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Why is lust considered the enemy of the wise despite its transformation into self-energy?

Lust is the smoke that obscures consciousness, but when transformed with awareness, it becomes the fertile energy of creation.

— Osho
According to Osho, lust is called the wise person’s enemy not as condemnation but as a factual warning: untransformed desire is smoke that obscures consciousness, drains life-force, blinds and weakens, turning you from the divine. Yet the same energy, rightly used—like manure spread in a garden—becomes creative self-energy (ojas), a friend. Its value depends on your awareness and skillful transformation.

Like smelly manure, lust hurts if you hoard it, but if you use it wisely it feeds your flowers.

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