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Osho Quotes on Devil

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The devil is a creation of holy books to instill fear and maintain control, but true liberation comes from recognizing that responsibility lies within you, not in an external foe.

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The devil is not a being but a creation of fear, a necessary fiction born from the lie of an external God.

Context: Where did the devil come from when he appeared to Adam and Eve as a serpent? Read Original Discourse →

To play with the devil is to embrace your condemned energies with a light heart, transforming them from sources of conflict into pathways of strength and wholeness.

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The devil's allure stems from our repression of the dark side of the divine; only by embracing the totality of existence—creation and destruction, light and dark—can we dissolve the glamour of duality.

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The devil is not male or female; it is a human projection, a concept created to complete the illusion of duality. True understanding lies in transcending these oppositions and embracing the unity that exists beyond them.

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