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have been sacrificed in the name of the Bible. So what is the difference? Kaaba or Kremlin, there seems to be no difference at all.
Now in China nobody believes in Buddha and nobody can commit any more crimes in the name of Buddha, but now the same crimes are being committed in the name of communism, Chairman Mao, because the people are the same. Unless the mind of humanity changes this is going to happen.
Hence I don't drop using the word 'god', knowing perfectly well that you are not alone -- there are many people who would like me to drop the word 'god' completely, but then I will have to drop 'love' too.
You say, "LOVE, YES...." That simply means that you are not aware that what has been done in the name of love is not less criminal than what has been done in the name of God. "DIVINE PRESENCE" -- you say, "YES" but the same can be done; "THE ULTIMATE, YES." These are just synonyms! Life, love, God, godliness, divine presence, the ultimate, the absolute, truth -- they are all synonyms.
Don't be too conditioned by the past. This is remaining in a kind of bondage, Charles. Somebody hearing the word 'god' simply falls on his knees and starts praying, and somebody else cringes. Both are conditioned, nobody is free. If you shudder, if you hesitate, then the word 'god' has immense power over you, negative of course -- but it has great power, as much power as it has on the people who go to the churches and the temples. You are conditioned in the negative way, they are conditioned in the positive way. But conditioning is conditioning; whether negative or positive it does not make you free.
Be free! And by being free, free these beautiful words too. Hence I go on using the word 'god'. But to me God is synonymous with love, love is synonymous with life, life is synonymous with existence -- these are synonyms. And we have to claim these beautiful words back from the priests and the politicians.
The second question:
Question 2
PLEASE OSHO, WHAT IS TIME?
Mado Maestracci,
TIME has two meanings. One is chronological time, the clock's time. I cannot say much about it. You have to ask a physicist; only he can
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