Is God really dead?
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"The death of God as a concept is the birth of the divine within; let go of borrowed beliefs and discover the sacred in the here and now."
According to Osho, yes—‘God’ as a fixed, man-made deity is dead. What must die is the conceptual idol so the living reality of godliness can be discovered in consciousness, love, and awareness. He shifts the focus from belief to direct experience here-now, urging seekers to drop borrowed ideas and taste the sacred as presence, not person.
He means the old idea of a sky-God is over; find the living sacred by looking into your own awareness now.
Why this matters practically
- Frees you from rigid beliefs and fear-based religion.
- Encourages meditation and direct experience over secondhand ideas.
- Brings the sacred into everyday presence, relationships, and actions.
- Encourages meditation and direct experience over secondhand ideas.
- Brings the sacred into everyday presence, relationships, and actions.
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