Is there life after death?
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"The real question is not about life after death, but are you truly alive in this moment? Transform the present, and the future—including death—will take care of itself."
According to Osho, the real question isn’t life after death but life before death: are you truly alive now? He dismisses afterlife speculation, saying heaven and hell are jokes. What matters is living this moment totally and meditatively; the quality you cultivate now accumulates and shapes whatever follows. God is met only here-now; transform the present, and the future—including death—takes care of itself.
Don’t worry about what happens after you die—wake up and live fully now, because what you live now is what you carry forward.
Why this matters practically
- Shifts focus from fear of death to vivid, conscious living now.
- Encourages meditation and wholehearted action to accumulate joy, not misery.
- Reduces anxiety by centering on the only controllable time: here and now.
- Encourages meditation and wholehearted action to accumulate joy, not misery.
- Reduces anxiety by centering on the only controllable time: here and now.
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