According to Osho, humanity’s urge to torture springs from centuries of religious conditioning that repressed natural energies, divided people, and chained both body and spirit. Doctrines of celibacy, poverty, and ritual split us inside and against each other, corrupting sexuality and bottling violence. As education exposes these deceptions, accumulated rage and frustration erupt as revenge and cruelty, amplified by global awareness.
People were taught to unnaturally suppress themselves and hate each other, so the pent-up hurt and lies explode as cruelty.