Does the ecstasy of seeking the truth eliminate the search for it?

Beloved Osho, I have heard you say that seeking the truth is as ecstatic as finding it. Does that not eliminate the search?

"And anyway we cannot deceive you. All that we know, we have given to you. We don't know whether it leads to truth or not, because how can we know? -- we are also in the middle of the way. Whether it leads to somewhere or not can be known only when we have reached to the end. And I know almost all the masters around. It is better you start moving alone -- on your own." Perhaps Buddha is the first person who reached to the goal without a master. But one cannot say that those masters did not help him. They did not help him to the end -- they may have helped him only in small ways -- but they certainly helped him to eliminate many things. They certainly made it clear to him that it is better to go alone, to take the risk. Perhaps that…

Question: And the last question: Osho, where does the search for truth end? The very meaning of truth is: the infinite. The search for truth has no end. The search for truth has a beginning, but no end. The journey begins, but it is never finished. It cannot be finished. Because if the journey were to be completed, it would mean that truth is also limited. You have reached the last boundary—then what lies beyond it? No, truth is boundless. This is what we have said again and again in many ways—the divine is infinite, limitless, immeasurable, expansive, vast. If you enter the ocean, it is true that you have entered the ocean; but you have not attained the whole ocean—so much of the ocean still remains. You go on swimming, keep on swimming—still the ocean remains, and remains; the more you cross, the more remains.

Go beyond your doubt, your doubting mind, and then you will really be a seeker of truth. A seeker of truth neither believes nor doubts. He is simply available, ready, open, vulnerable. He is ready to go with the universe wherever it leads. And the universe is always leading you, guiding you towards the ultimate expression of your being. If you can surrender to existence, if you can allow yourself to be overwhelmed by it, then the transformation happens so easily, without any bloodshed and without any damage. Not even scars are left in you. One changes so silently, so noiselessly, as if nothing has happened. On the outside everything remains the same and on the inside nothing is the same. One can seek truth either out of misery or out of bliss. Both people are seekers, but the first one is going to miss, he will never reach.

Osho, if a seeker finds the true Master, does the search come to an end?

Only then does the search begin. Before that, what you called a search was mere, futile coming and going. Before that it was groping in the dark. There was no path, no direction, no vision. With the meeting of the true Master, the search begins. The pointless running around ends. That was never a real search. The real search begins. And once the real search begins, it is already half fulfilled. Very little remains after the Master. Whoever has found the Master has, in essence, bowed down, effaced himself a little, stepped aside from the ego. Only then could he find the Master; otherwise he could not. And on this very path the Master will take you further: “Don’t just lessen yourself—disappear utterly.” A little effacement brings you to the Master; total effacement brings you to the Divine. Now the way is clear. Step aside a little—you meet the Master.…

Osho (to Reta) : Unless one is full of light there is no possibility of bliss. Light itself is transformed into delight. Hence those who seek bliss directly can never find it, but those who seek light, they always find bliss. Bliss is a by-product of the experience of light; hence meditation becomes immensely important. It does not give you bliss directly, because there is no way to reach bliss directly. Meditation disperses your darkness. Meditation releases your inner potential of light. You become full of light and the moment you are full of light suddenly there is bliss. It follows light inevitably. Hence the word "enlightenment"; it simply means one who has become total light. And bliss is a by-product, a consequence. Seek light: you will find both light and bliss. Seek bliss: you will not find bliss and you will remain miserable.