According to Osho, many revered spiritual leaders share responsibility for global poverty because they preached turning inward while dismissing outer transformation through ideas like fate or karma. This one-sidedness diverted energy from improving material conditions, keeping societies lopsided. Real spirituality demands a tightrope balance: cultivate meditation and awareness while actively developing the outer world. Wholeness—inner and outer—alone is holy and prevents poverty’s persistence.
Don’t just meditate and accept fate—grow inside while also working to improve the world, or poverty remains.