--- title: "16 Core Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "16 Core quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Core sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/rajneesh-54_core_your-innermost-core-has-always-been-pure_116565.jpg" --- > [Your innermost core has always been pure. Purity is intrinsic to you, it cannot be taken away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/your-innermost-core-has-always-been-pure-purity-is-intrinsic-to-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/rajneesh-54_core_your-innermost-core-has-always-been-pure_116565.jpg) > [Never feel lonely. You are never lonely. At the deepest core of your being, God resides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/never-feel-lonely-you-are-never-lonely-at-the-deepest-core-of-your/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/rajneesh-54_core_never-feel-lonely-you-are-never-lonely-a_781082.jpg) > [The innermost core is witnessing, awareness, watchfulness. You can call it anything, but it will be another meaning of witnessing. Truth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-innermost-core-is-witnessing-awareness-watchfulness-you-can-call/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/rajneesh-54_awareness_the-innermost-core-is-witnessing-awarene_2593224.jpg) > [You ask me, "Will you say something more about relaxation? I am aware of a tension deep in the core of me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/you-ask-me-will-you-say-something-more-about-relaxation-i-am-aware-of/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/rajneesh-54_ask-me_you-ask-me-will-you-say-something-more-a_2755297.jpg) > [Rajneeshism is creating a Noah's Ark of consciousness, remaining centered exactly in the middle of the cyclone. You can only escape within,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/rajneeshism-is-creating-a-noah-s-ark-of-consciousness-remaining/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/rajneesh-54_any_rajneeshism-is-creating-a-noah-s-ark-of_2024967.jpg) > [Total relaxation is the ultimate. That's the moment when one becomes a buddha. That is the moment of realization, enlightenment, christ-consciousness. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/total-relaxation-is-the-ultimate-that-s-the-moment-when-one-becomes-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a1/rajneesh-54_buddhism_total-relaxation-is-the-ultimate-that-s_231450.jpg) > [You are daydreaming about the future because you have not tasted the present. Start tasting the present. Find out a few moments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/you-are-daydreaming-about-the-future-because-you-have-not-tasted-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/rajneesh-54_bird_you-are-daydreaming-about-the-future-bec_782406.jpg) > [First the body has to become utterly relaxed, like a small child, then only start with the mind. Move scientifically: first the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/first-the-body-has-to-become-utterly-relaxed-like-a-small-child-then/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/rajneesh-54_body_first-the-body-has-to-become-utterly-rel_933657.jpg) > [Unless one becomes a womb one never becomes pregnant with god. One cannot conquer god, one can't be aggressive - that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/unless-one-becomes-a-womb-one-never-becomes-pregnant-with-god-one/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/rajneesh-54_aggressive_unless-one-becomes-a-womb-one-never-beco_1325025.jpg) > [Rajneeshism is creating a Noahs Ark of consciousness, remaining centered exactly in the middle of the cyclone. You can only escape within,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/rajneeshism-is-creating-a-noahs-ark-of-consciousness-remaining/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/rajneesh-54_ark_rajneeshism-is-creating-a-noahs-ark-of-c_3009799.jpg) > [It has nothing to do with your desires and their fulfillment, with your hopes and their fulfillment; it is already the case.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/it-has-nothing-to-do-with-your-desires-and-their-fulfillment-with/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/rajneesh-54_becoming_it-has-nothing-to-do-with-your-desires-a_2242182.jpg) > [Don't think in terms of comfort; think in terms of freedom. Don't think in terms of safety, think in terms of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/don-t-think-in-terms-of-comfort-think-in-terms-of-freedom-don-t-think/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b1/rajneesh-54_adventure_don-t-think-in-terms-of-comfort-think-in_269021.jpg) > [I teach you joy, not sadness. I teach you playfulness, not seriousness. I teach you love and laughter, because to me there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/i-teach-you-joy-not-sadness-i-teach-you-playfulness-not-seriousness-i/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17f/rajneesh-54_age_i-teach-you-joy-not-sadness-i-teach-you_1430038.jpg) > [The playfulness that I talk about comes very slowly. You cannot just jump out of your seriousness which you have accumulated for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-playfulness-that-i-talk-about-comes-very-slowly-you-cannot-just/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/rajneesh-54_anguish_the-playfulness-that-i-talk-about-comes_122068.jpg) > [The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it is not. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-capacity-to-be-alone-is-the-capacity-to-love-it-may-look-2/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/rajneesh-54_becoming_the-capacity-to-be-alone-is-the-capacity_841369.jpg) > [You have to be an original individual; you have to find your innermost core on your own, with no guide, no guiding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/you-have-to-be-an-original-individual-you-have-to-find-your-innermost/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/rajneesh-54_adventure_you-have-to-be-an-original-individual-yo_2854323.jpg) ## Other authors on Core ## 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/core/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "16 Core Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Your innermost core has always been pure. 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And then only can you relax at the ultimate core.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/first-the-body-has-to-become-utterly-relaxed-like-a-small-child-then/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/rajneesh-54_body_first-the-body-has-to-become-utterly-rel_933657.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/rajneesh-54_body_first-the-body-has-to-become-utterly-rel_933657.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/rajneesh-54_body_first-the-body-has-to-become-utterly-rel_933657.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“First the body has to become utterly relaxed, like a small child, then only start with the mind. 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That is the essential core of meditation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/unless-one-becomes-a-womb-one-never-becomes-pregnant-with-god-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/rajneesh-54_aggressive_unless-one-becomes-a-womb-one-never-beco_1325025.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/rajneesh-54_aggressive_unless-one-becomes-a-womb-one-never-beco_1325025.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/rajneesh-54_aggressive_unless-one-becomes-a-womb-one-never-beco_1325025.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Unless one becomes a womb one never becomes pregnant with god. 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I do not teach worship of God or any other ritual but only a scientific way of coming to your innermost core.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/rajneeshism-is-creating-a-noahs-ark-of-consciousness-remaining/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/rajneesh-54_ark_rajneeshism-is-creating-a-noahs-ark-of-c_3009799.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/rajneesh-54_ark_rajneeshism-is-creating-a-noahs-ark-of-c_3009799.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/rajneesh-54_ark_rajneeshism-is-creating-a-noahs-ark-of-c_3009799.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Rajneeshism is creating a Noahs Ark of consciousness, remaining centered exactly in the middle of the…” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It has nothing to do with your desires and their fulfillment, with your hopes and their fulfillment; it is already the case. 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