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is necessarily conflict. Both are on power trips, and both clash.
Out of one hundred, ninety-nine point nine percent of couples are continuously fighting. And the reason is simple: each wants to be powerful over the other. Clash is inevitable; and in this clash all possibilities of love are destroyed. The whole situation becomes ugly, nauseating, sickening.
But once you become aware of it, then things can never be the same. Just watch and see that power is anti-love; power and love can't go together. If you are loving, you cannot seek power -- hence all politicians are unloving people; if they are loving, they cannot be politicians. And lovers cannot be politicians, because who cares? -- when you love, love gives you such fulfilment that who cares about power? Love makes you so high that no power can give you anything compared with it. And love gives you such contentment that all power trips look poor, beggarly, unhealthy, pathological.
So you have to watch and become aware; whenever you move into the next relationship with somebody, any friendship, any love, be watchful. Love is a totally different dimension. Love wants to share, love wants to give, and is not worried about what comes in return. Whether anything comes in return or not, that is not the concern of love. Its joy is in giving -- and it is so fulfilling to give.
Then slowly slowly the old strategy, the old power- trip, will start disappearing from your mind. It is just a programme that has to be de-programmed. The beginning has started: just pour more attention into it. Whenever you see yourself playing old games, stop immediately, because they are suicidal. Whenever you catch yourself playing some old power-game, immediately stop. Don't wait even for a single moment, don't say 'tomorrow'.
Come back, because much has to be done. The journey has started; now much more work....
Keep it (a box) with you, and whenever you need me just put it on your heart.
Won't You Join the Dance?
Chapter #2
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2 February 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 7902025
ShortTitle: JOIN02
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