Is the youth of Italy’s New Left relating to Osho an evolution of the Left or a distortion of understanding?
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"True rebellion is not about imitating the enemy but about transforming oneself; it is the choice of love, meditation, and freedom over borrowed ideologies and violent struggle."
According to Osho, the New Left youth turning to him is not a distortion but an evolution—from failed collective revolution to personal rebellion (sannyas). Revolutions imitate the enemy and breed new prisons; rebellion transforms oneself, refuses borrowed ideologies, and embodies love, meditation, and freedom. Thus, Italian leftists choosing sannyas signify maturity beyond Left/Right, choosing inner change over violent struggle.
They didn’t get tricked; they grew up—from trying to fix the world by fighting others to fixing themselves with love and calm.
Why this matters practically
- Shift energy from battling systems to transforming your own life.
- Avoid becoming like what you oppose by dropping enmity and ideology.
- Practice meditation and love to create change that can’t be co-opted.
- Avoid becoming like what you oppose by dropping enmity and ideology.
- Practice meditation and love to create change that can’t be co-opted.
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