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Why is it easy to advise others but difficult to apply that understanding to oneself?

Words are cheap, but true transformation arises only when you embody the wisdom you share; become the example, for only then does your being teach.

— Osho
According to Osho, advising is easy because words are cheap and let the ego feel wise, but real change demands living the advice. If what you say hasn’t transformed you, it cannot transform anyone; ideas without embodiment are ash. Only the fire of personal practice gives counsel power. First become the example—stop your own 'jaggery'—then your very being teaches, beyond sermons.

Talking is easy; living what you say is hard—so change yourself first and your example will speak.

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