Man can be immensely happy. Nothing is missing, the world is full of all that is needed -- the stars and the trees and the rivers and the mountains.
It is just that somehow inside man something very essential is lost. Man has forgotten the language of love. He lives through competition, conflict, anger, jealousy, possessiveness -- and these are the enemies of love. All these poisons destroy the nectar of love.
A sannyasin has to drop all that is against love, that goes against love.
Slowly slowly, as the barriers are removed love starts flowing, because it is our very nature. It is not something to be brought in from the outside, it is already there. There are just a few obstructions which we have to unlearn.
Once that happens love becomes a golden light. Then your name will become a reality to you.
It is a light that not only lights your path, but can light many other people's path. And it is a light by which one becomes aware of God's presence. We are living in darkness; hence we can't see God. We have eyes and God is present but the light which can become the bridge is missing.
And love is the only light. It is love that becomes a prayer, it is love that one day becomes the realization, the ultimate realization of God! And certainly when love explodes.... Kabir says, "it is as if a thousand and one suns have arisen suddenly in your being." There is so much light and it is golden. But the alchemy is through love, the transformation is through love.
I teach meditation only as a help towards love, as a means -- love is the goal.
OSHO