Is it right for individuals to pursue their own bliss while leaving their parents in anguish?
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"Your first responsibility is to yourself; only a fulfilled person can share true joy, for in pursuing your own bliss, you offer the greatest gift to those you love."
According to Osho, your first responsibility is to yourself: only a person who is peaceful and blissful can share peace and bliss. Trying to appease anguished parents while you remain unfulfilled just spreads more misery—two beggars with empty bowls. Parents’ pain often comes from their own rigidity, not your search. Choose your own awakening; then your joy, not your obedience, becomes the real gift to them.
Fill your own cup first; your parents’ upset is theirs, and your real help to them is your genuine happiness, not guilty compliance.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you set loving boundaries without guilt.
- Prevents people-pleasing that breeds resentment and more misery.
- Lets inner fulfillment naturally benefit family and others.
- Prevents people-pleasing that breeds resentment and more misery.
- Lets inner fulfillment naturally benefit family and others.
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