How can the devotee and God remain separate in the context of nonduality?
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"In the absence of desire, the devotee and God dissolve into one another, revealing that devotion itself is the essence of love, where all separation fades into pure dance and wonder."
According to Osho, in true nonduality the devotee and God do not remain separate at all: with desire, you are a beggar and God a giver; when desire vanishes, both identities dissolve. Desireless devotion is not "to" someone; devotion itself is God - a midstream current where lover and Beloved, meditator and object, disappear, leaving only pure love, dance, and wonder.
When you stop wanting anything, the idea of ‘me’ and ‘God’ drops, and only the joy of loving remains.
Why this matters practically
- Ends bargaining spirituality; brings peace by dropping craving.
- Turns prayer, song, or service into joy itself, not a means.
- Opens a felt sense of unity beyond ego and concepts.
- Turns prayer, song, or service into joy itself, not a means.
- Opens a felt sense of unity beyond ego and concepts.
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