It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.

Nisargadatta Maharaj
About This Quote

In our lives, we tend to become so wrapped up in the false that it becomes difficult to think clearly. In this quote, Osho speaks about the false, which is what keeps us from being happy. The false can be anything from a lie we tell ourselves to pain in our life. When we are attached to something that is not true or true but not pleasant, then it can be quite painful to let go of that attachment. Truth liberates us from pain and suffering because when we are free of the false, then all that remains are our true nature and the truth of who we are.

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