According to Osho, the West rushes because its religions assume only one life; time feels scarce, fueling urgency, productivity, wealth—and anxiety. The East moves slowly because it envisions countless lives; time feels abundant, encouraging patience, acceptance, even laziness and poverty. Both are partial truths. He proposes a synthesis: be fully alive and active in the present without inner tension—urgency outside, spaciousness inside.
The West runs fast thinking there’s only one life; the East walks slowly thinking there are many; the wise way is to act now but stay calm inside.