What does it mean to be an enlightened person?
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"An enlightened person sees life as it is, free from the chains of moralistic divisions, embracing existence with clarity, humor, and innocence."
According to Osho, an enlightened person has gone beyond moralistic divisions like pure/impure or sacred/dirty, seeing life as it is. Nothing is obscene—things are simply meaningful or meaningless. Free of repression and guilt, especially around the body and sex, the enlightened one responds with clarity, humor, and innocence, unconditioned by society’s taboos and able to rejoice naturally in existence.
Being enlightened means not labeling things as dirty or pure, but seeing them simply and kindly with a relaxed, open heart.
Why this matters practically
- Helps drop shame and guilt about the body and sexuality.
- Reduces reactive moralism, fostering humor, compassion, and clarity.
- Lets you see conditioning and choose natural, healthier responses.
- Reduces reactive moralism, fostering humor, compassion, and clarity.
- Lets you see conditioning and choose natural, healthier responses.
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