God means nothingness

Ordinarily, we are walking bundles of solutions to problems that no longer exist. Everybody is so. You are carrying thousands of solutions for problems which are no more existent – and you call it knowledge. It is hindering your capacity to know. It is not knowledge.

Drop all the solutions that you are carrying. Drop all the answers that you are carrying. Just remain silent. And whenever a question arises, out of that silence you will hear the answer – and that will be THE answer. It will not come from you, it will not come from scriptures, it will not come from anywhere – it will come from nowhere and it will come from nobody. It will come from your innermost nothingness.

The other religions call that nothingness ’God’. Buddha often emphasizes the word ’nothingness’ – and significantly so, meaningfully so. Because once you use the word ’God’, people start getting attached to it. Then they have some idea; they ask what God looks like. You cannot ask what nothingness looks like – or can you? Once you have the word ’God’, you start asking: ”How to make the image? How to create a temple? How to worship? How to pray? What name to give to him?” And then there are many names and many images... and then the fight ensues.

That’s why Buddha emphasizes the word ’nothingness’ so much – because it is really beautiful. It does not allow any games to be played with it. It does not allow itself to be corrupted by you. But if you understand rightly, nothingness means God, God means nothingness.

OSHO

http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Beloved_Osho_Books/Zen/Take_it_Easy_Volume_1.pdf