What is love?
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definition
"Love is not a relationship but a state of being; it is the joy of giving without demands, reflecting the depth of your consciousness."
According to Osho, love is a spectrum from the lowest rung of power-laced attachment—political, jealous, possessive—to the highest flowering where love is no longer a relationship but a state of being: choiceless, non-demanding, a sheer joy of giving. Your experience of love mirrors your consciousness; by witnessing and understanding the lower forms, you can transform them, ascending toward a religious, superconscious love.
Love starts as wanting control and can grow into a quiet sun in your heart that shines for everyone when you watch yourself and let go.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you see jealousy and possessiveness as signals to grow, not signs of real love.
- Turns relationships into a meditation for self-awareness and inner transformation.
- Guides you to give love without bargaining, reducing conflict and suffering.
- Turns relationships into a meditation for self-awareness and inner transformation.
- Guides you to give love without bargaining, reducing conflict and suffering.
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