Where does the devotee fit in the path of Sufism?
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"Devotion in Sufism is the art of dissolving the self into the divine, yet beware—this ecstatic intoxication can lead you away from the ultimate truth, much like a beautiful illusion."
According to Osho, in Sufism the devotee ‘fits’ by dissolving into God: devotion is so total that the self vanishes, as with al‑Hallaj’s “I am God.” Yet Osho says this God is a hypothesis; such devotion becomes imaginative intoxication—joyous but hallucinatory, like wine or drugs—yielding transient ecstasies without ultimate truth, unlike Zen’s devotion to a living master.
A Sufi devotee loves an imagined God so much they feel one with it, but Osho says that’s like happy drunkenness, not real awakening.
Why this matters practically
- Distinguish blissful imagination from grounded realization.
- Avoid spiritual intoxication; seek living, verifiable guidance.
- Question concepts like 'God' to prevent self-delusion.
- Avoid spiritual intoxication; seek living, verifiable guidance.
- Question concepts like 'God' to prevent self-delusion.
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