Is love for the unknown possible?
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"Only the unknown can be truly loved; familiarity drains love of its essence, while the Divine, being an infinite mystery, invites us to meet life with fresh eyes and a childlike curiosity."
According to Osho, only the unknown can truly be loved. Familiarity drains love; once you think you “know,” the savor dies. Worldly loves fade, but love of the Divine is inexhaustible because the Divine is infinite mystery. To keep love alive, meet people and life with fresh eyes—drop assumptions, stay curious, and return to childlike not-knowing; then love renews itself.
Love stays alive when we keep seeing things as new; only what we can’t finish knowing keeps the heart awake.
Why this matters practically
- Refresh relationships by dropping assumptions and noticing your partner as if for the first time.
- Cultivate daily wonder—observe, listen, and touch with awareness to revive sensitivity.
- Orient love toward the inexhaustible (the Divine, mystery) to reduce disappointment and clinging.
- Cultivate daily wonder—observe, listen, and touch with awareness to revive sensitivity.
- Orient love toward the inexhaustible (the Divine, mystery) to reduce disappointment and clinging.
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