Are both childlike innocence and vast emptiness qualities of love?
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"Childlike innocence and vast emptiness are not opposites but two inseparable aspects of love; when you realize this within, love becomes both spacious and affectionate."
According to Osho, childlike innocence and vast, cool emptiness are not opposites but two inseparable aspects of love—the same coin’s two faces. Inner impersonal nothingness is the root; from it bloom warmth, tenderness, and playful innocence as the flower. They arise together; intellect may split them, but lived awareness unites them. Realize this within, and love becomes both spacious and affectionate.
Love is like a coin: inside you feel quiet, open space, and outside you share warm, childlike kindness—both happen together.
Why this matters practically
- Accepts stillness and warmth as one process, reducing inner conflict.
- Points meditation toward spacious awareness that naturally becomes loving action.
- Clarifies relationships: you can be open and impersonal inside while caring warmly outside.
- Points meditation toward spacious awareness that naturally becomes loving action.
- Clarifies relationships: you can be open and impersonal inside while caring warmly outside.
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