What is the source of humanity's desire to torture others?
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"Humanity's desire to torture others arises from centuries of repressed natural energies, where religious conditioning has split us within and against each other, turning our deepest instincts into instruments of cruelty."
According to Osho, humanity’s urge to torture springs from centuries of religious conditioning that repressed natural energies, divided people, and chained both body and spirit. Doctrines of celibacy, poverty, and ritual split us inside and against each other, corrupting sexuality and bottling violence. As education exposes these deceptions, accumulated rage and frustration erupt as revenge and cruelty, amplified by global awareness.
People were taught to unnaturally suppress themselves and hate each other, so the pent-up hurt and lies explode as cruelty.
Why this matters practically
- Helps us replace blame with healing by deconditioning guilt and division.
- Encourages integrating body and soul through awareness, reducing repression and violence.
- Promotes a universal, nonsectarian inner science that fosters compassion over revenge.
- Encourages integrating body and soul through awareness, reducing repression and violence.
- Promotes a universal, nonsectarian inner science that fosters compassion over revenge.
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