Dialogue means trying to understand the other with an open mind. Dialogue is a rare phenomenon and it is beautiful, because both are enriched through a dialogue. In fact, while you talk, either it can be a discussion – both opposite to each other, a verbal fight, trying to prove that I am right and you are wrong — or a dialogue, which is different.
Dialogue is not posing against each other, but taking each other’s hand,moving together towards the truth, helping each other to find the way. It is togetherness, it is a cooperation, it is a harmonious effort to find the truth. It is not in any way a fight, not at all. It is a friendship, moving together to find the truth, helping each other to find the truth.
Nobody has the truth already, but when two persons start finding out, enquiring about the truth together, that is dialogue — and both are enriched. And when truth is found, it is neither of me, nor of you. When truth is found, it is greater than both who participated in the enquiry, it is higher than both, it surrounds both — and both are enriched.
Osho
The Grass Grows By Itself. Ch. 8
