What are bigotry, prejudice, and dictat?
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"Bigotry and prejudice are the crowd's rigid certainties, demanding that the awakened conform to their narrow views; true wisdom lies in acting from spontaneity and consciousness, free from the mob's expectations."
According to Osho, bigotry and prejudice are the crowd’s blind, jealous certainties about how truth must look—rigid moral pictures (like nudity or omniscience) imposed on the awakened. Dictat is the mob’s demand that sages conform to its expectations to earn respectability. The mystic’s way is to ignore such coercion, refuse borrowed standards, and act from spontaneity and consciousness rather than public approval.
It’s when uninformed crowds try to boss the wise into acting their way, but a truly wise person listens only to their clear inner truth.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you stop living for approval and act from awareness.
- Shields you from social pressure, jealousy, and moralism.
- Encourages authenticity over image and borrowed beliefs.
- Shields you from social pressure, jealousy, and moralism.
- Encourages authenticity over image and borrowed beliefs.
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