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Just before twenty-first March, 1953, seven days before, I stopped working on myself. A moment comes when you see the whole futility of effort. You have done all that you can do and nothing is happening. You have done all that is humanly possible. Then what else can you do? In sheer helplessness one drops all search. And the day the search stopped, the day I was not seeking for something, the day I was not expecting something to happen, it started happening. A new energy arose - out of nowhere. It was not coming from any source. It was coming from nowhere and everywhere. It was in the trees and in the rocks and the sky and the sun and the air - it was everywhere. And I was seeking so hard, and I was thinking it is very far away. And it was so near and so close.

Osho#27

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About this quote

What does it mean?
Stopping the effort to find something allows you to find it.
In plain terms
Giving up the search brought the answer.
What can you take from it?
Let go of trying and let things happen.

Where it applies

  • meditation
  • goal setting
  • problem solving

Putting it to work

  • stop forcing outcomes
  • trust the process

Questions to consider

  • What are you striving for?
  • When have you stopped trying?

Another view

Stopping effort might lead to inaction in some areas.

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