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What is the significance of orders in the context of Hiroshima?

Awareness is the key that transforms blind obedience into conscious choice, breaking the chain of causality that leads to catastrophe.

— Osho
According to Osho, ‘orders’ do not absolve anyone; they are one thread in a vast causal web woven by human consciousness. Catastrophes like Hiroshima arise when unconscious obedience aligns many causes at once. Karma operates immediately: the issuers and the obedient both co-create and reap the results. Awareness—rather than mechanical compliance—breaks the chain that turns instructions into catastrophic outcomes.

Doing what you’re told without awareness helps cause harm; being conscious lets you stop it.