What is love?
Synthesized from Source
definition
"Love is the deep urge to dissolve the separate 'I' and return to oneness, where surrender becomes the doorway to the divine."
According to Osho, love is the deep urge to dissolve the separate 'I' and return to oneness with the whole—becoming rooted again in existence, nourished like a tree in its soil. Through polarity (man–woman) love serves as a door to the divine. We fear love because ego must die; surrender threatens our separate identity even as it promises fulfillment.
Love means joining so deeply that your lonely ‘me’ relaxes into everything, which feels wonderful—and scary—because the bossy ‘me’ has to let go.
Why this matters practically
- Reframes relationship anxiety as ego-defense, inviting conscious surrender.
- Guides you to seek nourishment in connection rather than isolation.
- Helps you recognize partners and loving acts as doorways to the sacred.
- Guides you to seek nourishment in connection rather than isolation.
- Helps you recognize partners and loving acts as doorways to the sacred.
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