--- title: "18 Concerned Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "18 Concerned quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Concerned sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/rajneesh-54_art_science-is-concerned-about-quantity-reli_2926981.jpg" --- > [Science is concerned about quantity; religion is concerned about quality. Religion is concerned with the art of how to live life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/science-is-concerned-about-quantity-religion-is-concerned-about/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/rajneesh-54_art_science-is-concerned-about-quantity-reli_2926981.jpg) > [Never ask, "Who is my real friend?" Ask, "Am I a real friend to somebody?" That is the right question. Always be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/never-ask-who-is-my-real-friend-ask-am-i-a-real-friend-to-somebody/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/rajneesh-54_asks_never-ask-who-is-my-real-friend-ask-am-i_1546617.jpg) > [Man is certainly not creative, but his creativity should not be concerned with God. His creativity should be concerned with making a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/man-is-certainly-not-creative-but-his-creativity-should-not-be/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/rajneesh-54_better-world_man-is-certainly-not-creative-but-his-cr_1654514.jpg) > [But we are not interested in death at all: rather, we escape the facts, we are continuously escaping the facts. Death is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/but-we-are-not-interested-in-death-at-all-rather-we-escape-the-facts/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/rajneesh-54_concern_but-we-are-not-interested-in-death-at-al_2830162.jpg) > [Either you are drowned in the past or you are drowned in the future. That's why you are not. That's why you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/either-you-are-drowned-in-the-past-or-you-are-drowned-in-the-future/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/rajneesh-54_concern_either-you-are-drowned-in-the-past-or-yo_1434940.jpg) > [Don't be too much concerned about money, because that is the greatest distraction against happiness. And the irony of ironies is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/don-t-be-too-much-concerned-about-money-because-that-is-the-greatest/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/rajneesh-54_concerned_don-t-be-too-much-concerned-about-money_2129801.jpg) > [There are many kinds of richness, and the man who is rich because of money is the lowest as far as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/there-are-many-kinds-of-richness-and-the-man-who-is-rich-because-of/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/rajneesh-54_artist_there-are-many-kinds-of-richness-and-the_2082732.jpg) > [Samadhi means when sushupti, dreamless sleep, becomes alert, awake. When you are asleep as far as the body is concerned, you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/samadhi-means-when-sushupti-dreamless-sleep-becomes-alert-awake-when/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/rajneesh-54_alertness_samadhi-means-when-sushupti-dreamless-sl_1245805.jpg) > [As far as your ego is concerned and your jealousy is concerned, my whole work here is to help you become so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/as-far-as-your-ego-is-concerned-and-your-jealousy-is-concerned-my/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/rajneesh-54_change_as-far-as-your-ego-is-concerned-and-your_1162047.jpg) > [But then you become closed. Then you start dying as far as your intelligence is concerned because intelligence needs the open sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/but-then-you-become-closed-then-you-start-dying-as-far-as-your/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/rajneesh-54_air_but-then-you-become-closed-then-you-star_1549386.jpg) > [What is fear? Why are you so afraid? Even if everything is known about you and you are an open book, why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/what-is-fear-why-are-you-so-afraid-even-if-everything-is-known-about/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/rajneesh-54_book_what-is-fear-why-are-you-so-afraid-even_344936.jpg) > [When there is no thought. no desire, no ambition, in that state of no-mind truth descends in you - or ascends in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/when-there-is-no-thought-no-desire-no-ambition-in-that-state-of-no/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/rajneesh-54_ambition_when-there-is-no-thought-no-desire-no-am_304735.jpg) > [Humanity needs a new soil - the soil of freedom. Bohemianism was a reaction, a necessary reaction, but if my vision succeeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/humanity-needs-a-new-soil-the-soil-of-freedom-bohemianism-was-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/rajneesh-54_bohemianism_humanity-needs-a-new-soil-the-soil-of-fr_2255864.jpg) > [Change the emphasis, turn your attention around. If you become concerned with death, your life comes to be revealed to you for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/change-the-emphasis-turn-your-attention-around-if-you-become/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/rajneesh-54_attention_change-the-emphasis-turn-your-attention_2198164.jpg) > [A woman should keep her separateness, should save all her feminine qualities and purify them. In this way she is going, according…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/a-woman-should-keep-her-separateness-should-save-all-her-feminine/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/rajneesh-54_be-proud_a-woman-should-keep-her-separateness-sho_1511502.jpg) > [Existence cares. When I say God cares I mean that existence cares for you, it is not indifferent. Let this be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/existence-cares-when-i-say-god-cares-i-mean-that-existence-cares-for/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/rajneesh-54_care_existence-cares-when-i-say-god-cares-i-m_2490278.jpg) > [You must be a deeply anxiety-ridden person, otherwise chain-smoking is not possible; chain-smoking is a by-product. You must be so concerned about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/you-must-be-a-deeply-anxiety-ridden-person-otherwise-chain-smoking-is/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/rajneesh-54_anxiety_you-must-be-a-deeply-anxiety-ridden-pers_2721224.jpg) > [My effort here is to help you to feel that existence is not indifferent towards you. It is deeply concerned about you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/my-effort-here-is-to-help-you-to-feel-that-existence-is-not/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/rajneesh-54_capable_my-effort-here-is-to-help-you-to-feel-th_3119812.jpg) ## Other authors on Concerned ## 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/concerned/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "18 Concerned Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Science is concerned about quantity; religion is concerned about quality. 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Then sushupti becomes samadhi.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/samadhi-means-when-sushupti-dreamless-sleep-becomes-alert-awake-when/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/rajneesh-54_alertness_samadhi-means-when-sushupti-dreamless-sl_1245805.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/rajneesh-54_alertness_samadhi-means-when-sushupti-dreamless-sl_1245805.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/rajneesh-54_alertness_samadhi-means-when-sushupti-dreamless-sl_1245805.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Samadhi means when sushupti, dreamless sleep, becomes alert, awake. 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Then you start dying as far as your intelligence is concerned because intelligence needs the open sky, the wind, the air, the sun in order to grow, to expand, to flow. To remain alive it needs a constant flow; if it becomes stagnant it becomes slowly slowly a dead phenomenon.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/but-then-you-become-closed-then-you-start-dying-as-far-as-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/rajneesh-54_air_but-then-you-become-closed-then-you-star_1549386.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/rajneesh-54_air_but-then-you-become-closed-then-you-star_1549386.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/rajneesh-54_air_but-then-you-become-closed-then-you-star_1549386.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But then you become closed. 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Even if you feel somebody is against you, he is not against you because everybody is concerned with himself, not with you", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/what-is-fear-why-are-you-so-afraid-even-if-everything-is-known-about/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/rajneesh-54_book_what-is-fear-why-are-you-so-afraid-even_344936.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/rajneesh-54_book_what-is-fear-why-are-you-so-afraid-even_344936.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/rajneesh-54_book_what-is-fear-why-are-you-so-afraid-even_344936.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What is fear? Why are you so afraid? Even if everything is known about you and you are an open book, why…” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When there is no thought. no desire, no ambition, in that state of no-mind truth descends in you - or ascends in you. As far as the dimension of truth is concerned both are the same, because in the world of the innermost subjectivity height and depth mean the same. It is one dimension: the vertical dimension. Mind moves horizontally, no-mind exists vertically. 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Bohemianism was a reaction, a necessary reaction, but if my vision succeeds then there will be no bohemianism because there will be no so-called collective mind trying to dominate people. Then everybody will be at ease with himself. Of course, you have not to interfere with anybody, but as far as your life is concerned you have to live it on your own terms. Then only is there creativity. 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This is the foundation stone: remember that existence loves you, cares about you, is concerned about you; that you are not alienated, that you are not a stranger, that you are part of this great symphony, this orchestra, this celebration that goes on and on and knows no ending.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/existence-cares-when-i-say-god-cares-i-mean-that-existence-cares-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/rajneesh-54_care_existence-cares-when-i-say-god-cares-i-m_2490278.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/rajneesh-54_care_existence-cares-when-i-say-god-cares-i-m_2490278.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/rajneesh-54_care_existence-cares-when-i-say-god-cares-i-m_2490278.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Existence cares. When I say God cares I mean that existence cares for you, it is not indifferent. 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