satay
23 July 2007, 12:25 PM
Osho explains it well.
Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. But with love, something drastic has happened. It is unimaginable how this drastic step was taken by people who had all the good intentions in the world. You may never have had suspected even what has distorted love. It is the continuous teaching of love that has distorted it.
Hate is still pure. Love is not. When you hate, your hate has an authenticity. And when we love, it is only hypocrisy. This has to be understood.
For thousands of years, all the religions, politicians, saints have been teaching one thing. That one thing is love. Love your enemy, Love your neighbour, Love your parents, love God. Why in the beginning they started this strange series of teachings about love. They were afraid, of your authentic love. Because the authentic love is beyond your control, you are possessed by it. You are the not the possessor, you are the possessed. And every society wants you to be in control. The society is afraid of your wild nature. It is afraid of your naturalness. So from the very beginning it starts cutting your wings. And the most basic thing, which is dangerous in you, is the possibility of love. Because if you are possessed by love, you can go even against the whole world.
source - Osho video, love and hate are one.
Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. But with love, something drastic has happened. It is unimaginable how this drastic step was taken by people who had all the good intentions in the world. You may never have had suspected even what has distorted love. It is the continuous teaching of love that has distorted it.
Hate is still pure. Love is not. When you hate, your hate has an authenticity. And when we love, it is only hypocrisy. This has to be understood.
For thousands of years, all the religions, politicians, saints have been teaching one thing. That one thing is love. Love your enemy, Love your neighbour, Love your parents, love God. Why in the beginning they started this strange series of teachings about love. They were afraid, of your authentic love. Because the authentic love is beyond your control, you are possessed by it. You are the not the possessor, you are the possessed. And every society wants you to be in control. The society is afraid of your wild nature. It is afraid of your naturalness. So from the very beginning it starts cutting your wings. And the most basic thing, which is dangerous in you, is the possibility of love. Because if you are possessed by love, you can go even against the whole world.
source - Osho video, love and hate are one.