According to Osho, saints leave family and society because these structures layer the mind with conditioning that obscures our original emptiness and intimacy with the Divine. Liberation is essential—either by inward renunciation while living in the world, like a lotus in water, or by outer withdrawal as support. The real pilgrimage is to the ‘inner forest’; physical solitude only aids training.
Because society fills us with noise and labels, saints step away—outside or inside—to become empty again and meet God within.