According to Osho, metaphors—like the 'wine' of devotion—convey what words can’t: the ego’s dissolution into God. Ordinary wine only forgets briefly; divine wine ends the 'I' forever, unveiling bliss. Such images bridge everyday experience and the sacred, mark true God‑intoxication, and guard against literalism by pointing to transformation, not the drink.
Metaphors are picture-words that help us feel how real devotion erases the small ‘me,’ like wine makes you tipsy—but forever and for real.