--- title: "15 Deeper Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "15 Deeper quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Deeper sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/rajneesh-54_death_death-is-more-important-than-life-life-i_477874.jpg" --- > [Death is more important than life. Life is just the trivial, just the superficial; death is deeper. Through death you grow to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/death-is-more-important-than-life-life-is-just-the-trivial-just-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/rajneesh-54_death_death-is-more-important-than-life-life-i_477874.jpg) > [The deeper you surrender to existence, life, nature, the more loving, more understanding, more insightful you become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-deeper-you-surrender-to-existence-life-nature-the-more-loving/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/rajneesh-54_deeper_the-deeper-you-surrender-to-existence-li_2947832.jpg) > [In your body, there exists a subtle current of electricity, very subtle. But the subtler it is, the deeper it goes. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/in-your-body-there-exists-a-subtle-current-of-electricity-very-subtle/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/rajneesh-54_atoms_in-your-body-there-exists-a-subtle-curre_3171525.jpg) > [You don't have any problems - only this much has to be understood. This very moment you can drop all problems. because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/you-don-t-have-any-problems-only-this-much-has-to-be-understood-this/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/rajneesh-54_beautiful_you-don-t-have-any-problems-only-this-mu_344938.jpg) > [There is a difference. You watch television, you don't witness it. But, while watching television, if you start witnessing yourself watching television,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/there-is-a-difference-you-watch-television-you-don-t-witness-it-but/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/rajneesh-54_deeper_there-is-a-difference-you-watch-televisi_112475.jpg) > [Death is the door from the superficial life, the so-called life, the trivial. There is a door. If you pass through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/death-is-the-door-from-the-superficial-life-the-so-called-life-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/rajneesh-54_achieve_death-is-the-door-from-the-superficial-l_816355.jpg) > [When I say this, I don't mean that if you can love more people you will not go into marriage. As far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/when-i-say-this-i-don-t-mean-that-if-you-can-love-more-people-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/rajneesh-54_deeper_when-i-say-this-i-don-t-mean-that-if-you_122111.jpg) > [As meditation goes deep you will feel less and less desires, more and more contentment with whatsoever you have. There will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/as-meditation-goes-deep-you-will-feel-less-and-less-desires-more-and/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/rajneesh-54_consciousness_as-meditation-goes-deep-you-will-feel-le_896611.jpg) > [Start from the body, and then go, slowly slowly, deeper. And don't start with anything else unless you have first solved the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/start-from-the-body-and-then-go-slowly-slowly-deeper-and-don-t-start/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/rajneesh-54_body_start-from-the-body-and-then-go-slowly-s_972683.jpg) > [Help people to meditate, because there is nothing more creative than meditation. Each art and each creativity can be tremendously enhanced by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/help-people-to-meditate-because-there-is-nothing-more-creative-than/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/rajneesh-54_art_help-people-to-meditate-because-there-is_2334929.jpg) > [Self-knowledge is not the knowledge of a dead self, self-knowledge is the knowledge of the process of the self. It is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/self-knowledge-is-not-the-knowledge-of-a-dead-self-self-knowledge-is/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/rajneesh-54_alive_self-knowledge-is-not-the-knowledge-of-a_1910096.jpg) > [A boyfriend or a girlfriend may be fun, but cannot become a door to the deepest that is hidden in each and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/a-boyfriend-or-a-girlfriend-may-be-fun-but-cannot-become-a-door-to/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75b/rajneesh-54_animal_a-boyfriend-or-a-girlfriend-may-be-fun-b_788526.jpg) > [We have forced everyone to go into marriage because of love. Because you cannot love outside it, so we have unnecessarily forced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/we-have-forced-everyone-to-go-into-marriage-because-of-love-because/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/rajneesh-54_deeper_we-have-forced-everyone-to-go-into-marri_424160.jpg) > [When you make sex to a person, woman or man, you think it unites you. For a moment it gives you the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/when-you-make-sex-to-a-person-woman-or-man-you-think-it-unites-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e02/rajneesh-54_beloved_when-you-make-sex-to-a-person-woman-or-m_2878467.jpg) > [Heartache is good. Accept it joyously. Allow it, don't repress it. The natural tendency of the mind is to repress anything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/heartache-is-good-accept-it-joyously-allow-it-don-t-repress-it-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/rajneesh-54_accepting_heartache-is-good-accept-it-joyously-all_1594119.jpg) ## Other authors on Deeper ## 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/deeper/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "15 Deeper Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Death is more important than life. Life is just the trivial, just the superficial; death is deeper. 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And don't start with anything else unless you have first solved the primary. If your body is tense, don't start with the mind. Wait. Work on the body. And just small things are of immense help.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/start-from-the-body-and-then-go-slowly-slowly-deeper-and-don-t-start/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/rajneesh-54_body_start-from-the-body-and-then-go-slowly-s_972683.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/rajneesh-54_body_start-from-the-body-and-then-go-slowly-s_972683.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/rajneesh-54_body_start-from-the-body-and-then-go-slowly-s_972683.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Start from the body, and then go, slowly slowly, deeper. 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