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What is the relationship between witnessing and love?

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When awareness flowers through witnessing, authentic love naturally blooms, transforming the mud of ordinary passion into the divine fragrance of true love.

— Osho
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Core Insight:
According to Osho, love is the fragrance, music, and fruit of witnessing: when awareness flowers, authentic love naturally flows. Ordinary love (often mixed with lust) is the mud containing the lotus-seed of divine love. Don’t suppress love, nor mistake passion for purity; cultivate witnessing and allow love to mature and blossom by itself.
Be calmly aware like a witness, and real love will grow on its own—don’t throw feelings away; let awareness refine them into true love.
Why this matters practically
- Prevents cold detachment by honoring love while practicing awareness.
- Transforms lust and attachment into compassion through witnessing.
- Offers a practical path: nurture attention; let love ripen rather than forcing or repressing it.
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