What is the relationship between God, matter, and consciousness?
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"God is the infinite reality that encompasses all; matter and consciousness are not separate, but expressions of the same boundless Being."
According to Osho, God is the infinite, all-inclusive reality—the one-taste that contains everything and keeps extending beyond all knowing. Therefore matter and consciousness are not separate principles; they are modes within the same boundless Being. We can never say “only up to here”; whatever is known, unknown, or unknowable—including the material and the mental—are expressions of the Divine.
Everything you can touch or think—rocks and thoughts alike—is made of the same endless something we call God, with nothing outside it.
Why this matters practically
- Ends the false split between spiritual and material, reducing inner conflict.
- Inspires reverence and responsibility toward body, nature, and mind as sacred.
- Cultivates humility and openness, since reality always exceeds what we know.
- Inspires reverence and responsibility toward body, nature, and mind as sacred.
- Cultivates humility and openness, since reality always exceeds what we know.
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