The artist said, ”The statue is already hidden inside. There is no need to make it.

Somehow, the
useless mass of stone that is fused to it has to be separated from it, and then the
statue will show
itself. A statue is not made, it is discovered. It is uncovered; it is brought to
light.”
Love is shut up inside man; it need only be released. The question is not how to
produce it, but how
to uncover it. What have we covered ourselves with? What is it that will not allow
love to surface?
Try asking a medical practitioner what health is. It is very strange, but no doctor
in the world can
tell you what health is! With the whole of medical science concerned with health,
isn’t there anyone
who is able to say what health is? If you ask a doctor, he will say he can only
tell you what the
diseases are or what the symptoms are. He may know the different technical term for
each and
every disease and he may also be able to prescribe the cure. But health? About
health, he does
not know anything. He can only state that what remains when there is no disease is
health. This is
because health is hidden inside man. Health is beyond the definition of man.
From Sex to Superconsciousness
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Osho
CHAPTER 1. SEX, THE GENESIS OF LOVE
Sickness comes from the outside hence it can be defined; health comes from within
hence it cannot
be defined. Health defies definition. We can only say that the absence of sickness is
health. The
truth is, health does not have to be created; it is either hidden by illness or it
reveals itself when the
illness goes away or is cured. Health is inside us. Health is our nature.
Love is also inside us. Love is our inherent nature. Basically, it is wrong to ask
man to create
love. The problem is not how to create love, but how to investigate and find out why
it is not able to
manifest itself. What is the hindrance? What is the difficulty? Where is the dam
blocking it?
If there are no barriers, love will show itself. It is not necessary to persuade it
or to guide it. Every
man would be filled with love if it weren’t for the barriers of false culture and of
degrading and harmful
traditions. Nothing can stifle love. Love is inevitable. Love is our nature.
The Ganges flows from the Himalayas. It is water; it simply flows – it does not ask a
priest the
way to the ocean. Have you ever seen a river standing at a crossroads asking a
policeman the
whereabouts of the ocean? However far the ocean may be, however hidden it may be,
the river will
surely find the path. It is inevitable: she has the inner urge. She has no
guidebook, but, infallibly,
she will reach her destination. She will crack through mountains, cross the plains
and traverse the
country in her race to reach the ocean. An insatiable desire, a force, an energy