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I Always Thought That I Loved Somebody
The basic fallacy
that you are carrying within you
is
that you always loved somebody.
This is one of the most
significant things
about all human beings;
their love is always
for somebody,
it is addressed --
and the moment you
address your love
you destroy it.
It is as if you are saying:
"I will breath only for you...
and when you are not there...
then how can I breathe?"
Love should be like breathing;
it should be just a quality in you --
wherever you are,
with whomsoever you are
or even if you are alone
love goes on overflowing in you.
It is not a question of being in love with someone --
it is a question of being love.
People are frustrated
in their love experiences,
not because
something is wrong with love;
they narrow down
love to such a point
that the ocean of love
cannot remain there.
You cannot contain the ocean --
it is not a
small stream.
Love is your whole being;
love is your godliness.
One should think
in terms of
"Whether I am loving or not?"
The question of the object of love
does not arise.
With your wife you love your wife;
with your children you love your children;
with your servants you love your servants;
with your friends you love your friends;
with the trees you love the trees;
with the ocean you love the ocean.
You are love.
Love is not dependent on the object
but,
is a radiation of your subjectivity,
is a radiation of your soul;
and vaster the radiation
the greater is your soul.
The more widespread
the wings of your love
the bigger is the sky of your being.
Anand Tosha,
you have lived under
a common fallacy of all human beings
and now you are asking
"Am I able to love you?"
Again the same fallacy.
Just ask "Am I
able to become love?"
When you are in my presence,
you need not think of loving me;
otherwise, you have not come out
of your ordinary fallacies.
Here you have to learn...
just be loving.
Of course your love
will reach to me too;
it will reach to others too.
It will be a vibe
surrounding you,
spreading all over
and if so many people are simply
broadcasting
their love, their song,
their ecstasy
the whole place becomes a temple.
There is no other way of making a temple.
Then the whole area...
is filled with a new kind of energy,
and nobody is
at a loss
because on you
is showering the love of so many people;
on each single person
so many people's love is showering.
Drop that fallacy.
And because of that fallacy
another question arises in you:
"... or has life brought me to the point where happiness in love
does not happen anymore?"
Life
is nothing but
an opportunity
for love
to blossom.
If you are alive
the opportunity is there --
even to the last breath.
You may have missed your whole life;
just the last breath,
the last moment on the earth,
if you can be love,
you have not missed anything...
because a single moment of love
is equal to the whole eternity of love.
Source: 'The Rebellious Spirit # 5' Copyright © Osho International Foundation, Switzerland. OSHO is a registered TM.
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