Gangotri/The source

deep in the Himalayas, from virgin peaks

where snow has never melted, the Ganges starts

the point where Ganges starts is called Gangotri

it is a very small place

just a small face of a cow

somebody has sculpted a rock into the face of a cow

and from that face of the cow

the great river Ganges starts

it starts as a small stream and then goes on

becoming bigger and bigger

finally it becomes the very ocean itself

that is also the way of love

it starts in a very small way

but one should not stop there

one should go on flowing, moving

love should never become static

it should remain dynamic

the moment it becomes static it starts stinking

the moment it becomes static it loses

the freshness of a river, the aliveness of a river

it becomes just a muddy pool

people call it marriage

it was just a muddy pool and such a small pool

and they go on round and round chasing each other

and creating more mud

and throwing mud at each other

love should be a river, always moving

from the known into the unknown

and from the unknown to the unknowable

the beginning has to be small

but the end has to be the infinite, the oceanic

if one can remain aware of it

then love is all that there is to spirituality

except love, whatsoever goes on

in the name of spirituality is all bullshit

esoteric bullshit, occult bullshit

remember it - beause it is very easy

to fall into that bullshit

it has great attraction

it has great systems of thought and strange ideas

and all inventions of crafty people

life is very simple - so is love

and if you can remember these three l’s:

life, love, light

nothing else is needed to be remembered

live totally, live lovingly

and live not in a state of unconsciousness

live consciously - that is living with light

just these three words are enough

and one need not bother about anything else

Osho