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Does reverence transcend jealousy-laced respect?

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"Reverence arises not from comparison or rivalry, but from the recognition that the enlightened reflect our own intrinsic nature, revealing what we already are."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, reverence does transcend jealousy-laced respect: respect is ambition-driven and secretly envies what can be seized—power, wealth, status—so it carries hostility. Reverence recognizes in the other a mirror of one’s own intrinsic nature, something unstealable and only learnable. Meeting the enlightened, reverence arises because they reveal what we already are; thus no comparison, no rivalry, only gratitude and learning.
Respect often hides envy for someone’s stuff; reverence is loving the one who shows you the goodness already inside you, so there’s nothing to steal.
Why this matters practically
- Shifts you from comparison and envy to learning and gratitude.
- Helps you relate to mentors as mirrors, not competitors, reducing conflict.
- Focuses your pursuit on inner qualities that expand by sharing, not zero-sum gains.
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