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In Zen you are coming from nowhere and you are going to nowhere. You are just now, here, neither coming nor going. Everything passes by you; your consciousness reflects it but it does not get identified.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Osho Live Zen, Volume, 2\u00a0<\/em>Chapter 16<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Zen you are coming from nowhere and you are going to nowhere. You are just now, here, neither coming nor going. Everything passes by you; your consciousness reflects it but it does not get identified. 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