What is the greatest difficulty of modern man?
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"Modern man is trapped in a double bind, where ancient inner struggles are intensified by repression, and the artificial world cuts us off from nature, severing our connection to the divine."
According to Osho, modern man’s greatest difficulty is a double bind: all ancient inner problems persist—magnified by repression and hypocrisy—while a new calamity has arisen: we live cut off from nature in an ever-expanding artificial world. Severed from the living, we lose the first doorway to the divine, inflate ego, and become divided and deranged.
We kept our old inner mess and then built a fake world that cuts us off from nature, so we feel split, ego-full, and far from life and God.
Why this matters practically
- Spend daily time in living nature; reduce artificial noise and screens.
- Swap repression for mindful awareness and healthy expression.
- Choose simplicity and authenticity to soften ego and reconnect with the sacred.
- Swap repression for mindful awareness and healthy expression.
- Choose simplicity and authenticity to soften ego and reconnect with the sacred.
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