Osho on Spontaneous action and Immaturity
Question : You tell me to follow my feelings, and when i finally dare to and am feeling much freer and simpler and happier, you say i am immature. What…
Osho – To relate is Insecure and Relationship is a Security
Question – Is relationship there because love is not? Osho – Mukti Gandha, yes. Love is not a relationship. Love relates, but it is not a relationship. A relationship is…
Osho on Failure and Failing Attitude, Osho on Negative Trips
[A sannyasin says that he feels a failure ‘cos he hasn’t got ‘a nice girl’.] Osho – There is no problem as far as your energy is concerned — the…
Osho on reverence and respect for Parents, Relationship between parents and children
[A sannyasin’s father has died after a long illness and she says: I have to go somehow more to be with my mother, to finish something there. There is something…
Osho – you need the mirror of relationship to see your being
Osho – Just as you need a mirror to see your face so you need the mirror of relationship to see your being. Love functions as a mirror, it shows…
Osho – Seekers have always moved into solitary existence
Osho – It has been happening always, that a Buddha moves to the mountains, a Jesus moves to the mountains, a Mahavira goes into the mountains. Why do they move…
Osho – Miserable people are intrinsically incapable of love, of friendship
Osho – The miserable person can pretend to be a friend but in fact he cannot be. Friendliness is a luxury. It is overflowing energy — so much energy that…
Osho – If you are really into a relationship it will shatter you
Osho – A relationship is always a problem because the other becomes the mirror and the presence of the other help you to see your own face in many ways.…
Osho – Why it is so difficult for Sannyasins to have deep relationships with Non-Sannyasins
Question – Beloved Osho, Why it is so difficult for Sannyasins to have deep relationships with Non-Sannyasins? Osho – It is natural. To be a sannyasin means you are deprogrammed.…
Osho – Should one first come to terms with his own loneliness before entering into Relationship
First become alone. First start enjoying yourself. First love yourself. First become so authentically happy that if nobody comes it doesn't matter; you are full, overflowing. If nobody knocks at…
Osho – You can relate, but there is no need to create any bondage
Osho – Neeto, you ask me: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LONGING FOR THE DIVINE AND LOVING ANOTHER? There is no difference at all – longing is longing. Then what…
Osho – Don’t waste your time in trying to dominate others
Osho – Buddha says: MASTER YOURSELF…. If you are at all interested in mastery — and who is not interested? — then become interested in self-mastery. Don’t waste your time…
Osho – Whenever you want to go into a Relationship a part of your mind always wants to avoid it
[Another sannyasin says that she tends to avoid the very people with whom she would like arelationship. She wonders if leaving Poona is not an attempt to avoid Osho. She…
Osho – The day you really fall deeply in love all your loves of the past will be involved in it
[A sannyasin says she feels something is wrong in the way she relates. She doesn’t commit herself easily but holds back, feeling that maybe it isn’t quite right for her.…
Osho – Anger is relevant when you are in love, anger is allowed when you are in love
[A visitor says she has been with her husband for fifteen years and has just discovered she doesn’t love him, but there are three children – what to do?] Osho…
Osho – A togetherness is a Sacred Commitment. It is a great Involvement
[A sannyasin who had recently left hospital after an attack of typhoid fever, said that she was feeling paranoid and that her partner did not love her. Osho said it…
Osho – Love has to be taken beyond Jealousy. Jealousy has to be dropped
[At a previous darshan (see ’The Passion For The Impossible’, September 1 st), Osho had advised a couple to work on their relationship. The woman was jealous about the man…
Osho – You may not get something that you want, but you always get that which you Need
[A sannyasin says: I see my craving and trying to fill up my spaces with other people. The love between Somendra and me is so beautiful. The pain is not…
Osho – When people are in love they avoid many things which look Ugly
[A sannyasin says: I wrote you a letter about having recently finished a relationship with somebody, and since then I’ve been feeling very negative towards him. I don’t understand why…
Osho – We are taught a very repressive attitude, we are taught to repress the Negative.
[A sannyasin couple with two children ask for help with their relationship because the man loves the woman but she feels so repressed she cannot give much love to her…
Osho – Lovers always become friends in the end
[Osho asks a sannyasin about her relationship and she replies: Well, I feel good, and it’s the nicest thing that has happened to me for a very long time. But…
Osho – When you love a person you have to tell him everything
[A group member says she has difficulty surrendering in the relationship with her boyfriend] Osho – Tell him everything! … And tell him this also, that you are feeling difficulty…