This fire is the anguish of love

Osho writes in a letter, “It is a blessing when this fire enters a person’s life, it is the fruit of infinite prayers, infinite births.”

Love.

God purifies in every way.

It is not only gold that has to pass through fire

to be purified

but man too.

For man this fire is the anguish of love.

It is a blessing when this fire enters a person’s life,

it is the fruit of infinite prayers,

infinite births.

It is the intensity of thirst that turns finally

into love,

but unfortunately few are able to welcome it

because few can recognize love in the form of

anguish.

Love is not a throne, it is a cross;

but those who gladly offer

themselves to it attain the very highest throne.

The cross can be seen, the throne cannot –

it is always hidden behind the cross.

And even Jesus hesitated for a moment;

even his heart cried out: Father, why hast though forsaken me?

But the next moment he remembered and said: Thy will be done.

That was enough:

the cross became a throne

and death a new life.

In the moment of revolution between one statement

and the next

Christ descended into Jesus.

Your suffering is intense and a new birth is at hand;

be happy, be grateful,

don’t be afraid of death,

be thankful,

it is the tidings of a new birth

and the old must die to give birth to the new;

the seed must break to blossom into the flower.

Osho, A Cup of Tea, letter 140

Photo by Dhinubhai taken in Mt Abu – credit to Osho Resource Center – retouched by Osho News