Misery Quotes by Rajneesh

Misery nourishes your ego - that's why you see so many miserable people in the world. The basic, central point is the…

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The mind is the world and the no-mind is freedom from the world. The mind is misery and no-mind is the end…

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Life in itself is an empty canvas; it becomes whatsoever you paint on it. You can paint misery, you can paint bliss.…

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Once you have tasted meditation, it is impossible for you to be in any misery. Bliss becomes inevitable.

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You can change your attachment from this to that, but you will be in misery. Attachment creates misery.

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If this is understood then things become very clear. Misery makes you special. Happiness is a universal phenomenon, there is nothing special…

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Once you have known the generosity of existence you will never feel miserable.

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Misery comes the moment you become clinging, attached. The moment you put conditions on life.

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Just think: you cannot find a single misery for which you are not responsible. It may be jealousy, it may be anger,…

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Jealousy means ego, jealousy means unconsciousness. Jealousy means that you have not known even a moment of joy and bliss; you are…

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Happiness is one pole, sadness is another. Blissfulness is one pole, misery is another. Life consists of both, and life is richer…

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Remember: ego can create misery, ego can create anguish, ego can create hate, ego can create jealousy. Ego can never become a…

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Religion exists not because of God or for God; it is because of marriage. Marriage creates so much misery that one has…

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Yes, when you see for the first time, a great laughter arises in you - the laughter about the whole ridiculousness of…

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Old age is your own creation: it can be a misery, it can be a celebration; it can be simply a despair,…

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What is marriage now, or what has it ever been? - just a painful suffering, a long suffering, with false smiling faces.…

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Out of hate, if you try to love that love will just be a hidden hate; it cannot be anything else-you are…

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Always make a note of what you are doing and where it leads. By and by, you will become aware of that…

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Everything comes out of nothingness and goes back into nothingness. Hence there is no need for attachment, because attachment will bring misery.…

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True celebration should come from your life, in your life. And true celebration cannot be according to the calendar, that on the…

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Participation is bliss because the whole universe is celebrating. Every moment it is celebrating. It is a great celebration, a constant celebration.…

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To be able to celebrate life is religion. In that very celebration you come close to God. If one is able to…

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Future arises out of your misery, not out of your celebration. A really celebrating person has no future; he lives this moment,…

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Buddha says this is how one should be - no desire, because all desires are futile. They are about the future; life…

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Change only one thing, change from misery to bliss. from sadness to celebration. And it can be done very easily because misery…

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Attachment is the root cause of all misery. Possessiveness is nourishment for the ego.

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Time is a need of the miserable mind. Time is a creation of misery. If you are happy there is no time…

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Die! Die to the ego, die to your past, and you will be resurrected. That resurrection will make you go beyond death,…

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Attachment brings misery, unattachment brings blissfulness. So use things, but don't be used by them. Live life but don't be lived by…

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It is my observation that all human hearts are the same and that their ultimate desire is also the same. This soul…

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Attachment is misery, but from the very beginning the child is taught for attachment. The mother will say to the child, "Love…

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Misery is nothing but the shadow of attachment. And hence all stagnancy. The attached person becomes a stagnant pool - sooner or…

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If people become ecstatic the whole society will have to change, because this society is based on misery. If people are blissful…

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Attachment is the root cause of all misery - and our mind is such that it starts clinging to each and everything.…

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Hell is hot, fire. But I tell you, you are providing your own coal. This is how things are: If you move…

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If your love leads to misery, it was from the ego. If your love leads to a beautiful benediction, a blessedness, it…

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If attachment is the conditioning factor, then non-attachment will become the unconditioning factor. If expectation leads you in misery, then non-expectation will…

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To remain attached to the temporal, to the changing is to remain within the world of misery because the temporal will be…

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Marriage is going to disappear, should disappear. And now the point is coming in the history of humanity where it becomes possible…

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I have been misunderstood perhaps more than anyone else ever, but it has not affected me, for the simple reason that there…

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