According to Osho, man lost the capacity for sublimation because modern civilization massively represses natural energies—especially sex—to fuel armies, discipline, and productivity. In Patanjali’s simple, childlike era energy flowed innocently; now repression closes natural doors and forces energy into anger, violence, and perversion. With societies mutually threatened, they cannot allow free love; thus energy cannot rise organically into higher creativity, meditation, or compassion.
We pushed down our natural feelings so hard that they turned into anger and trouble instead of quietly changing into love and creativity.