Do I need to abolish the concept of 'It' as a representation of God?
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"To seek God in names is to remain trapped in the mind; true liberation comes from dropping the labels and becoming a witness to the unknowable."
According to Osho, abolishing 'It' won’t help—changing names is only a mind-game. Whether God is called he, she, or it, the label keeps you enslaved to thought. Forget renaming the unknowable; he even says God doesn’t exist as an object. The real step is to drop the mind through meditation, become a witness, and end identification with words.
Don’t worry about calling God ‘It’; stop playing with labels, quiet your mind, and just watch.
Why this matters practically
- Shifts attention from beliefs to direct awareness, reducing confusion and dogma.
- Encourages meditation and witnessing, bringing clarity and peace.
- Frees you from ego’s attachment to labels and intellectual games.
- Encourages meditation and witnessing, bringing clarity and peace.
- Frees you from ego’s attachment to labels and intellectual games.
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