Core Insight:
According to Osho, when a living religion hardens into a cult it loses its living current, becomes God‑oriented, and is captured by priesthood, rituals, and labels (Christianity, Hinduism, etc.). Power structures replace personal religiousness; history then repeats in dead tradition. He proposes preventing this slide by dropping God, priests, and identities, keeping only pure religiousness—an open, personal inquiry no one can systematize or own.