Ego Quotes by Rajneesh

Meditation is not growth of the ego, it is death of the ego.

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When your ego is no more, only then will you know who you are.

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God is the collective ego of the world

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The ego can exist only with goals, ambitions, desires.

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The ego is like too many dark clouds around the sun - the sun gets lost

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Just a little detachment from the ego is needed.

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Man is busy desiring to find something which only he can do so that his ego acquires importance.

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Then relationship happens. Before that it is just an empty name. Relationship cannot happen before the egos are gone.

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The ego is an island in the ocean of Hell. You want to get rid of the Hell but you don't want…

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When movement becomes ecstatic, then this is dance. When the movement is so total there is no ego, then it is dance.

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Love can make a great celebration out of your life - but only love, not lust, not ego, not possessiveness, not jealousy,…

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In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

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The ego does not, cannot live in the present, because the present is real and the ego is false - they never…

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Misery nourishes your ego - that's why you see so many miserable people in the world. The basic, central point is the…

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My own observation is: lovers don't surrender to each other, they surrender to something unknown that exists between them. They surrender to…

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We are identified with the ego, and with the ego there are many things: anger and hatred and jealousy and possessiveness and…

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I is a great prison. It is your slavery and bondage to the mind. The moment you enter beyond the mind, you…

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Forget the dancer, the center of the ego. Become the dance. Then the dancer disappears and only the dance remains. Then the…

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When desiring ceases, the other world opens. The other world is hidden in this world. But because your eyes are full of…

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Try to understand the ego. Analyze it, dissect it, watch it, observe it, from as many angles as possible. And don't be…

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When you start meditating on your ego, on your thoughts, on your mind, you are suddenly separate, because whatsoever you meditate on,…

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Remember: ego can create misery, ego can create anguish, ego can create hate, ego can create jealousy. Ego can never become a…

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To be ordinary is the greatest virtue - because when you are just ordinary, nothing to claim, of this world or that,…

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Looking at a sunset, just for a second you forget your separateness: you are the sunset. That is the moment when you…

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With your ego you cannot know. Only in an egolessness, in a deep abyss, in the absence of the ego, does the…

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That's why we cannot love, because with the ego, love is impossible. That's why we go on talking so much about love,…

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The ego can exist only if you take yourself and everything seriously. Nothing kills the ego like playfulness, like laughter. When you…

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LAUGHTER is the very essence of religion. Seriousness is never religious, cannot be religious. Seriousness is of the ego, part of the…

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When you drop the ego, you drop a whole world that you have created around it. For the first time you are…

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In the East all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East everybody is against the ego from the very beginning. Because…

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Remember, frustration is out of expectation, and ego is always expecting. The ego is a beggar.

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Because there is no ego, God can flow through you; great creativity becomes possible.

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Attachment is the root cause of all misery. Possessiveness is nourishment for the ego.

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Die! Die to the ego, die to your past, and you will be resurrected. That resurrection will make you go beyond death,…

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The ego is exploitation; love is service. And the service that flows from love, freely and spontaneously, is non-violence.

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Forget the dancer, the center of the ego; become the dance. That is meditation.

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Become detached from your ego, become detached from your possessions. Become simply detached from every possible source of attachment.

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Resolution is struggle. Resolution is ego. Resolution is saying, "I cannot live spontaneously. ".

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Attachment is the shadow of the ego. Attachments are immediately created wherever you see 'I am'.

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Your ego is just an idea implanted in your mind. It is poisonous. Your ego keeps driving you madder and madder.

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