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What is the nature of truth and its expression in words?

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"Truth cannot be contained in words; it is a silent experience that transcends the mind and can only be known directly through awareness and being."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, ultimate truth is realized only beyond the mind, and therefore it resists verbal expression. Language belongs to the mind; what is discovered outside it cannot be carried back into words. At best, words can point, but they cannot contain. Truth is to be known directly—through silence, awareness, and being—not explained or conceptualized.
Truth is like a taste—you have to taste it yourself; you can’t truly describe it with words.
Why this matters practically
- Move from debating ideas to cultivating silence and awareness.
- Loosen clinging to concepts, reducing dogmatism and conflict.
- Seek direct experience instead of secondhand beliefs.
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