Philosophy of Mind Quotes by Rajneesh

In meditation you are not unconscious, you are conscious - more conscious than ever.

— Rajneesh

Your torch of consciousness should be burning continuously; then there will not be any darkness.

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In my vision, the thing that man needs first and foremost is a meditative consciousness.

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Learn to become more of a witness, create more watchfulness. Let each act, each thought, be seen.

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The whole world is a cyclone. But once you have found the center, the cyclone disappears. This nothingness is the ultimate peak…

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Awareness is an inner quality of consciousness; it has nothing to do with closed or open eyes.

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Enlightenment is nothing but your consciousness being concentrated on a single point - now and here.

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Watch,witness,observe your thoughts-without any judgement,without any condemnation or evaluation...

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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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The meditation I am talking about is not a meditation on something. If you light a lamp and remove all the objects…

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A witnessing consciousness lives in life but with tremendous non-attachment, with great non-possessiveness; it possesses nothing. It lives totally, it lives passionately,…

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Right awareness is awareness of one's own being in its totality: all that is good and all that is bad. But as…

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How can one become enlightened in one single moment? One can, because one is enlightened -- one just has to recognize the…

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Mindfulness is Buddha's word for meditation. By mindfulness he means: you should always remain alert, watchful. You should always remain present. Not…

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Meditation means cleansing the mirror, dropping thoughts, letting thoughts disappear, attaining to moments when thinking ceases. And those are the most blissful…

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Consciousness means choicelessness, and to be choiceless is to be free from all desire, is to be free from all projection, is…

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Meditation is the art of awareness. And once you are aware, out of your awareness your actions will arise - not out…

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When there is no thought. no desire, no ambition, in that state of no-mind truth descends in you - or ascends in…

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You can call it tathata, suchness. 'Suchness' is a Buddhist way of expressing that there is something in you which always remains…

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Witness the witness itself - and... the ultimate ecstasy is created. Start watching your thoughts but don't stop there... One more thing…

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When you have emptied all content - thoughts, desires, memories, projections, hopes - when all is gone, for the first time you…

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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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Become aware, awake. Then you will see that everything comes and goes, all things come and pass. Life is a flux. Your…

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Because of watching your breath and thoughts you have come to know now that you are neither thoughts nor your breath, you…

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Your mind is a constant traffic of thoughts, and it is always rush hour, day in, day out. Meditation means to watch…

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First examine what is constantly there in your mind, what is being repeated again and again. You don't have many thoughts. If…

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The secret of meditation is the art of unlearning. Mind is learning; meditation is unlearning: that is - die constantly to your…

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When you feel expansion of your consciousness, that is the most ecstatic experience possible, because suddenly you are the whole universe. Stars…

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Once you start dropping thoughts, the dust that you have collected in the past, the flame arises - clean, clear, alive, young.…

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Between two thoughts try to be alert; look into the interval, the space in between. You will see no mind; that is…

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Only the inner silence is yours. No-one gave it to you. You were born with it and you will die with it.…

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Ordinarily all desires exist in the second state of consciousness, the dreaming state. Desire is a dream and to work for a…

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Responsibility is awareness, alertness, consciousness. Ego is just unconsciousness. They cannot coexist. As you grow more conscious you grow more towards light,…

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There are only two states of consciousness that exist - the state of the ego and the state of love. The ego…

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Be aware, and wine becomes water. Be aware - sex becomes love. Be aware - love becomes prayer. Be aware - prayer…

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Zen is the most scientific method to inquire into your consciousness. It takes you beyond mind into a space called no-mind. No…

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The past is no more and the future is not yet. The only right person is one who lives moment to moment,…

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That's what I call meditation. You simply stand aloof and just see the mind disappearing, like a cloud on a faraway horizon,…

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The mind is just like a crowd; thoughts are the individuals. And because thoughts are there continuously you think the process is…

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The mind is constantly involved in thinking, in judging, in evaluating. Its whole function seems to be to keep you involved in…

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