What is the nature of conditioning and its effects on tension and frustration?
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definition
"Conditioning is the thief of your authenticity, creating tension and frustration; true love liberates you to embrace your uniqueness."
According to Osho, conditioning is society’s and parents’ attempt to live through you by installing perfectionist ambitions and second‑hand beliefs. This borrowed mind severs you from your natural being, creating chronic tension, guilt, and frustration, the soil of neurosis. Love would not condition; it would allow uniqueness. Freedom from conditioning—dropping imposed ideals and identities—restores sanity, ease, and authentic growth.
When others fill your head with their dreams, you chase perfection and feel tight and unhappy; being yourself lets you relax.
Why this matters practically
- Drop borrowed labels and perfection goals to reduce inner tension.
- Choose authenticity over approval; set your own values and pace.
- Love others by not imposing your mind—support uniqueness instead.
- Choose authenticity over approval; set your own values and pace.
- Love others by not imposing your mind—support uniqueness instead.
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