Why have priests and pundits opposed awakening human beings?
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"Priests and pundits fear awakening because it dismantles their authority and livelihood, turning their sacred scriptures into mere tools of control against the true essence of spirituality."
According to Osho, priests and pundits oppose awakening because, being unawakened word-traders, their authority, livelihood, and control depend on keeping people spiritually asleep. Awakening dissolves their 'shop': customers vanish, exploitation ends. Lacking experience, they weaponize scriptures, polished language, and logic to enthrone belief over meditation, pushing out the truly realized (who neither dominate nor exploit), thus treating every awakener as a threat.
They run a business of holy words, so if you wake up and see truth yourself, their power and profits vanish—hence they resist awakeners.
Why this matters practically
- Trust direct experience (meditation) over borrowed beliefs.
- Spot and resist manipulation by impressive words and authority.
- Seek living insight and teachers rooted in experience, not talk.
- Spot and resist manipulation by impressive words and authority.
- Seek living insight and teachers rooted in experience, not talk.
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