Why does psychotherapy seem to not help people?
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"Psychotherapy often fails because both therapist and patient are asleep; true transformation requires the presence of an awakened being, a buddha, who can illuminate the path to consciousness."
According to Osho, psychotherapy often fails because therapists are as asleep as their patients—armed with information, not awakening. Lacking detachment and higher being, they cannot truly help and may even absorb more madness. Their pretense of sight is like a blind man carrying a lamp: false confidence harms. Only contact with an awakened presence—a buddha—can genuinely transform and guide.
It’s the blind leading the blind; only someone truly awake can guide you out of your inner confusion.
Why this matters practically
- Choose guides who embody awareness, not just techniques or credentials.
- Cultivate your own witnessing awareness; don’t rely solely on external fixes.
- Be wary of pretended certainty; move slowly and consciously until real clarity appears.
- Cultivate your own witnessing awareness; don’t rely solely on external fixes.
- Be wary of pretended certainty; move slowly and consciously until real clarity appears.
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