How did humanity regress in knowledge compared to ancient Eastern wisdom?
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"When knowledge becomes merely a tool for utility, we abandon the deeper wisdom of being, and in that loss, progress becomes a path to destruction rather than enlightenment."
According to Osho, humanity regressed when ‘knowledge’ narrowed to scientific technique and utility, abandoning the wisdom of being. Science is only a means; by denying consciousness—because it can’t dissect it—it crowns itself supreme and loses direction. Ancient insight prized life, love, and bliss as ends-in-themselves; without that higher compass, progress turns destructive and our understanding becomes shallow compared to experiential awareness of indivisible being.
We got very good at using things but forgot how to know our own aliveness inside.
Why this matters practically
- Let inner values (life, love, awareness) guide how you use technology and make choices.
- Balance outer success with practices that touch being (silence, meditation, presence).
- Remember method limits: don’t deny what you feel simply because you can’t measure it.
- Balance outer success with practices that touch being (silence, meditation, presence).
- Remember method limits: don’t deny what you feel simply because you can’t measure it.
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