Will understanding come through indulgence, or can it also come without indulgence?
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outcome
"Understanding blossoms through indulgence; only by fully experiencing desires can their true nature be revealed and transcended."
According to Osho, understanding arises only through indulgence—never without it. One must enter experience wholly and consciously; repression or avoidance breeds ignorance and craving. By allowing desires to play out in awareness, their nature is revealed and they naturally drop. Genuine insight is born from total living, not from denial, fear, or borrowed moralities.
You only truly learn by fully experiencing something with awareness; avoiding it teaches nothing.
Why this matters practically
- Replaces suppression with conscious experience, reducing inner conflict and guilt.
- Lets desires fade naturally after understanding, instead of through force.
- Builds authenticity and self-knowledge in daily choices.
- Lets desires fade naturally after understanding, instead of through force.
- Builds authenticity and self-knowledge in daily choices.
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