OSHO: The Fear of Intimacy

OSHO International Foundation — www.osho.com. Osho, a contemporary mystic has spoken on virtually every aspect of human consciousness. In these talks, the human mind is put under the microscope as never before, analyzed down to the smallest wrinkle. In this talk Osho responds to a question OF MY MANY FEARS, THE ONE OF WHICH I AM MOST AWARE IS THAT OF INTIMACY. I AM LIKE A HIT AND RUN DRIVER IN MY RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE. COULD YOU SPEAK TO ME OF MY FEAR OF INTIMACY? Everybody is afraid of intimacy. It is another thing whether you are aware of it or not. Intimacy means exposing yourself before a stranger. We are all strangers — nobody knows anybody. We are even strangers to ourselves, because we don’t know who we are. Intimacy brings you close to a stranger. You have to drop all your defenses; only then, intimacy is possible. And the fear is that if you drop all your defenses, all your masks, who knows what the stranger is going to do with you? Join the OSHO Talks Video Translation Project: www.oshotalks.info
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