According to Osho, we stay entangled in futile matters because busyness shields us from confronting the inner void—the death-like silence where the ego dissolves. Chasing news, gossip, status, and bread is a circular escape from meditation, the only experience that survives death. We invent quarrels and worries to avoid “nothing to do,” fearing the surrender required to die to the self and discover timeless awareness.
We keep busy with little things so we don’t have to sit quietly and feel the scary emptiness inside, but only that quiet (meditation) truly matters in the end.