The sacred

love is sacred

in fact the only thing that can give you

the feeling of the sacred is love

love exists on the earth but is not part of the earth

it is a ray from the beyond

so those who can catch hold of the ray

they can go on moving in the direction

from which the ray is coming

and ultimately can find the source of all love

the religions have called that source god

it is better to call it godliness

so the idea of a person is dropped

and only the idea of energy remains

love is sacred, divine, godly

and also, love is a noble giver

one can give but there is an expectation

of something to gain out of it

then it is not noble, then it is just pure business

it has no nobility about it

one can give with certain conditions

then it loses all nobility

love is a noble giver

because it gives for the sheer joy of giving

there is no desire for any return

not that rewards don’t come

thy come - they come thousandfold

but that is another matter

that is not your expectation

you were not desiring it, you were not demanding it

you had no idea of any return

in fact the lover is surprised when the gifts come

what he had given was nothing

and what comes is almost infinite, immeasurable

love is sacred

it is really sacred

because it is the art of noble giving

give for the sheer joy of giving

share for sharing’s sake, for no other reason

and you will be rewarded immeasurably

you will come to the inexhaustible source

just by giving you will become everytime

more and more rich - that’s the economics of love

a totally different economics

if you give you will be poor

in the ordinary economical world

if you go on giving soon you will be a beggar

but in the inner world the laws are just the reverse

give and you become richer

the more you give, the more you have

the less you give, the less you have

if you don’t give you are poor, you are a beggar

one has to learn it, but the oly way to learn

is to give and see what happens

to share and see what happens

there is no other way to learn except experiencing it

Osho