Core Insight:
According to Osho, there is no such thing as mechanical goodness; goodness cannot be produced by conditioning, fear, reward, or obedience. What passes as 'mechanical goodness' is merely unconscious, crowd-pleasing behavior—manageable, trained responses like Pavlovian conditioning. True goodness is born of awareness; evil is unconsciousness. Society prefers mechanical compliance, but real virtue demands transforming darkness into consciousness, as exemplified by rebels like Jesus, Buddha, and Lao Tzu.