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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Once you become more and more watchful of your inner workings things become simple. Then a few things have to be dropped. One has not to be jealous if one wants to be loving. It becomes so clear that there is no question about it; one can simply see the point that if you are jealous, love is impossible. Jealousy is bound to create misery. Jealousy is part of ego, the shadow of the ego, the shadow of a shadow - and love needs egolessness. They can't go together, they can't co-exist.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Jealousy hinders love, and true love requires selflessness.
In this quote, Rajneesh emphasizes that true love cannot coexist with jealousy, which stems from the ego. He suggests that by observing our inner feelings and thoughts, we can simplify our emotional experiences and recognize that to love fully, we must drop jealousy and embrace a sense of egolessness, as love thrives in an environment free from the shadow of ego-driven emotions.
Themes
JealousyLoveEgoEmotionsAcceptance
In practice
Example use cases
During a relationship workshop, this quote can be used to highlight the importance of letting go of jealousy to foster a loving environment.
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