According to Osho, modern inauthenticity means we act out socially approved faces while our raw impulses—anger, violence, sex—remain repressed inside. Culture imposes ideals, so we pretend to be “good” while the inner animal persists, creating a split, hypocrisy, and tension. True authenticity isn’t indulging the animal; it comes through meditative “unconditioning,” which integrates us so feelings are conscious, whole, and no longer acted or suppressed.
We pretend to be nice while hiding angry feelings; meditation helps us become one honest person instead of two.