What is the significance of Moses' Ten Commandments and are there any commandments for us?
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"There are no commandments for us, only the call to awaken; let consciousness, not fixed laws, guide your actions in the present moment."
According to Osho, Moses’ Ten Commandments were emergency laws from a charismatic leader—useful to herd a traumatized people but not expressions of living religion. Laws are fixed and dead; right and wrong shift with context. For us there are no commandments: only awakening. Replace borrowed rules with present-moment awareness and intelligence; let consciousness, not decrees, guide action.
They were strict rules to keep scared people together, but real goodness comes from being awake inside, not from lists of do’s and don’ts.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you act wisely in changing situations instead of clinging to rigid rules.
- Encourages personal responsibility through awareness rather than obedience.
- Reduces guilt and conflict by responding to what is actually here-now.
- Encourages personal responsibility through awareness rather than obedience.
- Reduces guilt and conflict by responding to what is actually here-now.
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