The stronger a person's "I" is,
the smaller his capacity to
become one with anybody.

The "I" is a wall in between;
it proclaims itself.
Its proclamation is :

"You are you and I am I.
There is a distance between
the two."

Then no matter how much
"I" love you, "I" may embrace
you to my bosom, still we are two.

No matter how closely we meet,
still there is a gap in between . . .

And as long as I am "I,"
the world around is "the other" -
separate and apart.

And as long as there is
separateness there can be no
experience of love.

- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh