Core Insight:
According to Osho, truth hurts because we live from the basic lie of ego, propped up by countless smaller lies—praise, recognition, self-images. When truth arrives it removes these props, so the ego trembles and collapses; that collapse feels painful. The hurt is not from truth but from our clinging. Endure the shock, drop the teddy-bear lies, and the transcendental self beyond ego is revealed.