Core Insight:
According to Osho, people miss the tantric dimension because they are trapped in the mind’s pendulum between repression and indulgence. Centuries of Christian suppression in the West fuel a compensatory obsession with sex; indulgence, in turn, breeds frustration and new puritanism. Obsession—whether anti-sex or pro-sex—prevents conscious, celebrative lovemaking. Tantra requires awareness beyond both extremes, not reactionary morality or compulsive gratification.