What is the significance of the statement 'In the beginning was the Word'?
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"In the beginning, there was not a word, but silence—the eternal source from which all creation flows and to which all must return."
According to Osho, the biblical claim 'In the beginning was the Word' is mistaken: existence has no beginning or end—it's an ongoing creativity without a creator. If one imagines a beginning, it could only be silence, from which words arise and disturb. Silence is the timeless center of all life—present before, during, and after everything—and the doorway he urges us to enter.
There wasn’t a first word—reality is endless, and the deepest truth is the quiet silence at its heart; rest there.
Why this matters practically
- Invites meditation: return to inner silence beyond concepts and scriptures.
- Eases anxiety by viewing life as a continuous flow, not a fixed beginning/end story.
- Encourages dropping dogma to experience reality directly.
- Eases anxiety by viewing life as a continuous flow, not a fixed beginning/end story.
- Encourages dropping dogma to experience reality directly.
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