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What is the relationship between material prosperity and spiritual growth?

Material prosperity is the soil in which the seeds of spirituality can grow, but true realization comes only when we see the futility of wealth and turn inward.

— Osho
According to Osho, material prosperity is the necessary foundation for authentic spirituality—but a foundation alone never makes a house. By fully experiencing wealth, one discovers its futility; great possession intensifies bondage until awareness and renunciation arise. Poverty’s few chains keep people chasing, while abundance exposes emptiness and invites inner revolt. Yet prosperity guarantees nothing; realization requires conscious insight, whether in this life or through past-life experience.

Having plenty helps you realize that plenty isn’t enough, which can push you to grow on the inside.

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