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What is the underlying understanding of indecisiveness?

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"Indecisiveness is the disease of a split mind; when you embrace your natural impulses and let go of borrowed ideals, choice arises effortlessly and harmoniously."

According to Osho, indecisiveness is a learned disease born from a split between your natural impulses and borrowed moral ideals. Conditioned to condemn what is spontaneous and chase what is unnatural, you are torn between two poles. The cure is to let nature be the ideal: stop repression, refine and transform your energies creatively, so choice arises organically without inner conflict.
You feel stuck because you were taught to fight your own nature; trust and gently shape your natural energy instead of obeying borrowed “shoulds,” and choices become clear.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces decision anxiety and paralysis.
- Converts raw drives into creativity, love, and awareness.
- Aligns choices with your authentic nature instead of guilt.
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