When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised.

Falling in love you remain a child; rising in love you mature. By and by love becomes not a relationship, it becomes a state of your being. Not that you are in love - now you are love.

That which is of great value cannot be attained through aggression.
You will be able to find the mystery of life only if you enter through the door of surrender. If you bow down, if you pray, you will be able to reach the center of love. Courting God is almost as good as courting a woman. One needs to approach Him with a heart full of love, gratitude and humility. And there is no hurry! Any haste on your part, and you miss. A great deal of patience is required. Your haste... and His heart will be closed. Even rushing things is an act of aggression.

When the ego is not, you are for the first time encountering your being. That being is void. Then you can surrender; then you have surrendered.

When the ego is not, you are for the first time encountering your being. That being is void. Then you can surrender; then you have surrendered.

There are thousands and thousands of stories… just by a touch, just by a look, someone became enlightened.


And these minor surrenders prepare you for the total surrender. Once you have known that through surrender you receive something unknown, unbelievable, unexpected, never even dreamed of, then you are ready for a major surrender. And that is the work of the master – to help you in minor surrenders so that you can gather courage for a major surrender, for a total surrender.

When somebody on the outside fits with your inner image, you fall in love -- that is the meaning of love.