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Why does humanity always need leaders?

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"Humanity clings to leaders because it has been conditioned to remain immature, dependent on dogmas and mediators, while true maturity arises from direct experience and self-discovery."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, humanity “needs” leaders only because priests and politicians have deliberately kept people mentally childish and dependent. By blocking direct contact with existence and God, monopolizing truth through dead languages and dogmas, condemning knowledge, and schooling for obedience and memory, they manufacture immaturity. An immature mind craves commandments and mediators; a mature, intelligent, experiential person needs no leaders.
We’ve been raised like kids who aren’t allowed to think or feel for ourselves, so we keep looking for grown-ups to tell us what to do.
Why this matters practically
- Seek direct experience (nature, inner silence) instead of intermediaries.
- Educate for understanding, not rote; question dogma and authority.
- Take responsibility and grow intelligence so guidance arises within.
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