Ask Osho!

What is the relationship between God and human desire for pleasure?

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"God is not the supplier of pleasures but the bliss that remains when desire for pleasure and fear of pain vanish."

According to Osho, God is not the supplier of pleasures but the bliss that remains when desire for pleasure and fear of pain vanish. All manufactured pleasures—even devotional ecstasies and “visions”—are dreams that flip into sorrow. Chasing happiness ties you to misery’s cycle; realizing the Divine is entering bliss without opposite, beyond pleasure and pain, when self-made heavens and hells dissolve.
God isn’t there to give you happy thrills; when you stop chasing highs and lows, a quiet, endless okayness appears by itself.
Why this matters practically
- Stop using spirituality to chase highs; let go of craving and aversion.
- Observe pleasure and pain rise and fall to disidentify and rest in awareness.
- Aim for truth, not mood-management; it opens stable, nondual contentment.
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