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I say that existence is enough in itself; it doesn't need a creator. It creates itself. So, instead of asking me if I believe in a creator, you should ask what my substitute for a creator-God is. My substitute is the omnipresent energy of creation. And, in my opinion, being creative is the most important religious quality. If you create a song, if you create music, if you create a garden, you are religious. Going to church is foolish, but creating a garden is a wonderful religion. In my opinion, creation is God.
But it would be better if you allowed me to replace the word "God" with "divinity," as I don't want to be misunderstood.
There is no personal God, but there is a wonderful energy – spreading, never-ending, expanding. This spreading, never-ending, expanding energy, the energy of creation, is the divine.
I know this; I don't believe in it. I have experienced it; I don't believe in it. I have touched it. I have breathed it. I have known it in the deepest core of my being;
and there is just as much of it in you as there is in me. Just look inward, a small turn of one hundred and eighty degrees – and you will realize the truth. Then you will not ask about belief.
Only blind people believe in light. Those who have eyes... they don't believe in light; they simply see it. I don't want you to believe in anything; I want you to have eyes, and if you have eyes, why settle for belief and remain blind? And you are not blind. Perhaps you are just keeping your eyes closed. Perhaps no one has told you that you can open your eyes. So you live in darkness and from the darkness you ask: "Is there light?"
I remember a small story from the life of the Buddha. A blind but very logical man was brought to Gautama Buddha. He was so logical that his village and all the wise men from his village were completely fed up with his logic. They couldn't prove to him that light exists. The whole village knew; everyone saw the light, only the blind logician couldn't see it. But he was a very logical man. He said: "Everything that exists can be touched. Bring light, I would like to touch it. Everything that exists, I can hit with something, and it will make a sound. Let me hear the sound of your light that you hit with something. If it has any smell, bring it to my nose, I will smell it. If it has any taste, I will try it. These four senses are with me." But you cannot taste light, you cannot extract a sound from it, you cannot feel its smell, you cannot touch it. And the blind logician laughed and said: "You just want to prove that I am blind, and therefore you invented this fantasy about light. There is no light. You are all blind, just like me; you are deceiving yourselves." Near this village, the Buddha was passing by, and the inhabitants thought: "Here is a wonderful opportunity; let's bring this logician to Gautama Buddha, maybe he can help." The Buddha listened to the whole story and said: "This blind man is right, and you are all wrong, because he doesn't need argumentation; he needs medicine to cure his eyes. And you brought him to the wrong person. Take him to a doctor."
The Buddha had his own personal doctor, provided by the great king Bimbisara to take care of the Buddha's body. So the Buddha said: "You don't need to go far to find a great doctor. There is one with me. You can show him to this blind man." And he left the doctor in this village, and he went on. After three months, the blind man's eyes opened. He was not really blind – just a small ailment; a small thin veil covered his vision. The veil was removed. The man began to dance. He fell at the feet of the Buddha and said: "If they had not brought me to you, my whole life would have passed in arguing against light. And they would not have been able to prove its existence."
Divinity is not something that documents can prove or disprove. It is something you can experience.
Osho
But it would be better if you allowed me to replace the word "God" with "divinity," as I don't want to be misunderstood.
There is no personal God, but there is a wonderful energy – spreading, never-ending, expanding. This spreading, never-ending, expanding energy, the energy of creation, is the divine.
I know this; I don't believe in it. I have experienced it; I don't believe in it. I have touched it. I have breathed it. I have known it in the deepest core of my being;
and there is just as much of it in you as there is in me. Just look inward, a small turn of one hundred and eighty degrees – and you will realize the truth. Then you will not ask about belief.
Only blind people believe in light. Those who have eyes... they don't believe in light; they simply see it. I don't want you to believe in anything; I want you to have eyes, and if you have eyes, why settle for belief and remain blind? And you are not blind. Perhaps you are just keeping your eyes closed. Perhaps no one has told you that you can open your eyes. So you live in darkness and from the darkness you ask: "Is there light?"
I remember a small story from the life of the Buddha. A blind but very logical man was brought to Gautama Buddha. He was so logical that his village and all the wise men from his village were completely fed up with his logic. They couldn't prove to him that light exists. The whole village knew; everyone saw the light, only the blind logician couldn't see it. But he was a very logical man. He said: "Everything that exists can be touched. Bring light, I would like to touch it. Everything that exists, I can hit with something, and it will make a sound. Let me hear the sound of your light that you hit with something. If it has any smell, bring it to my nose, I will smell it. If it has any taste, I will try it. These four senses are with me." But you cannot taste light, you cannot extract a sound from it, you cannot feel its smell, you cannot touch it. And the blind logician laughed and said: "You just want to prove that I am blind, and therefore you invented this fantasy about light. There is no light. You are all blind, just like me; you are deceiving yourselves." Near this village, the Buddha was passing by, and the inhabitants thought: "Here is a wonderful opportunity; let's bring this logician to Gautama Buddha, maybe he can help." The Buddha listened to the whole story and said: "This blind man is right, and you are all wrong, because he doesn't need argumentation; he needs medicine to cure his eyes. And you brought him to the wrong person. Take him to a doctor."
The Buddha had his own personal doctor, provided by the great king Bimbisara to take care of the Buddha's body. So the Buddha said: "You don't need to go far to find a great doctor. There is one with me. You can show him to this blind man." And he left the doctor in this village, and he went on. After three months, the blind man's eyes opened. He was not really blind – just a small ailment; a small thin veil covered his vision. The veil was removed. The man began to dance. He fell at the feet of the Buddha and said: "If they had not brought me to you, my whole life would have passed in arguing against light. And they would not have been able to prove its existence."
Divinity is not something that documents can prove or disprove. It is something you can experience.
Osho