"The lover who wholly loves, can reach reality, comprehending the unattainable man...." Love is the path of the Baul; love, and nothing else -- wholly in love, totally in love, total trust.

To find nectar,

stir the cauldron on the fire,

and unite the act of loving

with the feeling for love.

ORDINARILY people love, but they don't have a FEELING for love. They exploit love. They even act like lovers, but their love is in the service of gratification. They don't have a feeling for love. They don't love love. They don't have respect, reverence for love. Love

remains a lust; it never becomes worship, prayer.

TO FIND NECTAR,

STIR THE CAULDRON ON THE FIRE,

AND UNITE THE ACT OF LOVING

WITH THE FEELING FOR LOVE.

DISTILL THE SWEETNESS

OF THE HEART

AND REACH THE TREASURES,

DEVOTING YOURSELF

TO THOSE WHOLLY DEVOTED.

If you can find a person who is wholly devoted to God, then devote yourself to that person -- because love cannot be taught, it can only be caught. Nobody can teach you the ways of love; you will have to live in close vicinity of a lover. Nobody can teach you how to pray: you will have to live in close vicinity of one who is in prayer. Watching him, feeling him, moving around him, tasting the flavor of his being, will teach you what prayer is. Then prayer will not become a ritual. Then prayer will be a flowering within you, a spontaneous arising of a new vision.

Distill the sweetness

of the heart and reach the treasures,

devoting yourself

to those wholly devoted.

Osho: The Beloved_Volume 2