Health Quote by Osho
““MIND IS A DISEASE. This is a basic truth the East has discovered. The West says mind can become ill, can be healthy. Western psychology depends on this: the mind can be healthy or ill. But the East says mind as such is the disease, it cannot be healthy. No psychiatry will help; at the most you can make it normally ill. So there are two types of illness with mind: normally ill – that means you have the same illness as others around you; or abnormally ill – that means you are something unique. Your disease is not ordinary – exceptional. Your disease is individual, not of the crowd; that’s the only difference. Normally ill or abnormally ill, but mind cannot be healthy. Why? The East says the very nature of mind is such that it will remain unhealthy. The word ’health’ is beautiful. It comes from the same root as the word ’whole’. Health, healing, whole, holy – they all come from the same root. The mind cannot be healthy because it can never be whole. Mind is always divided; division is its base. If it cannot be whole, how can it be healthy? And if it cannot be healthy, how can it be holy? All minds are profane. There is nothing like a holy mind. A holy man lives without the mind because he lives without division.””
About This Quote
Source Book: The Book of Secrets, 1999
He claims the mind is inherently diseased and divided, making true health impossible; only by transcending the mind can one approach wholeness.
In simple terms: The mind is always split and cannot be truly healthy.
Seek to move beyond mental division.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- meditation practice
- spiritual counseling
- personal introspection
- academic study
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- Can mental health be improved without transcending the mind?
- What practices help reduce mental division?
The view may overlook benefits of mental health treatment.