Core Insight:
According to Osho, the East emphasizes solitary, one-to-one spiritual practice because the ego there stayed diffuse—more like a passing mood—so aloneness works. The modern West, with a crystallized, burdensome ego, gravitates to group methods that let one temporarily merge and unburden. Both paths exist, but suitability depends on ego-development: strong ego—use groups to melt; softer ego—use solitude.