Were pagans religious?
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"To be truly religious, one must return to the primal innocence of paganism, where consciousness is unconditioned and spirituality can blossom freely."
According to Osho, pagans are not "religious" in the institutional sense, yet they embody the primal, childlike innocence that comes closest to true religiousness. Predating organized creeds, the pagan state is a clean, unconditioned consciousness—free of borrowed ideologies—from which authentic spirituality can flower. To become truly religious, one must first pass back through this pagan innocence.
Pagans aren’t church-followers; they’re like unspoiled kids—natural and open—making them the nearest step to real spirituality.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you drop secondhand beliefs and return to direct, lived experience.
- Encourages childlike openness, authenticity, and wonder in daily life.
- Reminds parents not to impose labels and doctrines on children’s minds.
- Encourages childlike openness, authenticity, and wonder in daily life.
- Reminds parents not to impose labels and doctrines on children’s minds.
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