Why is falling in love described as a fall when it is an ecstatic experience?
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"Falling in love is a blessed descent from the head to the heart, a dive into your being that restores the innocence and aliveness of childhood."
According to Osho, love is called a 'fall' because the world is ruled by the head: in love you drop from conditioned reason into the native heart of childhood. To the mind this looks backward, foolish, even anarchic. Yet the 'fall' is blessed—it takes you from surface to depth, a dive into your being that restores balance, innocence, and aliveness.
People call it a fall because your thinking brain loses control and you sink back into your childlike heart, but that 'down' is really going deeper where real love and life are.
Why this matters practically
- Lets you trust the heart in love instead of overthinking.
- Brings balance: reason when needed, playfulness and depth when love calls.
- Frees you from guilt about seeming 'foolish' and opens richer connection.
- Brings balance: reason when needed, playfulness and depth when love calls.
- Frees you from guilt about seeming 'foolish' and opens richer connection.
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