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Osho on Why does my mind get drawn to a beautiful young woman at fifty?

Why does my mind get drawn to a beautiful young woman at fifty?

Embrace your desires without guilt, for true maturity lies in living each stage of life fully and consciously.

— Osho
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Core Insight:
According to Osho, your mind is pulled toward young women at fifty because natural sexual energy was repressed in youth under guilt and celibacy ideals; when the energy to repress declines with age, the buried desires surface ‘out of season’ and intensify. The remedy is not more suppression but conscious acceptance: live each life stage totally, drop guilt, and mature into a serene old age.
You pushed down natural feelings when you were young, so they pop up later, stronger, when you can’t hold them down.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces guilt and self-blame by seeing the real cause.
- Encourages addressing desire consciously instead of compulsively.
- Supports graceful aging by living each life stage fully and closing unfinished business.
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