OSHO’S IDEAS ON LOVE, RELATIONSHIPS, AND FREEDOM IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Abstract

This piece of research paper digs deep into the thoughts of Osho about love, relationships, and freedom and how these philosophical thought-provoking concepts can be applied in our day to day lives. A modern spiritual instructor, Osho, placed a strong focus on being true to oneself, overcoming the influence of the social condition, and living freely in every possible respect. Love as a trans. formative power is not perceived as an emotional experience but as a way of leading to self-awareness and emancipation as taught by him. Osho sees relationships as a medium of personal realization and it should be rooted in connectedness and freedom instead of dependence. The paper explores the ways through which the ideas of Osho touch the traditional ideas about love and relationship and how they promote a free kind of love that is neither possessive nor attachive and full of expectations. Moreover, an idea of freedom in the philosophy of Osho is described how it can be applied to society today and lead people to override the restraints of cultural dictums as well as personal phobias. Once such concepts are applied in everyday life they are able to make relationships with others more meaningful and attain a more harmonious relationship with the other persons, and live more fully and authentically with inner content.