Core Insight:
According to Osho, Americans seem tense because affluence exposes the failure of desire: after “arriving,” hope collapses into disillusionment, meaninglessness, and tension. Indians appear content not from spirituality but from poverty; unmet desires keep hope and comforting illusions alive. Frustration requires wealth; the poor can’t afford it. Only after success fails does authentic religion become possible—thus America, not India, is ripe for true inner inquiry.