Why does politics have so much prestige?
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"Politics holds prestige because humanity still seeks masters and is captivated by brute force, mistaking power for greatness until we learn to value inner strength and harmony over weapons."
According to Osho, politics has prestige because people still crave masters, fear standing alone, and remain dominated by inner animality, so brute force impresses them. A politician’s authority rests on weapons and the power to harm, which people obey. Until humanity matures—valuing music, sannyas, and inner strength over bayonets—politics will attract the small, ambitious, and violent and command respect.
Politics seems important because many people are scared to stand on their own, so they admire loud, forceful power instead of quiet inner strength.
Why this matters practically
- Stop giving blind prestige to power; cultivate inner authority and courage to say no.
- Replace fear and aggression with meditation, love, and nonviolence.
- Support and emulate leaders who embody consciousness, not mere ambition.
- Replace fear and aggression with meditation, love, and nonviolence.
- Support and emulate leaders who embody consciousness, not mere ambition.
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