Energy can never be stagnant. Energy means that which is not stagnant, that which is always flowing. Relaxation does not mean energy that is stagnant or asleep; scientifically, relaxation means that now energy is flowing through another channel, another dimension.

But even though the room may be different, if it is not the very opposite of the room you were in before, the mind will not relax. For example, if you work on a scientific problem, then you can relax by reading a novel. The work is different: to deal with a scientific problem is to be active - a very masculine mode - whereas to read a novel is to be passive, which is an absolutely feminine mode. Even though you are using the same mind, you will be relaxed. You are not solving anything, you are not active; you are just a receiver.

In the same way, when we love, the intellect does not come into play at all. Quite the opposite happens: the irrational part of your personality comes into action. Intelligence must be balanced by love and love must be balanced by intelligence.

Abridged from The Great Challenge, Talk #5, courtesy: Osho International Foundation, http://www.osho.com

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