How to discern between the dream and reality of love?
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"Love is the dawn dream nearest to awakening; when the 'I' dissolves and twoness vanishes, reality reveals itself."
According to Osho, love is a dream—the dawn dream nearest to awakening. You discern dream from reality by noticing ego and twoness: where a sense of 'I' or separation persists, it's still sleep. As love ripens into prayer the 'I' thins; reality arrives only when even that shadow dissolves and no two remain.
If your love still feels like me-versus-you, you're dreaming; it's real only when that separateness disappears.
Why this matters practically
- Choosing love over hate brings you closer to waking up.
- Use relationships to notice and soften ego, possessiveness, and separation.
- Let love deepen beyond rituals into silent presence where no 'two' remains.
- Use relationships to notice and soften ego, possessiveness, and separation.
- Let love deepen beyond rituals into silent presence where no 'two' remains.
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