Does the diminishing effect of shaktipat imply dependency on a guru?
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outcome
"True help awakens your own potential, fostering self-reliance and love, free from the chains of dependency."
According to Osho, any outer transmission (like shaktipat) can breed dependency only when framed as a guru–disciple power relationship. Avoid making or becoming a guru. Relate nonrelationally: the one who helps is your own being a few steps ahead, merely reminding you of your potential. In this understanding, help doesn’t diminish or enslave; it awakens self-reliance and love without hierarchy.
Getting a boost is fine—just don’t turn the helper into a boss; they’re like your own foot a step ahead.
Why this matters practically
- Prevents spiritual dependency and exploitation.
- Encourages inner responsibility and trust in your own awakening.
- Keeps relationships grounded in love, not hierarchy.
- Encourages inner responsibility and trust in your own awakening.
- Keeps relationships grounded in love, not hierarchy.
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