According to Osho, the ego feeds on being special, ‘holier’ or ‘higher,’ and on consoling promises about a future heaven; this keeps you separate and asleep. Authentic spiritual teaching dismantles that vanity, honors being ‘the last,’ and brings the kingdom—freedom, awakening—here and now. By refusing superiority and identification with any religion, one meets truth directly, without consolation or comparison.
Ego wants to feel special and wait for later; real spirituality drops that and wakes up here and now.