The Power of Love

Jimi Hendrix is quoted as saying, “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” We all know what the power of love can do, but can it really overcome the love of power, and how do we go about it at a time when the balance between love and fear in the world seems to be so lopsided?

"The society does not allow love because if a person is really in deep love he cannot be manipulated. You cannot send him to war; he will say: I am so happy! Where are you sending me? And why should I go and kill strangers who may be happy in their home? And we have no conflict, no clash of interests….

"If the young generation moves deeper and deeper in love, wars will disappear because you will not be able to find enough mad people to go to the war. If you love, you have tasted something of life; you would not like death and killing people. When you don't love you have not tasted something of life; you love death.

"Fear kills, wants to kill. Fear is destructive, love is a creative energy.”

Osho, Talking Tao, Talk #2

But to move deeper and deeper in love, doesn’t that mean being in a relationship?

"The real thing is not a relationship but a state; one is not in love but one is love. Whenever I talk about love remember this: I am talking about the state of love. Yes, relationship is perfectly good, but the relationship is going to be false if you have not attained to the state of love. Then the relationship is not only a pretension, it is a dangerous pretension, because it can go on befooling you; it can go on giving you the sense that you know what love is – and you don't know. Love basically is a state of being; one is not in love, one is love.”

Osho, The Guest, Talk #5

I’ve been hurt so often the whole idea of love scares me….

"If you understand me well drop all fears and love more and love unconditionally – and don't think that you are doing something for the other when you love, you are doing something for yourself. When you love it is beneficial to you. So don't wait; don't say that when others love, you will love – that is not the point at all.

"Be selfish. Love is selfish. Love people – you will be fulfilled through it, you will be getting more and more blessedness through it.”

Osho, Talking Tao, Talk #2

That’s quite a challenge – to be selfish goes against everything I was taught.

"The healthy love of oneself is a great religious value. The person who does not love himself will not be able to love anybody else, ever. The first ripple of love has to rise in your heart. If it has not risen for yourself it cannot rise for anybody else, because everybody else is farther away from you.

"It is like throwing a stone in the silent lake – the first ripples will arise around the stone and then they will go on spreading to the further shores. The first ripple of love has to be around yourself. One has to love one's body, one has to love one's soul, one has to love one's totality.

"And this is natural; otherwise you would not be able to survive at all. And it is beautiful because it beautifies you. The person who loves himself becomes graceful, elegant. The person who loves himself is bound to become more silent, more meditative more prayerful than the person who does not love himself.”

Osho, The Secret, Talk #18

Well I could certainly do with being more silent and meditative, but I’m really not sure I could show love to a terrorist for example.

"Love makes no conditions, no ifs, no buts. Love never says, ‘Fulfill these requirements, then I will love you.’ Love is like breathing: when it happens you are simply love. It does not matter who comes close to you, a sinner or a saint. Whosoever comes close to you starts feeling the vibe of love, rejoices. Love is unconditional giving – but only those who have are capable of giving."

Osho, The Guest, Talk #5

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Linda

Lives in London and owns a healthcare recruitment business.

I came across the OSHO International Meditation Resort in a list of meditation retreats. The advertising on the website resonated with me so I booked, originally for the Zen Resort Experience program. However, once I got here and had done the Welcome Morning, I decided to upgrade to the Multiversity Plus program so that I could participate in courses and sessions.

I was invited to join the 3-day OSHO Meditation Intensive program, which involves doing all of the meditations in the OSHO Auditorium as well as night meditations in the OSHO Chuang Tzu Auditorium. I had by then found out how active and physical the meditations are, and thought there would be no way I could survive full three days, but although I was very unsure about it at first I took up the challenge.

In the introduction it was explained that Osho says that if we give our whole totality to the meditations we will be full of energy, and with that I gave my all. His words proved correct! Although the meditations run throughout the day from 6 am – 10:30 pm I was full of energy, and with every additional day my meditation went deeper. I felt much lighter after the intensive was finished and received a lot of feedback about how good I looked, so it obviously had a positive impact. I would recommend this intensive to everyone – it may seem a little daunting at first, but well worth it as the results are lasting.

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