Does truth always prevail?

Beloved Osho, I loved it when once you said, "when I started I was in a majority of one." does truth always prevail?

Even today I am in the majority of one. I will die in the majority of one! Truth is not something that can become collective; it remains individual. The collective masses are not without reason so much afraid of a man of truth, because truth can never become collective; only lies can become collective. Even a single man of truth is enough to put fire to the whole forest of lies, because even thousands of lies cannot face a single statement of truth. Lies don't have any life; they are dead. They are just a burden -- they don't give you any freedom, they don't give you any joy; they simply burden you so much that you lose all hope of ever becoming a free individual and accept enslavement. And that is their function. Every society, every religion, every civilization is lying and corrupting the minds of their children with…

India has taken as its national emblem: Satyameva Jayate—Truth alone triumphs. Nowhere is this evident. But people are interested in triumph, not in truth. If truth wins, they can become interested in truth; otherwise, they are not. If it were certain that untruth wins, people would speak untruth. People are interested in winning, not in truth. So I do not say to you that truth always wins. It is not necessary. Many times it will lose. In fact, it will lose more often than it wins—because those among whom you live are all false. I do not say truth always wins, but this I do say: truth is always blissful. Victory belongs to the others; bliss belongs within. Success belongs to the others. Jesus was crucified; he could have avoided it by lying. It would have been enough to say... Jesus said, “I am the son of God.

Osho, this verse is from the Mundaka Upanishad: Satyam eva jayate nānṛtam, satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ; yenākramanti ṛṣayo hyāptakāmā, yatra tatra satyasya paramaṁ nidhānam. That is: Only truth is victorious, not untruth. The path by which the desireless seers go, and where the supreme treasure of truth abides—that divine path opens to us only through truth. Is truth both the goal and the means? Kindly grace us with direction.

Devayāna means the realization and proclamation of one’s own divinity; freedom from tradition; freedom from the past; the art of living in the present. “Satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ”—this path of truth is Devayāna; it is the road of rebellion; it is revolt. It is not Pitṛyāna. You cannot say, “My father believed, therefore I believe.” No—you must know. Knowing comes first. And one who has known has no need to believe. For the believer, the blessing of knowing never arises. The believer dies. The day he believes, he dies—because the search ends, inquiry ceases. Belief means: What’s left to do? I have believed. And this is what you have been taught: believe, have faith. Thus the whole earth is filled with hollow “religious” people—believers, not truly religious. Belief is always hollow. What is not your own experience, how can it be truth for you? I may say it is my…

Osho, is it true that truth cannot be hidden? It reveals itself in one way or another.

Sharananand! It is true that truth cannot be hidden. Truth is like light—how will you hide it? Even in the darkest darkness it will show itself. There is no way to conceal truth. We do try to hide it, but all our devices prove futile. Still we go on trying, hoping that perhaps this time we might succeed. All our lies are caught—sooner or later. It may take a little while, but they are all found out. Yet man keeps thinking, “Maybe this time I won’t be caught.” A lie has no legs; it cannot walk. And when it does walk, it walks by borrowing the legs of truth—remember that. That is why every liar has to prove that what he is saying is the truth. He has to shout and shout to establish that it is true. He is borrowing legs from truth. A lie cannot move by itself;…

Question: BELOVED OSHO, WHY, WHEN TRUTH AND LIES MEET, DOES TROUBLE ARISE? Waduda, man almost lives in lies, because they are comfortable, convenient. You don't have to make much effort to find a lie. The whole of society is ready to give you all kinds of lies -- but truth is an individual search. Lies are a social invention. So whenever truth is discovered, there is trouble. You have lived all your life in lies -- beautiful lies -- and suddenly you find your whole life collapsing. To choose truth, first you have to make an immense effort to find it. Second, when you find it, you suddenly also find that the whole of society is against you -- the whole world is against you.