According to Osho, when ignorance is left unnoticed or covered with borrowed beliefs, it lulls you into sleep: slackness, heedlessness, and dependence on scriptures or masters replace living intelligence. Then the 'fire' of ignorance consumes you—you remain trapped in suffering. Only a clear, felt recognition of 'I am ignorant' ignites total urgency and awakens the energy needed to get free.
If you ignore your not-knowing and copy others, it’s like napping in a burning house; noticing the fire wakes you up to run out.