'I am' is nothing but another name for the ego. Now you will be getting into trouble. If the ego is convinced… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
One has to be very alert to go beyond lust. And one has to be constantly aware of jealousy, of possessiveness, of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Always make a note of what you are doing and where it leads. By and by, you will become aware of that… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
But in the West it is very easy to dissolve the ego. So whenever a Western seeker reaches an understanding that ego… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
People are not afraid of death, they are afraid of losing their separation, they are afraid of losing their ego. Once you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In the West the whole Western tradition of religion and psychology propounds, preaches, persuades people to have strong egos - because unless… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
But then you become closed. Then you start dying as far as your intelligence is concerned because intelligence needs the open sky,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The word 'ecstasy' is beautiful; it simply means 'standing out.' Out of what? Standing out of your ego, your personality, your mind;… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There are only two states of consciousness that exist - the state of the ego and the state of love. The ego… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The Christian, the Mohammedan, the Jew - their emphasis is on the second: to die as soon as possible, to surrender to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I have been continuously surprised by people who come to me and say they are afraid of love. What is the fear… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The reality is just the opposite: the master does nothing. It is in your becoming a disciple that the whole mystery lies.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Memory is a dead thing. Memory is not truth and cannot ever be, because truth is always alive, truth is life; memory… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Greed, desire, ambition, jealousy, possessiveness, domination - you have to watch everything. And they are all interconnected, remember. If greed disappears, then… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The ego is a subtle wall around you. It does not allow anybody to enter into you. You feel protected, secure, but… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
With this ego arises all the problems, the thousand and one problems. This ego will not allow you to fall in love… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I would like you to drop the ego, to dissolve, to disappear, because only then is there fulfillment. The ego knows only… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When you accept your life - when you take your breakfast, and when you sleep and when you walk and when you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Will power is nothing but another name of ego power. A man of wisdom has no will, just as he has no… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Once you become more and more watchful of your inner workings things become simple. Then a few things have to be dropped.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The ego is created by the rift. When you are fighting, the ego comes in; when you are not fighting, the ego… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Just take one thing out and the whole palace, the whole edifice of the human mind collapses. Take effort out of it… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of witnesses. One kind is the people that surround you. You are constantly aware that you are being… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Doing brings ego. Ego is the shadow of action. And there is only one thing that is not doing and that is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Wherever desire exists ego exists, and wherever ego exists illusion exists because ego is the greatest illusion there is. Even in a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The love to which ego is attached is a form of jealousy - this is why nobody is as jealous as lovers… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The child is born with a Self but not with an ego. The child develops the ego. As he becomes more and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The moment one starts sharing one's being without any motive life becomes a sweet fragrance. It is all honey. Then everything remains… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The longing of the mind is to be extraordinary. The ego thirsts and hungers for the recognition that you are somebody. Somebody… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The truest mark of being born with great qualities is being born without envy. Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld That awareness is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Understand the process of the ego. How does the ego live? The ego lives in the tension between what you are and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
You may be trying to attain power in this world, then you start trying to attain power in that world. First you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Love and ego cannot go together. Knowledge and ego go together perfectly well, but love and ego cannot go together, not at… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
You will have to go deep into man. From where comes this violence? From where comes this exploitation? From where come all… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Drop jealousy and love wells up. Jealousy means that I am the owner. It is an ego trip, and wherever there is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When you are not the doer how can the attachment happen? You do a small thing and you become attached. You say,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Happiness is the death of the ego. If you want to remain a separate entity from existence as almost everybody is trying… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I cannot say to you what is right or wrong. I can say only one thing to you: be conscious - that… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
That is again the same story played on a more subtle level. That's what the religious people have been doing down the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In every bed you will find four persons sleeping together. It is very rare to find a double bed, because then four… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,… — Rajneesh Copy Share
It all depends on you. You can go on sleeping forever, you can wake up right this moment. — Rajneesh Copy Share
The greatest mystery in life is not life itself, but death. Death is the culmination of life, the ultimate blossoming of life. In death… — Rajneesh Copy Share
This mind is a prison. It cannot find any freedom anywhere. It must die before freedom comes to you. But we have taken the… — Rajneesh Copy Share
Never belong to a crowd; Never belong to a nation; Never belong to a religion; Never belong to a race. Belong to the whole… — Rajneesh Copy Share
Money should not be in the hands of individuals; otherwise it will create this problem of being burdened with guilt. And money can make… — Rajneesh Copy Share
Marriage is going to disappear, should disappear. And now the point is coming in the history of humanity where it becomes possible that marriage… — Rajneesh Copy Share
A mature mind is one who understands the impossibility of knowing the ultimate, and with this understanding there is a new dimension: the dimension… — Rajneesh Copy Share
The word religion comes from an origin which means "coming together." But priesthood has been doing just the opposite, it has created splits in… — Rajneesh Copy Share
There are people who want to become rich; they become rich. If you persist you can fulfill any kind of stupidity — Rajneesh Copy Share
Just take one thing out and the whole palace, the whole edifice of the human mind collapses. Take effort out of it and desiring… — Rajneesh Copy Share
To me, man means awareness of death. I am not saying become afraid of death; that is not awareness. Just be aware of the… — Rajneesh Copy Share
So your life becomes a vital celebration, your relationship becomes a festive thing. Whatsoever you do, every moment is a festival. You eat, and… — Rajneesh Copy Share
