Is the creation of madhouses by society a result of God?
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"The idea of a punitive God breeds guilt and repression, leading to madness; true sanity thrives in the absence of such distortions."
According to Osho, yes: madhouses arise from the very idea of God propagated by priests. Belief in a punitive deity breeds guilt; guilt forces unnatural repression and perversion; such distortion culminates in madness, requiring asylums. Pagans and wild animals—without God and repression—remain sane; only in 'zoos' like monasteries and nunneries does insanity and aberration flourish, sustained by a church–psychoanalyst loop.
He says the idea of God makes people feel guilty, that guilt twists natural life into madness, and without that idea there’d be no madhouses.
Why this matters practically
- Notice and drop guilt-based beliefs that repress your natural energy.
- Create environments that honor natural needs instead of enforcing denial.
- Seek healing that frees you from shame, not cycles you back into fear and repression.
- Create environments that honor natural needs instead of enforcing denial.
- Seek healing that frees you from shame, not cycles you back into fear and repression.
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