What is the value of vows in life?
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"Vows are a sign of unconsciousness; true transformation comes from awareness, not from promises made to others."
According to Osho, vows have no intrinsic value; only awareness transforms. A vow signals inner unconsciousness and outsources discipline to social pressure and ego-prestige. Liars lean on oaths; the truthful need none. Real change arises when you see clearly—then the habit drops without witnesses, promises, or struggle. Handing your authority to public pledges breeds hypocrisy; reclaim it through alertness.
Don’t rely on promises to others; look clearly inside, and what’s false will fall away by itself.
Why this matters practically
- Shifts you from ego-driven resolutions to mindful seeing.
- Prevents hypocrisy and dependence on social approval.
- Builds genuine, self-sustaining change and inner freedom.
- Prevents hypocrisy and dependence on social approval.
- Builds genuine, self-sustaining change and inner freedom.
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