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What happens when I erase my ego to allow my inner self to blossom?

The attempt to erase the ego in pursuit of enlightenment only masks it with a saintly facade, creating a deeper inner conflict and blocking the true blossoming of your being.

— Osho
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Core Insight:
According to Osho, the very attempt to erase the ego in order to gain anything—status, holiness, inner blossoming—is the ego’s subtlest strategy. The motive corrupts the act; you don’t dissolve ego, you enthrone it under a saintly cloak, creating inner conflict. Such “egolessness” breeds a bigger, more dangerous ego, blocking authentic flowering rather than allowing it.
If you try to drop your ego to get a reward, your ego just puts on holy clothes and grows bigger.
Why this matters practically
- Examine whether your humility or renunciation hides ambition.
- Avoid spiritual competition; it feeds a subtler, more dangerous ego.
- Seeing this contradiction ends inner tug-of-war.
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