We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Falling in love evokes childlike innocence, while growing in love leads to maturity and a deeper understanding of love as a state of being.
This quote by Rajneesh reflects the transformative journey of love, suggesting that while the initial experience of falling in love is akin to the innocence and wonder of childhood, true maturity in love involves growth and understanding. Over time, love evolves from simply being an emotion or a relationship to becoming an integral part of one's identity, where the individual embodies love itself rather than just experiencing it.
Themes
LoveMaturityRelationshipsBeingGrowth
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a wedding speech to highlight the growth of love in a relationship.
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