Idei fara rost despre dragoste

Dragostea este eterna: din momentul in care iubesti un om, il iubesti pentru totdeauna. Daca iubesti un om si mai tarziu simti ca nu-l iubesti, nu inseamna decat ca nu l-ai iubit niciodata, de la bun inceput.

Aceasta este o idee foarte periculoasa. Iti da impresia unei iubiri pentru totdeauna si in viata nimic nu este pentru totdeauna... florile infloresc dimineata si pana seara se scutura.

Viata este un flux permanent; totul se schimba, se afla in miscare. Nimic nu este static, nimic nu este permanent. Ti-a fost inoculata ideea unei iubiri eterne, idee care iti va distruge viata. Te vei astepta la o dragoste eterna din partea ei, iar ea se va astepta la o dragoste eterna din partea lui. Dragostea devine secundara, durata devine principala.

Iar dragostea este o floare atat de delicata, incat nu o poti obliga sa fie nemuritoare. Poti sa ai flori din plastic; asta au oamenii - casnicii, familii, copii, rude, totul este din plastic.

Plasticul are o proprietate foarte spirituala: este etern. Dragostea reala este la fel de nesigura pe cat este viata ta. Nu poti sa spui ca te vei mai afla si maine aici. Nu poti sa spui nici macar ca te vei mai afla aici in urmatorul moment. Viata ta se afla intr-o continua schimbare - de la copilarie la tinerete, la maturitate, la batranete, la moarte, totul se schimba.

O dragoste adevarata se va schimba, de asemenea. Isi va avea suisurile si coborasurile ei, va suferi schimbari.

Este atat de simplu de inteles. Cand ati inceput sa iubiti erati prea tineri, lipsiti de experienta; cum ar putea dragostea sa ramana la fel cand ai devenit o persoana matura? Si dragostea ta va atinge o anumita maturitate. Iar cand vei imbatrani, dragostea va avea un parfum diferit.

Libertatea este cea mai inalta valoare, si, in cazul in care dragostea nu iti acorda libertate, nu este dragoste.

Osho

Being in love

Forget relationships and learn how to relate.

In a better world, with more meditative people, with a little more enlightenment spread over the earth, people will love, love immensely, but their love will remain a relating not a relationship.

If you enjoy being with somebody, you would like to enjoy it more and more. If you enjoy the intimacy, you would like to explore the intimacy more and more. But it has to be a commitment from one heart to another heart. It has not even to be verbalized, because to verbalize it is to profane it. It has to be a silent commitment; eye to eye, heart to heart, being to being. It has to be understood, not said.

Osho

Let's have a cup of tea!

Tea was discovered by Zen masters and tea is not an ordinary thing for them.

In every Zen monastery they have a tearoom. It is special, just like a temple. You will not be able to follow this... because tea is a very religious thing for a Zen master or a Zen monastery. Tea is just like prayer. It was discovered by them.

Zen has a different attitude towards tea.

The very name comes from a Chinese monastery, Ta. There, for the first time, they discovered tea, and they found that tea helps meditation because tea makes you more alert, it gives you a certain awareness. That's why if you take tea you will find it difficult to go to sleep immediately. They found tea helps awareness, alertness, so in a Zen monastery tea is part of meditation. What more can Joshu offer than awareness? When he says: "Have a cup of tea," he is saying: "Have a cup of awareness." Tea is very symbolic for them. He says: "Have a cup of awareness."