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become insensitive so nobody can hurt you.
Many people come to me and they say they would like to fall in love with someone, but they cannot because they are afraid they may be rejected. If somebody approaches them, they close themselves with the fear: Who knows, the other may create some trouble. Who knows, with the other some problem may arise. It is better to be sad and alone than to be happy together with someone, because that happiness may bring dangers.
Let me tell you one story:
Tired of being engaged, he decided to cancel it in a diplomatic manner.
"Darling," he said one day, "we were never meant to be mates. Our temperaments are too different. We will only be bickering and fighting."
"Sweetheart," she said, "you have got the wrong idea. We love each other like two turtle doves."
"Really, my darling, we'll never agree, and between us there will always be friction."
"No, it will be like Romeo and Juliet. I will be a perfect wife and we will never have a quarrel."
"Darling, I'm telling you that there will never be anything but arguments between us."
"But, sweetheart, I say...."
"See," he yelled, "what did I tell you? We are fighting already!"
People are afraid. If they move in any relationship, they may be rejected. If they move in any relationship, they may not prove adequate. If they move in any relationship, then their reality will surface and the masks will drop. They are afraid because the other may leave some day, so it is better not to get involved; otherwise it will hurt very much. Then they become insensitive. They move blindfolded in life -- and then they ask: Where is God? God is all around. You need to be sensitive, and you can see the bull anywhere.
Behind each tree, and behind each rock, the bull is hiding. Touch with love and even the rock responds, and you can feel the bull there. Look lovingly at the stars and the stars respond; the bull is hidden there.
The bull is the energy of the total. You are part of it. If you are alive and sensitive, you can feel the whole.
The prose commentary:
HE DWELT IN THE FOREST A LONG TIME, BUT I CAUGHT HIM
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