According to Osho, there's nothing in particular to cite - no study or external authority can substitute for direct seeing. He implies that the mind's demand for research and references misses the essence; truth is realized inwardly, not proven outwardly. Rather than collecting data, turn to meditative awareness; your own experience becomes the only 'research' that matters.
Don't look for studies; look within - your own experience is the proof.
From the Discourses
Passages where Osho speaks to this question — each links to the complete discourse.
Osho, what do those people mean who say that, so that there is no explosion, one should search within with a subtle, refined vision...
But the effortless awakening I speak of—once it arrives, there is no question of its departure, because you did not bring it; it came. Gradually you and awakening are not two; you are the awakening. You did not make even anger “the other,” so how would awakening be “other”? It becomes you. There is no question of its return. Whatever we have truly known cannot be unknown. You cannot undo knowing. Yes, what we have merely learned by rote can wobble. But what is known—like a child who comes to know love; once he knows, he cannot un‑know it. Knowing becomes part of you; it cannot fall away. Reading four books about love is different; that can be forgotten. Through the experiment of awakening, whatever happens in us reveals itself gradually. Awakening is not something that comes from outside; it is your inner being uncovering itself. If it were an…
Osho: That sentence is beautiful. Be still means don't make yourself still. Be still means be still. Don't make any effort to be still, just be still. And if you are doing something to be still, then the stillness will simply be a created, cultivated stillness not the real. Question: "Be still and know.... " Osho: Then you know ultimately -- there is no sense in prolonging the sentence -- be still, and you know. There is no question of knowing. It comes by itself. Just be still.... QUESTION: EVERY MAN SPEAKS FROM HIS OWN EXPERIENCE, HIS OWN LEVEL, RIGHT? ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A TECHNIQUE THAT WOULD WORK THAT PERHAPS YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED.
Beloved Osho, the scientific vision of objective reality and the subjective experience of existence seem to be two completely separate and unbridgeable dimensions. Is this because of the nature of things, or is it only an illusion of our mind?
The scientific approach to existence and the religious approach have been in the past separate and unbridgeable. The reason was the insistence of old religions on superstitions, belief systems, denial of inquiry and doubt. In fact, there is nothing unbridgeable between science and religion, and there is no separation either. But religion insisted on belief -- science cannot accept that. Belief is covering up your ignorance. It never reveals to you the truth; it only gives you certain dogmas, creeds, and you can create an illusion of knowledge through them. But that knowledge is nothing but a delusion. Anything based on belief is bogus. Because religions insisted continuously on belief, and the basic method of science is doubt, the separation happened. And it became unbridgeable. It is unbridgeable if religion does not arise and face the challenge of doubt. The whole responsibility of the religions has been to keep these…
Mind gives you a new depth but mind is also not the end; there is a still higher and a deeper phenomenon. And always remember: whatsoever is higher is always deeper and vice versa; whatsoever is deeper is always higher. Then the world of the heart, of love, of emotions, sentiments, opens up. Now you are reaching the subtlest core. A man who has not known what love is has missed the whole point of life. His heart has remained unopened. And when the heart opens, only then does spring come to you, then you blossom. But even the heart is not the end. Buddha used to say to his disciples 'Charaiveti, charaiveti.' Charaiveti means go on, go on, don't stop anywhere. Till you come to the very end where the road ends and where there is no further to go, go on, go on: charaiveti, charaiveti.
Osho, what is inner sense?
A boy was constantly scratching his head. His father looked at him one day and said, "Son, why are you always scratching your head?" "Well," the boy responded, "I guess because I am the only one who knows it itches." THIS IS INNER SENSE. Only you know. Nobody else can know. It cannot be observed from the outside. When you have a headache, only you know. You cannot prove it. When you are happy, only you know -- you cannot prove it. You cannot put it on the table to be inspected by everybody, dissected, analyzed. In fact, the inner sense is so inner that you cannot even prove that it exists. That's why science goes on denying it, but the denial is inhuman. Even the scientist knows that when he feels love, he has an inner feeling. Something IS there! And it is not a thing, and it is…