Can joy and mental peace be attained without sacrifice or renunciation?
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outcome
"When you seek the highest truth, the lesser falls away effortlessly, like a dry leaf, leaving no regret or struggle. Let renunciation happen; don’t force it."
According to Osho, joy and mental peace don’t come through sacrifice or willful renunciation; anything that requires forcing yourself breeds sorrow and inner wounds. Seek the highest truth instead: when a richer awareness is realized, the lesser drops away effortlessly—like a dry leaf—leaving no regret or struggle. Let renunciation happen; don’t do it.
Don’t throw things away by force; find something truly better and the old will stop mattering by itself.
Why this matters practically
- Avoids guilt, inner wounds, and backlash from forced self-denial.
- Ends lingering attachment by letting the inferior fall away naturally.
- Directs energy toward discovering the highest, which brings real peace and joy.
- Ends lingering attachment by letting the inferior fall away naturally.
- Directs energy toward discovering the highest, which brings real peace and joy.
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