Why do the chains of delusion and superstition seem to strengthen despite our desire to break free from them?

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According to Osho, the chains of delusion strengthen because we replace one blind belief with another—accepting or rejecting without firsthand knowing. Whether religious or “scientific,” citing scriptures or textbooks, we trade inquiry for authority and feel wiser while remaining ignorant. Superstition is any unexamined certainty. Only courageous, open-ended investigation—suspending labels, testing, and seeing for oneself—cuts these chains; otherwise denial itself becomes a subtler bondage.

Delusion