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What happens when loss occurs?

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"Loss is not meant to be compensated; embrace it fully without the ego's need for retaliation or forgiveness, for true acceptance lies in experiencing the emptiness without the need to fill it."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, any loss has no real compensation; trying to 'make up' for it—whether by retaliatory anger or by parading forgiveness—only feeds the ego, often more subtly. Crude conceit becomes refined vanity, harder to detect, so you end up more entangled. See the loss as loss, without egoic balancing acts.
When you lose something, you can’t fix it by getting mad or by showing off how ‘forgiving’ you are; that just grows your ego.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you stop feeding ego through anger or ‘virtue.’
- Encourages honest acceptance instead of compensatory drama.
- Reduces conflict and hidden pride in daily interactions.
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