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What is the relationship between God and our existence?

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"You are not separate from God; like waves in the ocean, your existence arises from the same source and returns to it, eternally intertwined."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, God is the ocean of consciousness; we are its waves—arising and subsiding without ever being separate. The ocean (Divine) simply is, eternally present; waves (individuals) come and go, imagining separateness because they perceive only other waves. Our existence depends wholly on this source and on all other waves; God can be without us, but we cannot be without God.
We are like waves in a vast ocean called God—appearing and disappearing, but never separate from the water that holds us.
Why this matters practically
- Eases fear of death and change by seeing life as forms of one undying presence.
- Softens ego and loneliness, growing compassion and interdependence.
- Anchors mindfulness in the present, where the Divine is encountered.
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