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What does it mean when tears flow during spiritual discourse?

Tears during spiritual discourse often reveal a sentimental attachment to inherited beliefs rather than true understanding; genuine connection transcends names and scriptures, existing only in the present.

— Osho
According to Osho, tears in discourse usually show sentimental attachment to your inherited beliefs and saints, not true understanding. When your creed is confirmed, the ego feels validated and melts into emotion; had it been challenged, anger would arise. Such weeping is borrowed devotion to the past. Real connection is direct, present, and unchanged by which name or scripture is praised.

You’re crying because your favorite old beliefs got praised—not because truth is transforming you.

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