One of the most fundamental illusions of humanity is that everybody thinks that he knows what love is; hence nobody discovers it. Everybody assumes that they know what love is; hence there is no need to experience. And because of this, love is missing from the world. There are lovers and no love. Parents pretend they love their children, children pretend they love their parents, husbands pretend, wives pretend – pretensions and pretensions. And it is not that they are doing it knowingly, they may be completely unaware of the fact.
If everybody was told from the very beginning that love is the greatest art in life because it is the greatest magic, the most miraculous phenomenon… you cannot take it for granted, you have to explore it, you have to go deeply into it, you have to learn its ways; it is an art…
Love is not a talent but everybody’s potential; hence ultimately it is possible that the whole of humanity can come to the height of love. In fact only on that day will the real humanity be born. We are still living before the real event. It has not happened yet.
Osho
Love is a Free Bird
