Core Insight:
According to Osho, growth is painful because it forces you to encounter the pains you’ve long repressed; avoidance only stores them up. Society teaches suppression—of pain and even pleasure—flattening life’s peaks and valleys. Real growth embraces this polarity: accept pain directly (“be hot, be cold”), not bypass it. Facing wounds dissolves suffering and deepens your capacity for joy—roots in the dark valley raise the tree to higher peaks.