Love and Hate: Just Two Sides of the Same Coin
By Osho
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"Love and hate are just two sides of the same coin. But with love something very 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 even suspected what has destroyed love. It is the continuous teaching of love that has destroyed it. Hate is still pure -- love is not."
Osho
Osho is one of the most provocative and inspiring spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. Known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, the influence of his teachings continues to grow, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world. He is the author of many books, including Love, Freedom, Aloneness; The Book of Secrets; and Innocence, Knowledge, and Wonder.
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Love and Hate - Osho
Love and Hate
just two sides of the same coin
Osho
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Love and Hate – just two sides of the same coin, by Osho
From a series of OSHO Talks titled: From Misery to Enlightenment, #13
This OSHO Talk is complete in itself.
The series From Misery to Enlightenment is available in audio format.
Love and Hate is also available as an audio recording, spoken by Osho.
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OSHO MEDIA INTERNATIONAL
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OSHO INTERNATIONAL
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ISBN-13: 978-0-88050-033-3
Love and Hate
Osho,
You say that love and hate are one, but I see more hate in the world than love. At the same time, you say that enlightenment is neither love nor hate. Are you speaking of two different qualities of love? How does this fit with your message of love?
Love and hate are just two sides of the same coin. But with love, something very 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 even suspected what it was that destroyed love. It is the continuous teaching of love that has destroyed it. Hate is still pure – love is not.
When you hate, your hate has an authenticity. And when you love, it is just hypocrisy. This has to be understood. For thousands of years all the religions, politicians, pedagogues, have been teaching one thing, and that one thing is love: love your enemy, love your neighbor, love your parents, love God.
Why did they start this strange series of teachings about love? They were afraid of your authentic love because it is beyond their control. You are possessed by it; you are not the possessor, you are the possessed. And every society wants you to be in control.
Society is afraid of your wild nature, is afraid of your naturalness, so it starts cutting your wings from the very beginning. The most basic thing which is dangerous in you is the possibility of love because if you are possessed by love, you can even go against the whole world.
A small man possessed by love feels himself capable of doing the impossible. In all the old love stories, this fact has emerged in