What does love mean?
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"Love is a ladder with many rungs; it transcends mere biology and passion, inviting you to explore its subtler, creative dimensions."
According to Osho, love has no single meaning; it is a ladder with many rungs. At the lowest, it is mere biology—hormonal attraction mistaken for love. Higher up, it becomes psychological: a passionate love for beauty, music, painting, life itself. What love means depends on your consciousness; don’t reduce it to lust or renounce it—grow it into subtler, creative, life-fulfilling dimensions.
Love can start as body attraction, but as you grow it becomes a deeper caring for beauty and creation—what it means depends on you.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you distinguish lust from higher, nourishing forms of love.
- Encourages cultivating creativity and appreciation instead of mere craving.
- Prevents reactive renunciation by inviting growth to subtler expressions.
- Encourages cultivating creativity and appreciation instead of mere craving.
- Prevents reactive renunciation by inviting growth to subtler expressions.
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