According to Osho, 'esoteric'—meaning hidden—is a ridiculous word: nothing is hidden; God/truth is obvious like the sun, and only our closed eyes make it seem secret. Calling it esoteric shifts responsibility and empowers priests as mediators. He urges dissolving sacred–secular splits: the temple belongs in the marketplace; the ordinary is the extraordinary. Open your eyes—no secret corridors, just life.
Esoteric means ‘hidden,’ but Osho jokes that nothing is hidden—truth is like the sun; we just close our eyes and then buy secrets from “experts.”