Why is lust considered the enemy of the wise despite its transformation into self-energy?
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"Lust is the smoke that obscures consciousness, but when transformed with awareness, it becomes the fertile energy of creation."
According to Osho, lust is called the wise person’s enemy not as condemnation but as a factual warning: untransformed desire is smoke that obscures consciousness, drains life-force, blinds and weakens, turning you from the divine. Yet the same energy, rightly used—like manure spread in a garden—becomes creative self-energy (ojas), a friend. Its value depends on your awareness and skillful transformation.
Like smelly manure, lust hurts if you hoard it, but if you use it wisely it feeds your flowers.
Why this matters practically
- Notice when desire clouds clarity; pause and turn inward to the fire behind the smoke.
- Channel sexual/ego urges into meditation, creativity, service—convert drain into strength.
- Treat obstacles as compost: right handling turns enemies into friends.
- Channel sexual/ego urges into meditation, creativity, service—convert drain into strength.
- Treat obstacles as compost: right handling turns enemies into friends.
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