According to Osho, real understanding stands beyond admiration and social ‘respect.’ Admiration flatters the admirer’s ego by keeping them above you; true understanding acknowledges a higher source and thus threatens conditioned pride, provoking jealousy. Therefore don’t broadcast sources to ego-bound minds; let your understanding embody itself silently. He rejects status-based respect—prizes and politics—because they reinforce conditioning rather than intelligence or inner transformation.
Understanding changes you quietly, while admiration and respect often just make egos feel important.