What happens when I feel drawn to someone but also anxious about my actions around them?
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outcome
"Authentic love brings silence and stillness, but it also stirs fear, for in true closeness, the ego feels threatened and may dissolve into the other. Embrace the anxiety and awkwardness, for they are signs of depth, while easy chatter often masks a safe distance."
According to Osho, when you're strongly attracted to someone, real closeness stills the mind, brings silence, and arouses fear—because authentic love threatens the ego’s boundaries; you sense you may dissolve into the other. Anxiety and awkwardness are natural signs of depth, whereas easy chatter often signals something phony or safely distant.
Why this matters practically
- Reframe nerves as a sign of genuine connection, not a problem; allow shared silence.
- Drop rehearsed lines and meet the person openly, here and now.
- Cultivate trust to relax the fear of losing your separate self.
- Drop rehearsed lines and meet the person openly, here and now.
- Cultivate trust to relax the fear of losing your separate self.
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