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Osho on Why do ordinary human beings accept veneration from their followers?

Why do ordinary human beings accept veneration from their followers?

True reverence transcends symbols and hierarchy; it is the ego that confuses outer arrangements with genuine spirituality.

— Osho
According to Osho, the very premise is false: what you call ‘veneration’ is often just outer arrangement and projection. A higher chair does not mean worship; put him in a ditch and nothing essential changes. True reverence is not in furniture or hierarchy, and a conscious person neither demands nor depends on such signs—only the ego mistakes symbols for spirituality.

A tall chair isn’t worship; real respect isn’t about props, and a wise person doesn’t need or seek it.