[T]he experience of mystery comes not from expecting it but through yielding all your programs, because your programs are based on fear and desire. Drop them and the radiance comes. (16)

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One of the problems with life is that we want things to be a certain way and we think that we need to have them to be happy. We’re afraid of change and we desire change because we think it will make us happy. We go through life trying to achieve these things and we end up unhappy. The experience of mystery comes not from expecting it but through yielding all your programs, because your programs are based on fear and desire.

Drop them and the radiance comes. The spiritual teacher Osho said, "I don't want you to get rid of your desires; I want you to drop your desires." He says, "Drop all your desires," and he goes on to explain how and why you should do this.

Source: Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor

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