--- title: "9 Okay Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "9 Okay quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Okay sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/rajneesh-54_feels_whenever-you-feel-happiness-it-is-always_67287.jpg" --- > [Whenever you feel happiness it is always from the inner. Then mind immediately jumps in and takes control and says, 'It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/whenever-you-feel-happiness-it-is-always-from-the-inner-then-mind/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/rajneesh-54_feels_whenever-you-feel-happiness-it-is-always_67287.jpg) > [The first thing is love: love deeply. If you have been with a person for a few years, in deep love, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-first-thing-is-love-love-deeply-if-you-have-been-with-a-person/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/rajneesh-54_arrangements_the-first-thing-is-love-love-deeply-if-y_3184063.jpg) > [If you get attached, then it becomes an obsession. If the person is not there, you are unhappy. If you miss the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/if-you-get-attached-then-it-becomes-an-obsession-if-the-person-is-not/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/rajneesh-54_attachment_if-you-get-attached-then-it-becomes-an-o_686108.jpg) > [Unless a person decides that 'Whatever the cost, I want just to be myself. Condemned, unaccepted, losing respectability - everything is okay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/unless-a-person-decides-that-whatever-the-cost-i-want-just-to-be/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9a/rajneesh-54_birth_unless-a-person-decides-that-whatever-th_2263188.jpg) > [Meditation is not concentration. It is simple awareness. You simply relax and watch the breathing. In that watching, nothing is excluded. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/meditation-is-not-concentration-it-is-simple-awareness-you-simply/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/rajneesh-54_accepting_meditation-is-not-concentration-it-is-si_188966.jpg) > [Your politicians, priests, parents, they all are guilt-creators, because that is the only way that you can be controlled and manipulated. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/your-politicians-priests-parents-they-all-are-guilt-creators-because/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/rajneesh-54_accepted_your-politicians-priests-parents-they-al_1438483.jpg) > [First become alone. First start enjoying yourself. First love yourself. First become so authentically happy that if nobody comes it doesn't matter;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/first-become-alone-first-start-enjoying-yourself-first-love-yourself/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/rajneesh-54_beautiful_first-become-alone-first-start-enjoying_1233814.jpg) > [You earn money, and one day money is there -- then life says to you, 'What have you got?' But you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/you-earn-money-and-one-day-money-is-there-then-life-says-to-you-what/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/rajneesh-54_goes-on_you-earn-money-and-one-day-money-is-ther_237220.jpg) > [How not to choose is the whole art of religion, how to drop into a choicelessness. But remember, don't choose choicelessness! Otherwise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/how-not-to-choose-is-the-whole-art-of-religion-how-to-drop-into-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e22/rajneesh-54_art_how-not-to-choose-is-the-whole-art-of-re_588318.jpg) ## Other authors on Okay ## 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/okay/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "9 Okay Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever you feel happiness it is always from the inner. Then mind immediately jumps in and takes control and says, 'It is because of me.' When you are in love, it is like death, you feel blissful. 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