--- title: "8 Allowing Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "8 Allowing quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Allowing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/rajneesh-54_allowing_to-be-a-sannyasin-means-you-will-be-allo_393328.jpg" --- > [To be a sannyasin means you will be allowing freedom to the children, you will not impose anything on them, you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/to-be-a-sannyasin-means-you-will-be-allowing-freedom-to-the-children/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/rajneesh-54_allowing_to-be-a-sannyasin-means-you-will-be-allo_393328.jpg) > [So meditation is not really mind-effort. Real meditation is not effort at all. Real meditation is just allowing the mind to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/so-meditation-is-not-really-mind-effort-real-meditation-is-not-effort/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/rajneesh-54_allowing_so-meditation-is-not-really-mind-effort_1005369.jpg) > [Relaxation means allowing yourself to fall into a state where you are not doing anything, because if you are doing something, tension…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/relaxation-means-allowing-yourself-to-fall-into-a-state-where-you-are/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f6/rajneesh-54_allowing_relaxation-means-allowing-yourself-to-fa_1141201.jpg) > [Let-go means no competition, no struggle, no fight... just relaxing with existence, wherever it leads. Not trying to control your future, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/let-go-means-no-competition-no-struggle-no-fight-just-relaxing-with/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/rajneesh-54_allowing_let-go-means-no-competition-no-struggle_2257006.jpg) > [Sannyas means dropping the fight with the river, going with the river, allowing the river to take you, learning the art of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/sannyas-means-dropping-the-fight-with-the-river-going-with-the-river/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/rajneesh-54_allowing_sannyas-means-dropping-the-fight-with-th_2436149.jpg) > [These firecrackers outside and these lights outside cannot make you rejoice. They are only for children; for you, they are just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/these-firecrackers-outside-and-these-lights-outside-cannot-make-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/rajneesh-54_allowing_these-firecrackers-outside-and-these-lig_2835050.jpg) > [Hidden behind man is God. Just give him a little way, a little passage, to come through you. That is creativity. Allowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/hidden-behind-man-is-god-just-give-him-a-little-way-a-little-passage/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/rajneesh-54_allowing_hidden-behind-man-is-god-just-give-him-a_2885280.jpg) > [The whole art of allowing the truth to take possession of you is of being vulnerable, of being open, of being in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-whole-art-of-allowing-the-truth-to-take-possession-of-you-is-of/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/rajneesh-54_achieve_the-whole-art-of-allowing-the-truth-to-t_3221735.jpg) ## Other authors on Allowing ## More by Rajneesh > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/because-of-the-womb-being-a-central-phenomenon-in-the-feminine-body/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [It all depends on you. You can go on sleeping forever, you can wake up right this moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/it-all-depends-on-you-you-can-go-on-sleeping-forever-you-can-wake-up/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [The greatest mystery in life is not life itself, but death. Death is the culmination of life, the ultimate blossoming of life. In death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-greatest-mystery-in-life-is-not-life-itself-but-death-death-is/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [This mind is a prison. It cannot find any freedom anywhere. It must die before freedom comes to you. But we have taken the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/this-mind-is-a-prison-it-cannot-find-any-freedom-anywhere-it-must-die/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Never belong to a crowd; Never belong to a nation; Never belong to a religion; Never belong to a race. Belong to the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/never-belong-to-a-crowd-never-belong-to-a-nation-never-belong-to-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Money should not be in the hands of individuals; otherwise it will create this problem of being burdened with guilt. And money can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/money-should-not-be-in-the-hands-of-individuals-otherwise-it-will/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Marriage is going to disappear, should disappear. And now the point is coming in the history of humanity where it becomes possible that marriage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/marriage-is-going-to-disappear-should-disappear-and-now-the-point-is/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [A mature mind is one who understands the impossibility of knowing the ultimate, and with this understanding there is a new dimension: the dimension…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/a-mature-mind-is-one-who-understands-the-impossibility-of-knowing-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [The word religion comes from an origin which means "coming together." But priesthood has been doing just the opposite, it has created splits in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-word-religion-comes-from-an-origin-which-means-coming-together/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Love and laughter go together; and laughter is one of the greatest medicines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/love-and-laughter-go-together-and-laughter-is-one-of-the-greatest/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [There are people who want to become rich; they become rich. If you persist you can fulfill any kind of stupidity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/there-are-people-who-want-to-become-rich-they-become-rich-if-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [Just take one thing out and the whole palace, the whole edifice of the human mind collapses. Take effort out of it and desiring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/just-take-one-thing-out-and-the-whole-palace-the-whole-edifice-of-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [To me, man means awareness of death. I am not saying become afraid of death; that is not awareness. Just be aware of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/to-me-man-means-awareness-of-death-i-am-not-saying-become-afraid-of/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [So your life becomes a vital celebration, your relationship becomes a festive thing. Whatsoever you do, every moment is a festival. You eat, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/so-your-life-becomes-a-vital-celebration-your-relationship-becomes-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > ["Serenity" is the flavor of meditation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/serenity-is-the-flavor-of-meditation/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allowing/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "8 Allowing Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To be a sannyasin means you will be allowing freedom to the children, you will not impose anything on them, you will not impose your ideas; you will NOT like them to become imitators. 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