According to Osho, beyond mere quiet the universe is living silence: a wordless song whose gestures and dance appear as roses, stars, birds, mountains—forms melting into forms. At the deepest level, all arises from and returns to nothingness, which is all. You too are this silence-nothingness; be it, and the knower-known split dissolves.
The universe is a living, wordless quiet that shows up as everything you see, all coming from and going back to a magical nothing that is actually everything—including you.
From the Discourses
Passages where Osho speaks to this question — each links to the complete discourse.
Emptiness here, emptiness there, but the infinite universe stands always before your eyes. Infinitely large and infinitely small; no difference, for definitions have vanished and no boundaries are seen. So too with being and non-being. Don't waste time in doubts and arguments that have nothing to do with this.
ONE THING, ALL THINGS: MOVE AMONG AND INTERMINGLE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION. TO LIVE IN THIS REALIZATION IS TO BE WITHOUT ANXIETY ABOUT NON-PERFECTION. TO LIVE IN THIS FAITH IS THE ROAD TO NON-DUALITY, BECAUSE THE NON-DUAL IS ONE WITH THE TRUSTING MIND. WORDS! THE WAY IS BEYOND LANGUAGE, FOR IN IT THERE IS That's why in the world of religion you see the most egoistic people possible, because they are trying to be perfect about everything. They insist on perfection. They cannot be relaxed, they will always be tense. And always something will be wrong and they have to put it right -- and they will always remain in anxiety. Go to the madhouses, and you will find there ninety percent perfectionists. A man of understanding remains relaxed. That doesn't mean that he doesn't care. No, he cares but he knows the limitations. He cares, but he knows that he is…
The ultimate sound is heard only When the mind is completely silent. It is the sound of silence. It is silence dancing, it is silence vibrating. To hear it is the goal of all meditation. ONce you have heard it You are transformed into a totally new being Transmuted in a new dimension. You are no more a mind, you become a no-mind. And that is the most beautiful experience To be a no-mind, to be utterly silent. But that silence is not dead It is so musical that all music is nothing but noise. Make every effort to be silent So that you can hear the ultimate sound. It is this sound That the Bible talks about In the beginning was the word, The Word was with god and the word was god.
She has asked: I have understood you to say that in the beginning was not the word, but silence. Is not silence the beginning, the end, and the continuum between beginning and end?
Yes, a thousand times yes. I have been speaking about the Bible, which says, "In the beginning, there was the word." Now that is sheer nonsense. How can the word be of itself? Somebody has to utter it. And what is a word if there is nobody to understand it? It becomes just a sound. But what is a sound if there is nobody to hear it? Certainly the Bible is wrong. In the beginning was silence, in the middle it is silence, in the end it is silence. Silence is the very soul of existence. Before we enter the silence, because it is an arduous journey to be in your very innermost core -- arduous and unknown and forgotten -- a few laughs will prepare you. I am using laughter to create a preparation for you to dive deep into silence. After laughter, it is simpler. Ace psychiatrist, Dr.…
Verse (Sanskrit): ओशो, एक झेन गुरु थे, सोइची। जिस दिन से सोइची ने तोफुकु के मंदिर में शिक्षण देना शुरू किया, उसी दिन से मंदिर का रूपांतरण हो गया। दिन आता, दिन जाता; रात आती, रात जाती; लेकिन तोफुकु का मंदिर सदा मौन ही खड़ा रहता। मंदिर एक गहन सन्नाटा ही हो गया। कहीं से कोई आवाज नहीं उठती थी। सोइची ने सूत्रों का पाठ भी बंद करा दिया। यहां तक कि मंदिर के घंटे भी सदा सोए हुए रहते; क्योंकि सोइची के शिष्यों को सिवाय ध्यान के और कुछ नहीं करना था। फिर बरसों तक ऐसा ही रहा। लोग भूल ही गए कि पड़ोस में मंदिर है। और सैकड़ों संन्यासी थे वहां; आत्म-ज्ञान के दीये जलते थे; और समाधि के फूल खिलते थे। और अचानक एक दिन लोगों ने सुना कि मंदिर के घंटे बज रहे हैं और शास्त्रों के सूत्र पढ़े जा रहे हैं। लोग भागे मंदिर की…
when you say to somebody hi, how are you you don't mean anything in fact you were not even thinking to say it when you say it you are surprised why are you saying it it is just there like a gramophone record it works autonomously the moment you see some face which seems to be familiar it looks as if you have seen him somewhere the gramophone record simply starts turning on this constant noise inside is the barrier to awakening silence does just the opposite it helps you to be awake hence initiation into sannyas is really initiation into silence sannyas is another name for silence become more and more silent allow more and more silent spaces to yourself and as you will become silent you will see a new kind of awakening happening to you a new awareness arising in you new insight into things, new understandings…