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What happens to the words of the awakened ones when they enter popular usage?

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"When the words of the awakened enter popular usage, they lose their living fragrance and become mere slogans, while only the essence of love can shake off the dust of distortion. Choose the vibrant yes of life over the sterile purity of dead morality."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, when the words of awakened ones pass into the crowd, they gather thousands of distortions and lose their living fragrance, becoming dry slogans of prohibition and duty—dead like 'ahimsa' in popular morality. Only living words—like 'love'—retain vitality: though dust settles, they can shake it off. Choose life’s yes over sterile, glass‑coffin purity.
When many people repeat holy words, they often twist them into lifeless rules; only truly alive words, like love, stay fresh and keep working.
Why this matters practically
- Prefer teachings that awaken love, creativity, and a heartfelt yes—not just rule-keeping.
- Drop dead slogans; live the essence so it stays alive in you.
- Test words by their effect: do they open song and action, or only restrain?
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