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How does a family history of suicide affect one's perception of death?

In a world that often misunderstands sensitivity, we must transform our perception of death from an escape into a profound mystery, embracing life with awareness and meditation.

— Osho
According to Osho, suicide is a sensitive person’s last resort in a neurotic society; it’s seen as an exit when life feels intolerable. If one grows where suicide is modeled—even in familydeath can be misperceived as relief. His remedy is a conscious alternative: sannyas, meditation, respectful withdrawal—transforming sensitivity into insight and meeting death as mystery, not escape.

If people around you treat suicide as a way out, death can look like an escape; Osho says choose a wiser exit—meditation and stepping back—so you can face life and death calmly.

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