Existence Quotes by Rajneesh

All that you need is just to be silent and listen to existence.

— Rajneesh

Just being alive is such a gift, but nobody ever told you to be thankful to existence.

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Only man has become an outsider - and because of his own efforts. On his own, he has separated himself from existence.

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Existence is a mystery , and one should accept it as a mystery and not pretend to have any explanation .

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My people worship, but not in a church. They worship the beauty of existence.

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Anxiety comes into existence only when we become identified with small things. And they all pass.

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When one is in love with existence one feels such blessing, such bliss, that it is natural to bow down in deep…

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Once you have known the generosity of existence you will never feel miserable.

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Never belong to a crowd; Never belong to a nation; Never belong to a religion; Never belong to a race. Belong to…

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God is the very creative energy of existence - creativity rather than a creator. He is not the poet but the poetry,…

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When you open up to the ultimate, immediately it pours into you. You are no longer an ordinary human being - you…

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Mind's requirements and expectations cannot be fulfilled. Existence has no obligation to fulfill mind's requirements and demands. You have to accept existence…

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Old age is your own creation: it can be a misery, it can be a celebration; it can be simply a despair,…

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Unless a man learns how to create, he never becomes a part of existence, which is constantly creative. By being creative one…

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So the first thing: become aware of death. Think about it, look at it, contemplate it. Do not be afraid, do not…

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Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars-and if you have eyes you will…

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Philosophy is speculation, Zen is participation. Participate in the night leaving, participate in the evening coming, participate in the stars and participate…

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Compassion goes on giving, but knows no feeling of giving, knows no feeling that "I am the giver." And then existence goes…

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My effort here is to help you to feel that existence is not indifferent towards you. It is deeply concerned about you,…

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If you understand, if you see, if you can feel and experience that you are not separate from existence, that you are…

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The disobedient child is continuously condemned. The obedient child is, on the other hand, continuously praised. But have you heard of any…

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Creativity has two possibilities. One is that it arises out of your silence, love, understanding, your clarity of vision, your intimate friendliness…

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Meditation is nothing but withdrawing all the barriers .. thoughts, emotions, sentiments .. which criteria wall between you and existence. The moment…

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Happiness is threatening and misery is safe - safe for the ego. Ego can exist only in misery and through misery. Ego…

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Man has to create marriage because man is afraid of the unknown. On all levels of life and existence, man has created…

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Mind is dual, it always divides things into polar opposites: the conqueror and the conquered, the observer and the observed, the object…

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The Bauls say, "Don't try to force anything." Let life be a deep let-go. See God opening millions of flowers every day…

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A Buddha is not a man of concentration, he is a man of awareness. He has not been trying to narrow down…

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Existence cares. When I say God cares I mean that existence cares for you, it is not indifferent. Let this be the…

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Because all the societies, all the nations, all the cultures, have taken it for granted that the individuals exist for them, not…

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The whole art of allowing the truth to take possession of you is of being vulnerable, of being open, of being in…

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This is the way of meditation: encountering the present in all its tremendous beauty, just being in the present. Inside, the mind…

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The deeper you surrender to existence, life, nature, the more loving, more understanding, more insightful you become.

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It is not that I love contradictions: life is contradictory. Existence itself is possible only through contradictions.

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If you have found your truth within yourself there is nothing more in this whole existence to find.

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Even trees are creative, rocks are creative. You are man, the very culmination of this existence. You are at the top, you…

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When you are so full that there is no emptiness in you, that you have started feeling the significance of the ordinary,…

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Unless you come out of your mind and become a no-mind you will not know what life is all about, you will…

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Existence is god called through love, provoked through love. The moment you become capable of prayer, existence becomes god. The moment you…

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Laughter is more sacred than prayer, dancing more spiritual than chanting mantras, loving existence more cosmic than going to a church.

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