Why has man developed such complexity?
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"The ego thrives on complexity, creating a labyrinth of ambition and comparison, while true health and peace lie in the simplicity of just being."
According to Osho, man cultivates complexity because the ego craves difficult challenges and status; the simple threatens the ego’s very survival. Families, schools, religions, and vested interests program us to ‘become somebody,’ making ambition and comparison perpetual. Complexity thus feeds a diseased ego and social control, while our original nature is simple being—health, wholeness, and peace found by dropping ego-driven becoming.
We make life complicated to feel important because we’re taught to chase and compare, but real ease comes from being simple and letting the ego go.
Why this matters practically
- Choose simple actions and presence over needless challenges to reduce stress.
- Notice ego-driven comparisons and let them go to find peace.
- Question conditioning; value being over becoming to regain freedom.
- Notice ego-driven comparisons and let them go to find peace.
- Question conditioning; value being over becoming to regain freedom.
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