Why do saints leave family and society to search for the Divine?
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"Saints leave family and society not out of rejection, but to peel away the layers of conditioning that obscure their original intimacy with the Divine; true liberation is found in the pilgrimage to the inner forest."
According to Osho, saints leave family and society because these structures layer the mind with conditioning that obscures our original emptiness and intimacy with the Divine. Liberation is essential—either by inward renunciation while living in the world, like a lotus in water, or by outer withdrawal as support. The real pilgrimage is to the ‘inner forest’; physical solitude only aids training.
Because society fills us with noise and labels, saints step away—outside or inside—to become empty again and meet God within.
Why this matters practically
- Practice inner detachment without abandoning your duties.
- Create daily moments of silence to enter the 'inner forest.'
- Question conditioned identities and act from original clarity.
- Create daily moments of silence to enter the 'inner forest.'
- Question conditioned identities and act from original clarity.
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