Why are so many people around the world against Rajneeshism despite it being a religion of celebration?
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"True celebration threatens the chains of guilt and fear; it is the liberation of the spirit that those in power seek to suppress."
According to Osho, people oppose Rajneeshism because it explodes the guilt-and-fear foundations of traditional sado-masochistic religions. His path restores forbidden knowledge and the taste of deathlessness, enabling intelligence, joy, dance, and celebration—thereby ending ecclesiastical control built on sin, ignorance, and dread of death. Such freedom threatens entrenched moralism and power structures, so they condemn what liberates.
Many dislike Rajneeshism because it tells you to be wise and happy instead of guilty and scared, and that threatens the old rule-makers.
Why this matters practically
- Swap guilt and fear for understanding to ease daily stress.
- Sense inner deathlessness to live more joyfully and courageously.
- Question blind prohibitions; appreciate beauty openly to reduce jealousy and conflict.
- Sense inner deathlessness to live more joyfully and courageously.
- Question blind prohibitions; appreciate beauty openly to reduce jealousy and conflict.
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