According to Osho, possessiveness—the impulse to say 'mine'—is not love but its enemy; it springs from the ego ('I') and suffocates love like a cancer. Love begins where I and mine dissolve; in surrender, greenery flowers, fragrance arises. Clinging may yield brief flashes of joy, but enduring love requires letting go of ownership and ego.
Saying someone is ‘mine’ isn’t love; real love starts when you stop trying to own them and relax your ego.