What is the godliness in life?
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"Godliness is the living creativity that flows through existence; when you become egolessly creative, you dissolve into the very essence of life itself."
According to Osho, godliness is not a person or creator outside you, but the very mystery and process of creation itself—the living, miraculous creativity pervading existence. You commune with it by becoming egolessly creative: painting, music, dance, love, work done in total awareness. In such presence, the 'I' dissolves; this is yoga—union with existence—not rituals, prayers, or austerities.
Godliness is the magic of life you touch when you forget yourself and create, not a person you pray to.
Why this matters practically
- Make everyday tasks (art, work, relationships) a prayer by doing them creatively and fully present.
- Loosen the ego and anxiety through flow instead of rigid rituals or asceticism.
- Experience meaning and connection by participating in creation, not by beliefs about a distant God.
- Loosen the ego and anxiety through flow instead of rigid rituals or asceticism.
- Experience meaning and connection by participating in creation, not by beliefs about a distant God.
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