What is the nature of good and bad in human beings without a measure to gauge them?
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"Goodness is the natural fragrance of being when suffering and violence cease; it needs no external measure, for it arises effortlessly from the absence of disease within."
According to Osho, good and bad in humans don’t need an external yardstick. Like health is known by the absence of disease, goodness is the fragrance when suffering, violence, and inner pathology end. ‘Bad’ announces itself through war, sorrow, meaninglessness, and suicide; ‘good’ is the natural, unforced state of love, joy, and wholeness once those diseases disappear.
You can tell something is bad because it hurts and harms; when that stops, what remains—love and peace—is good.
Why this matters practically
- Stop chasing ideals; notice where suffering is and remove its causes.
- Diagnose life like a doctor: end inner conflict, hatred, and violence.
- Measure growth by less misery and more love, joy, and clarity.
- Diagnose life like a doctor: end inner conflict, hatred, and violence.
- Measure growth by less misery and more love, joy, and clarity.
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