What is the nature of God according to the Kath Upanishad?

Osho, you said that God is a force and has no interest, no concern, in human life. In the Katha Upanishad there is a verse whose meaning is that only the one whom That favors attains it. So what is the basis and ground of that favor?

In fact, I did not say that it has no interest in you. I did not say that. I did not say that God has no interest in you. If It had no interest, you could not even be. I did not say that. And I also did not say that It is neutral toward you—this too I did not say. Nor can It be neutral; because you are not separate from It; you are Its own spread-out expanse. What I said is this: It has no special interest in you. There is a difference between the two. There is no special interest in you. That force will not step outside its law for your sake. If you strike your head with a stone, blood will flow—and nature will not take any special interest in you. Interest It is taking fully, because when the blood flows, that too is Its…

You said that god is an impartial and pure energy. God is not specially interested in man's life; it has no obligation towards man's life. In the kath upanishad there is a sutra which means, "god comes to meet him whom he likes." what are the basis and reasons for his preference?

There is a vast difference between the two -- like between the sky and the earth. The humble and egoless statements of enlightened people become a protection for our dullness and laziness. Then we say, "Well, God meets only whom he wants to meet and he does not meet those he does not want to." There is a similar statement of Saint Augustine which runs something like this: "Those whom God wished, he made them good; those whom he wished, he made them bad." This seems a very dangerous statement. If this is so -- that God makes some bad and he makes some good as it suits his fancy -- then things are crazy! Then he must be an insane God! When you read this you can give a very negative meaning to it. But what Augustine means is totally different. He tells the good man, "Do not be…

Verse (Sanskrit): न संदृशे तिष्ठति रूपमस्य न च्रुषा पश्यति कश्चनैनम्‌। हृदा मनीषा मनसाभिक्लृप्तो य एतद् विदुरमृतास्ते भवन्ति।।9।। यदा पंचावतिष्ठन्ते ज्ञानानि मनसा सह। बुद्धिश्च न विचेष्टति तामाहुः परमां गतिम्‌।।10।। तां योगमिति मन्यन्ते स्थिरामिन्द्रियधारणाम्‌। अप्रमत्तस्तदा भवति योगो हि प्रभवाप्ययौ।।11।। Transliteration: na saṃdṛśe tiṣṭhati rūpamasya na cruṣā paśyati kaścanainam‌| hṛdā manīṣā manasābhiklṛpto ya etad viduramṛtāste bhavanti||9|| yadā paṃcāvatiṣṭhante jñānāni manasā saha| buddhiśca na viceṣṭati tāmāhuḥ paramāṃ gatim‌||10|| tāṃ yogamiti manyante sthirāmindriyadhāraṇām‌| apramattastadā bhavati yogo hi prabhavāpyayau||11|| Translation: His form does not abide within the seen; no one beholds him with the eye। By the heart, by discernment, by the mind apprehended—those who know this become immortal।।9।। When the five senses, together with the mind, are stilled। And the intellect does not stir—this they call the supreme state।।10।। That they call Yoga: the steady holding of the senses। Then one becomes vigilant; for Yoga has its arising and its passing away।।11।। The real form…

Osho! A few days before his passing, revered Dadda-ji, while talking one night, said: “Only That is, and other than That there is nothing.” When we asked, “Who runs the world?” he said, “No one. Everything moves on its own. What is happening is happening. No one is doing anything; it is all happening.” In response to questions about the doctrine of karma he said, “It’s all nonsense.” We asked, “Then what should we do?” He said, “Eat, drink and live joyfully. That’s all—there is nothing else in the world.” Osho, please say something about these teachings of his.

You are lying on both counts. You do not believe you are a great sinner. Put your hand on your heart and say it. You will say: “Me, a great sinner? There are much worse than me! What count am I in! I’m only saying it. I call myself a great sinner so I can call you great compassion. I blacken my face to brighten yours.” But ask your heart. Such praises won’t work there, because there is no one to hear. No answer will come. And because your prayers are not answered, atheism arises. For thousands of years you have prayed; no answer came—so atheism grew. The basic cause of growing atheism is your pundits and priests with their false assurances. Since those assurances fail. Yes, now and then, by chance, an arrow hits the target. Shoot in the dark, sometimes it hits. No prayer is heard—sometimes it lands.…

Invocation

WHAT SIGHT FAILS TO SEE, BUT WHAT SEES SIGHT -- KNOW THOU THAT ALONE AS BRAHMAN, AND NOT THIS THAT PEOPLE WORSHIP HERE. WHAT HEARING FAILS TO HEAR, BUT WHAT HEARS HEARING -- KNOW THOU THAT ALONE AS BRAHMAN, AND NOT THIS THAT PEOPLE WORSHIP HERE. WHAT PRANA DOES NOT REVEAL, BUT WHAT REVEALS PRANA -- KNOW THOU THAT ALONE AS BRAHMAN, AND NOT THIS THAT PEOPLE WORSHIP HERE. This century started with a very strange declaration. The declaration was made by Friedrich Nietzsche. He said, "God is dead, and hence man is totally free from now on." The declaration looked very strange the moment it was made but it proved prophetic. And, by and by, it became the base of the modern mind. Really, for the modern man, God is dead. It is not that God is dead: if God can be dead then nothing can be alive, because…