According to Osho, the desire for perfection is an unconscious longing for the lost womb—Edenic ease remembered in every cell. Science seeks it outside; religion seeks it inside, but the chase breeds comparison, future-fixation, and neurosis. By consciously moving through the birth trauma and remembering that primal ease, the perfection-craving dissolves, allowing simple presence: accepting this moment, this person, this life without ideals.
We chase perfection because we miss the safe, blissful feeling before birth; heal that old longing and you can enjoy life as it is now.