What is the nature of God according to Paul Tillich?
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"God is not a distant entity but the living fragrance of existence itself, a reality that needs no labels and restores our dignity and freedom."
According to Osho, Paul Tillich recasts God as the 'infinite and inexhaustible depth' and the 'ground of all beings,' shifting divinity from a faraway sky to an inward metaphysical depth. Osho calls this mere wordplay—moving the address while clinging to the label. He declares God dead; what remains is the living fragrance of existence itself, which needs no hypothesis and restores human dignity and freedom.
Tillich says God is the deep ground inside everything, but Osho says that’s just a new label—there’s no God, only life’s own aliveness.
Why this matters practically
- Stop chasing abstract deities; attend to direct, present experience.
- Gain freedom from spiritual dependency; live with responsibility and dignity.
- Keep it simple and clear: drop unnecessary beliefs that create confusion.
- Gain freedom from spiritual dependency; live with responsibility and dignity.
- Keep it simple and clear: drop unnecessary beliefs that create confusion.
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