Being in My Own Truth

"To be in my own truth is to be really me. It is very simple to be me, for how can I be anything else? At best, I can only pretend to be something I'm not. However, to be really me also implies an awareness of all of me, which may not be so easy. All of me requires a broad sensitivity of who I really am. Within my current range of experience, I realize that who I really am is broader than the sum of the parts of my physical form, and broader yet than the whole that is named Genjo. I know experientially that the full me is nearly boundless, for in something approximating full awareness there are no boundaries. When I play the piano with a wide-open heart, when the spirit of the moment clicks, then there is just music, the whole universe is music, and music is the whole universe.

"Being in my own truth" is the highest tenet of my life. I apply this tenet as a standard for myself and all that I encounter. Constantly I query, "Is this or that activity originating from balance and wholeness? Is it manifested from the center of being-ness with full presence of mind?" When I am close to my own or another's truth, then I know we must be close to the common root that we share."


Genjo Marinello, Osho
Excerpt | Being in My Own Truth
Journal | The Quest - Spring 1991