West being material-oriented and East being spirit-oriented is energetically hard-coded. As part of the natural process, the West is exporting materialism to the East, while the East is exporting spirituality to the West (Let's not forget, even Christianity's origins have eastern roots, even more than Christians are ready to admit) It's one kind of synergy, a constant reminder that we need spirit, but we also need material conditions while walking around in this bag of flesh and bones.