Does the search for truth exclude political action?
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"First transform yourself through meditation, for only then can your actions arise from clarity rather than ambition, preventing the cycle of injustice from repeating."
According to Osho, the search for truth does not exclude political action; it includes everything—but with a decisive difference: awareness. Without meditation, revolutions become anti-revolutions and power merely exposes hidden corruption. First transform yourself—cleanse the unconscious through meditation—then, if action happens, it arises from clarity, not ambition, so it won’t recreate the same injustice you opposed.
No—truth includes politics, but only after you calm and clean your inside so power doesn’t make you repeat the old wrongs.
Why this matters practically
- Meditate before engaging in activism; check motives and unconscious drives.
- Act from clarity, not resentment, to avoid turning victory into new oppression.
- Use awareness to make power a tool for service rather than self-interest.
- Act from clarity, not resentment, to avoid turning victory into new oppression.
- Use awareness to make power a tool for service rather than self-interest.
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