Why can't modern psychologists conceive of enlightenment?
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"Modern psychologists cannot conceive of enlightenment because they are trapped in a materialist framework that overlooks the soul, reducing consciousness to mere bodily functions, while true understanding requires a journey beyond the mind into the depths of inner being."
According to Osho, modern psychologists can’t conceive enlightenment because their science is infantile and materialist: it denies the soul and reduces consciousness to a bodily byproduct. Beginning at the ABCs of mind and behavior, they lack the centuries-deep Eastern inquiry that maps the XYZ—enlightenment—beyond mind. Without accepting inner being as primary reality, their methods and language cannot register transcendence.
They only trust body-and-mind explanations and don’t believe in a soul, so awakening beyond the mind doesn’t fit their map.
Why this matters practically
- Urges us to look beyond reductionist models when exploring inner life.
- Points to meditation as direct verification of consciousness beyond mind.
- Bridges Eastern insight with Western methods without category mistakes.
- Points to meditation as direct verification of consciousness beyond mind.
- Bridges Eastern insight with Western methods without category mistakes.
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