Can society function with an imposed, showy morality instead of morality arising from religion or the presence of saints?
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"Showy morality may sustain order, but it keeps people asleep; true transformation arises only from the awakening of living insight."
According to Osho, society can easily run on imposed, decorative morality—and often prefers it—because living saints unsettle comfort by awakening a deeper longing. Saints have no 'utility'; they are poetry and meaning, not management. So yes, showy morality sustains order, but it keeps people asleep; only religion-as-awakening through living insight births authentic morality and true transformation.
Yes—rules and pretend goodness keep things calm, but only the wake-up jolt from real sages makes us truly good inside.
Why this matters practically
- Choose authenticity over social show.
- Welcome discomfort as a sign of growth.
- Examine rituals and habits for real inner change.
- Welcome discomfort as a sign of growth.
- Examine rituals and habits for real inner change.
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