King Janaka, he did not simply comment on it. He unleashed it. Ashtavakra geeta - OSHO
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OSHO latches onto this with great gusto. He explains that the Ashtavakra Gita is not a “path” but a “pointing.” It is the finger pointing at the moon of your own consciousness. The entire text can be summarized in one verse (Chapter 1, Verse 4): OSHO latches onto this with great gusto
Osho utilizes Ashtavakra's words to shatter the listener's identification with their mind, ego, and societal conditioning.