Can you prove that God exists?

Osho, can you prove that God exists?

If God wanted to prove Himself, He would have done so long ago. God chooses to remain unproven—and there is a reason for it. If God were provable, as a stone is, He would become superfluous. Karl Marx, the father of communism, said that until God can be caught in a test tube in the laboratory, he would not believe. But just think: if God were caught in a laboratory test tube and the scientist dissected Him and performed an autopsy, then God would indeed be proven—but after the autopsy! He would be dead. God is supreme Life; therefore He cannot be proven. Yes, if you wish, you can unite yourself with that supreme life. The mind says, “Let it be proven first; then we will have faith.” But do you understand what faith means? Faith means the courage to seek that which is not proven. That is exactly what…

Osho, what is the proof of God’s existence?

And you still ask for proof? There have been people who offered proofs, and all their proofs are futile. No proof works. All the proofs for God so far are not worth a penny. Someone says: everything that is made must have a maker; such a vast world—surely it must have a maker. But that proof commits suicide; the moment it meets an atheist, it goes lame. The atheist says: If every made thing must have a maker, if God is needed to make the world, then who made God? With that he tightens the noose around your neck. Who made God? You protest: No, no one made God. Then the atheist says: If God can be without being made, why can’t the world be without being made? The argument collapses; it falls flat. You say: just as the potter makes the pot, so that Great Potter made this world.…

Osho, can the existence of God be proved?

You rose from that side, we rose from this world on this side— Come, we too sit ready to go along with you. Who has the leisure to fulfill love’s duty of service? Neither you sit idle, nor do we sit idle. If we rise, we rise in the fever of seeking the Friend; If we sit, we sit absorbed in the longing for the Beloved. Such is the station of succor that your travelers on the path of love, After a thousand quests, have lost heart. Ask not who we are, what our claim is—nothing, dear sir! We are beggars, sitting under the shadow of a wall. It cannot be that the tavern is empty of “Azad”— Look there! Who sits? The very sovereign sits. Courage has been lost. We have become helpless. The feet will not lift to go within. Ask not who we are, what our claim…

What proof is there of the existence of god?

There is no proof. Or everything that exists is a proof. From the standpoint of logic there is no proof, because god is beyond logic. No one can prove or disprove him through argument. And take note, what can be proven by logic can also be disproven. God is not proven or disproven. God simply is. Perhaps it is not correct even to say god is. To say 'god is' seems like a tautology. 'Is' means only god. Whatever is is god. So when we say a tree is, it is correct, because one day the tree will no longer be. One day it was not, and one day it will not be. It's being was only in between. Hence a tree is, a man is, a house is. But to say god is is not correct, because god never was 'not' and will never be 'not'. Hence the meaning…

Yes, there have been proofs of God -- they are not logical, syllogistic arguments but men -- a Buddha, a Christ, a Ramakrishna, a Raman. These are the proofs. Even they cannot prove logically. Existence is too big for logic to comprehend it. Logic is the function of the small mind inside you. It is not your totality, just a part, and the part cannot prove the whole. Only the whole can prove the whole. You can become the proof of God. Each man has to become a proof of God... by his living, by his being, by his silence, by his love, by his peace, the way he is, the vibe that he creates, the presence that he brings to the world. No person can be a proof of God, but the presence of a certain person can be a proof. God can be proved only through existential valuation.