According to Osho, desires do not fade with age; they persist and often intensify because time deepens their roots. Growing old only diminishes energy, not craving, which then turns cerebral and obsessive, especially as death nears. Wisdom is not time-earned but arises by centering in one’s being—integrating, crystallizing—so that desires lose their grip, not merely their expression.
Getting old doesn’t make wants go away; they often get stronger in your head, and only turning inward brings real peace.