Why does the feeling of God's presence diminish over time?
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"When you drop your images and become childlike in your silence, you will find that God's presence is not a person, but an ever-present reality waiting to be recognized."
According to Osho, the feeling of God fades because it begins as imagination shaped by beliefs and wishes; no fantasy can sustain itself against reality. As concepts, religious labels, and mental noise reassert themselves, they veil the ever-present divine. Drop images, become childlike and silent, and in thought-free awareness God's presence is recognized everywhere, not as a person, but as pervasive presence.
The feeling fades because it was a picture in your head; when you stop imagining and get quiet like a child, you can notice God everywhere.
Why this matters practically
- Let go of fixed images and labels; practice open, childlike noticing.
- Meditate into silence to quiet mental noise and sense presence.
- Find the sacred in ordinary moments, reducing spiritual highs and lows.
- Meditate into silence to quiet mental noise and sense presence.
- Find the sacred in ordinary moments, reducing spiritual highs and lows.
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