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No mind is the peak where the path of mind and path of heart meet.

Life is an exquisite interplay of the mind and the heart, the logical and the emotional, the rational and the irrational. The quote reflects a profound understanding of this dance.

The mind, with its constant chatter, its incessant need to analyse, categorise, and judge, often distances you from the purity of experience, from the truth of the present moment. It is like a noisy marketplace where thoughts are the merchants vying for your attention, each one shouting louder than the other, causing a tumultuous cacophony that can be overwhelming, often distracting you from the essence of being.

The path of the heart, on the other hand, is silent. It flows with a quiet yet powerful current of intuition, empathy, and unconditional love. It is not concerned with the past or future but is deeply rooted in the now. The heart is like the deep still waters of an unmoving lake, reflecting the skies above without rippling, without disturbance, offering a window to the depths below.

When Osho speaks of “no mind,” he is talking about a state of consciousness where the cacophony of the mind ceases, where thoughts no longer obfuscate your vision of reality. It is in this silence that the mind and heart do not function as separate entities but converge into one harmonious whole. They meet at the peak of one’s inner being, where there is no conflict, no opposition, but simply an effortless beingness – a state of pure awareness.

In this space, one finds wisdom that is not of the mind but of existence itself. It is a wisdom that doesn’t require thought or emotion, but rather arises from the very centre of your being. This is the peak of human consciousness, a place where you are neither thinking nor feeling in the traditional sense, but are simply aware – where you come to realise the oneness of all existence.

This peak is what mystics have strived for, the silent space where one is in complete harmony with existence. To reach it, one must transcend both the mind and the heart to discover the true self, which is beyond all dualities – an eternal witness to life’s unfolding play.