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What is the purpose of enlightened beings in teaching others?

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"Enlightened beings share their light not to create institutions, but to awaken the receptive hearts that thirst for transformation in this very moment."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, enlightened beings teach not to build institutions but to pour their living light and love into receptive hearts now. They offer a fleeting, timeless glimpse within time, transmitting an energy that can awaken and transform the thirsty. Even knowing their work will later be distorted into business, they still share totally, because a few can receive and become enlightened.
They teach to share love and light right now so ready people can wake up, even if later others turn it into a business.
Why this matters practically
- Seek a living, authentic teacher instead of clinging to institutions and secondhand dogma.
- Be receptive and genuinely thirsty; real openness allows transformation.
- Use the present opportunity to awaken rather than worrying about future distortions.
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