What is the place of surrender in religion?
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"True religion does not demand surrender; it invites you to discover your authentic self, where the ego dissolves in the light of awareness."
According to Osho, surrender has no place in true religion because it is the ego’s subtlest strategy—ego standing on its head. He does not teach meekness or humility but authenticity and self-respect: seeing (re-specting) what is. When the real self is known through awareness, the accumulated ego collapses on its own; it need not, and cannot, be ‘surrendered.’
Don’t try to drop the ego by surrendering; just see it clearly and find your real self, and the ego falls away by itself.
Why this matters practically
- Avoids spiritual ego masked as humility
- Fosters direct awareness and authenticity
- Builds stable self-respect rooted in being, not approval
- Fosters direct awareness and authenticity
- Builds stable self-respect rooted in being, not approval
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