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Why am I always unhappy despite following religious rules and living a disciplined life?

True bliss arises not from rigid beliefs and discipline, but from the dissolution of the ego and the spontaneous flow of goodness that comes from knowing your oneness with existence.

— Osho
According to Osho, your unhappiness is the natural outcome of an overgrown ‘I’ strengthened by belief, discipline, and moral rules. Bliss happens when the ego relaxes and disappears; mere belief only represses doubt, creating inner division and tension. True religion isn’t rule-following but a spontaneous goodness flowing from direct knowing your oneness with existence. Drop rigid belief, ease control, and let awareness—not ego—guide action.

You feel unhappy because clinging to ‘I’, beliefs, and rules tightens you; let go of ego and know truth directly, and joy and goodness happen by themselves.

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