--- title: "29 Left Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "29 Left quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Left sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/rajneesh-54_consciousness_the-mind-is-just-like-a-crowd-thoughts-a_3236636.jpg" --- > [The mind is just like a crowd; thoughts are the individuals. And because thoughts are there continuously you think the process is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-mind-is-just-like-a-crowd-thoughts-are-the-individuals-and/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/rajneesh-54_consciousness_the-mind-is-just-like-a-crowd-thoughts-a_3236636.jpg) > [Meditation is not doing something. But you cannot take a jump immediately into non-doing. So I suggest that you make your doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/meditation-is-not-doing-something-but-you-cannot-take-a-jump/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/rajneesh-54_doing_meditation-is-not-doing-something-but-yo_2548441.jpg) > [Love is overflowing joy. Love is when you have seen who you are. Then there is nothing left except to share your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/love-is-overflowing-joy-love-is-when-you-have-seen-who-you-are-then/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/rajneesh-54_joy_love-is-overflowing-joy-love-is-when-you_2616666.jpg) > [When sex disappears the tremendous energy of love is left behind. Each ugly thing in your mind, disappearing, leaves a great treasure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/when-sex-disappears-the-tremendous-energy-of-love-is-left-behind-each/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/030/rajneesh-54_behinds_when-sex-disappears-the-tremendous-energ_3038486.jpg) > [God happens only when you have moved out of the way and left yourself totally empty, spacious. It is a very strange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/god-happens-only-when-you-have-moved-out-of-the-way-and-left-yourself/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/rajneesh-54_disappear_god-happens-only-when-you-have-moved-out_472605.jpg) > [When all the faces have been rejected and emptiness is left, you have found the original face. Emptiness is the original face.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/when-all-the-faces-have-been-rejected-and-emptiness-is-left-you-have/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/rajneesh-54_emptiness_when-all-the-faces-have-been-rejected-an_2974866.jpg) > [I don't have any choice any more. I am in a choiceless awareness. I don't have to be aware. I am simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/i-don-t-have-any-choice-any-more-i-am-in-a-choiceless-awareness-i-don/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/rajneesh-54_awareness_i-don-t-have-any-choice-any-more-i-am-in_2229027.jpg) > [Remember that hate is not the opposite of love as people think. Hate is love standing upside down; it is not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/remember-that-hate-is-not-the-opposite-of-love-as-people-think-hate/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/rajneesh-54_disappear_remember-that-hate-is-not-the-opposite-o_622597.jpg) > [Everybody hates dependence, and that's why couples are continuously fighting, not knowing why they are fighting. They have to meditate over it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/everybody-hates-dependence-and-that-s-why-couples-are-continuously/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/rajneesh-54_contemplating_everybody-hates-dependence-and-that-s-wh_2467374.jpg) > [When a poet writes a poem, meaning arises - because the poet is not alone; he has created something. When a dancer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/when-a-poet-writes-a-poem-meaning-arises-because-the-poet-is-not/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/rajneesh-54_arise_when-a-poet-writes-a-poem-meaning-arises_1378294.jpg) > [It cannot be, because the way man has treated woman has been basically wrong. Only between two equal persons is there a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/it-cannot-be-because-the-way-man-has-treated-woman-has-been-basically/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/rajneesh-54_arise_it-cannot-be-because-the-way-man-has-tre_1615523.jpg) > [If you want to remain totally free, then don't choose. That's where the teaching of choiceless awareness comes in. Why the insistence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/if-you-want-to-remain-totally-free-then-don-t-choose-that-s-where-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/rajneesh-54_awareness_if-you-want-to-remain-totally-free-then_1629202.jpg) > [All of our miseries are nothing but attachment. Our whole ignorance and darkness is a strange combination of a thousand and one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/all-of-our-miseries-are-nothing-but-attachment-our-whole-ignorance/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/rajneesh-54_attachment_all-of-our-miseries-are-nothing-but-atta_2311339.jpg) > [Without marriage there will be no renunciation, Buddha would not have left the world - for what? His wife, Yashodhara, must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/without-marriage-there-will-be-no-renunciation-buddha-would-not-have/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/rajneesh-54_flats_without-marriage-there-will-be-no-renunc_92781.jpg) > [And you can put your total energy for the inner eye. The outside eyes are wasting eighty percent of energy - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/and-you-can-put-your-total-energy-for-the-inner-eye-the-outside-eyes/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/rajneesh-54_blind_and-you-can-put-your-total-energy-for-th_2591236.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) > [To love God means to surrender, to trust, to be ready to die into Him, because dying in God is the beginning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/to-love-god-means-to-surrender-to-trust-to-be-ready-to-die-into-him/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/rajneesh-54_behinds_to-love-god-means-to-surrender-to-trust_2168704.jpg) > [Mind is a duality; it is always split. There is no single point on which the mind agrees in totality. Half of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/mind-is-a-duality-it-is-always-split-there-is-no-single-point-on/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/rajneesh-54_agree_mind-is-a-duality-it-is-always-split-the_1782060.jpg) > [Buddha says: Remember, you have to do much, but the ultimate always happens when you are not doing anything. It happens in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/buddha-says-remember-you-have-to-do-much-but-the-ultimate-always-2/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/rajneesh-54_can-do_buddha-says-remember-you-have-to-do-much_3205540.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) > [The word 'ecstasy' is beautiful; it simply means 'standing out.' Out of what? Standing out of your ego, your personality, your mind;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-word-ecstasy-is-beautiful-it-simply-means-standing-out-out-of/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/rajneesh-54_beautiful_the-word-ecstasy-is-beautiful-it-simply_387112.jpg) > [The very essence of meditation is to be so silent that there is no stirring of thoughts in you, that words don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-very-essence-of-meditation-is-to-be-so-silent-that-there-is-no/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/rajneesh-54_essence_the-very-essence-of-meditation-is-to-be_2562091.jpg) > [To be able to celebrate life is religion. In that very celebration you come close to God. If one is able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/to-be-able-to-celebrate-life-is-religion-in-that-very-celebration-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/rajneesh-54_able_to-be-able-to-celebrate-life-is-religion_1594848.jpg) > [Witness the witness itself - and... the ultimate ecstasy is created. Start watching your thoughts but don't stop there... One more thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/witness-the-witness-itself-and-the-ultimate-ecstasy-is-created-start/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/rajneesh-54_disappear_witness-the-witness-itself-and-the-ultim_1788008.jpg) > [This is what meditation means: how to be not identified with the mind - how to create a space between yourself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/this-is-what-meditation-means-how-to-be-not-identified-with-the-mind/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/rajneesh-54_able_this-is-what-meditation-means-how-to-be_356893.jpg) > [Nature has come to a point where now, unless you take individual responsibility, you cannot grow. More than this nature cannot do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/nature-has-come-to-a-point-where-now-unless-you-take-individual-2/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/rajneesh-54_done_nature-has-come-to-a-point-where-now-unl_1176040.jpg) > [Death is not the end, but the beginning of a new life. Yes, it is an end of something that is already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/death-is-not-the-end-but-the-beginning-of-a-new-life-yes-it-is-an-end/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/rajneesh-54_behinds_death-is-not-the-end-but-the-beginning-o_2041922.jpg) > [One of the names of Buddha is TATHAGATA - one who lives in suchness, one who has become free from all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/one-of-the-names-of-buddha-is-tathagata-one-who-lives-in-suchness-one/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/rajneesh-54_awareness_one-of-the-names-of-buddha-is-tathagata_1220118.jpg) > [If you become more sensitive to beauty, to poetry, that means your love has blossomed. And all the energy that has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/if-you-become-more-sensitive-to-beauty-to-poetry-that-means-your-love/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7e/rajneesh-54_alchemy_if-you-become-more-sensitive-to-beauty-t_2965259.jpg) ## Other authors on Left ## 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/left/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "29 Left Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The mind is just like a crowd; thoughts are the individuals. And because thoughts are there continuously you think the process is substantial. Drop each individual thought and finally nothing is left. 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