Core Insight:
According to Osho, the rise of cults and new religions signals the collapse of outworn traditions like Christianity and exposes religion-as-conditioning. Their appeal to youth provoked deprogramming, which inadvertently revealed that belief systems are programmable mind-games rather than inner realization. Thus, new movements function as a disruptive mirror: they catalyze questioning, unmask institutional hypocrisy, and push seekers toward authentic, experiential spirituality beyond dogma.