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Osho on Is there a place for restraint, rules, and celibacy in life?

Is there a place for restraint, rules, and celibacy in life?

Restraint and rules are crutches for a blind mind; true freedom arises from transformed consciousness, where spontaneous order replaces artificial controls.

— Osho
According to Osho, restraint, rules—and by extension imposed celibacy—have no real place in a conscious life; they are crutches for a blind mind. They don’t create awareness; they breed suppression, hypocrisy, and displaced anger. When awareness/meditation opens clear inner eyes, spontaneous order arises and artificial controls fall away. Transform consciousness, not behavior; freedom flowers into natural discipline.

Rules are like a walking stick for someone who can’t see—when your inner eyes open with awareness, you don’t need the stick anymore.