--- title: "15 Talking Quotes By Rajneesh" description: "15 Talking quotes by Rajneesh. Plus more from Rajneesh and more Talking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/rajneesh-54_consciousness_the-meditation-i-am-talking-about-is-not_776077.jpg" --- > [The meditation I am talking about is not a meditation on something. If you light a lamp and remove all the objects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-meditation-i-am-talking-about-is-not-a-meditation-on-something-if/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/rajneesh-54_consciousness_the-meditation-i-am-talking-about-is-not_776077.jpg) > [Meditation is not something you do in the morning and you are finished with it, meditation is something that you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/meditation-is-not-something-you-do-in-the-morning-and-you-are/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/rajneesh-54_climate_meditation-is-not-something-you-do-in-th_146444.jpg) > [The mind is constantly talking. If the inner talk can drop even for a single moment you will be able to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-mind-is-constantly-talking-if-the-inner-talk-can-drop-even-for-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/rajneesh-54_able_the-mind-is-constantly-talking-if-the-in_2547076.jpg) > [The freedom from something is not true freedom. The freedom to do anything you want to do is also not the freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-freedom-from-something-is-not-true-freedom-the-freedom-to-do/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/rajneesh-54_being-yourself_the-freedom-from-something-is-not-true-f_2625639.jpg) > [Meditation means a state of unconditioned mind. Meditation is the process of undoing the harm that every society goes on doing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/meditation-means-a-state-of-unconditioned-mind-meditation-is-the/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/rajneesh-54_catholic_meditation-means-a-state-of-unconditione_3037094.jpg) > [I am not interested in communicating something to you, I am interested in communion. Communication means my mind talking to your mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/i-am-not-interested-in-communicating-something-to-you-i-am-interested/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/rajneesh-54_communicate_i-am-not-interested-in-communicating-som_63133.jpg) > [The ego is nothing but condensed unawareness. When you become aware by and by that condensed unawareness we call 'ego' disappears. Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-ego-is-nothing-but-condensed-unawareness-when-you-become-aware-by/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/rajneesh-54_awareness_the-ego-is-nothing-but-condensed-unaware_1683361.jpg) > [Avoid such situations in which you are unnecessarily burdened with rubbish. You already have too much as it is, you need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/avoid-such-situations-in-which-you-are-unnecessarily-burdened-with/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/rajneesh-54_all-kinds_avoid-such-situations-in-which-you-are-u_429415.jpg) > [It is a totally different creativity I am talking about. A Taj Mahal... just watching it on a full moon night, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/it-is-a-totally-different-creativity-i-am-talking-about-a-taj-mahal/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/rajneesh-54_arise_it-is-a-totally-different-creativity-i-a_826635.jpg) > [If you are really spontaneous, people will think you are mad. If you go to a tree and start talking, or to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/if-you-are-really-spontaneous-people-will-think-you-are-mad-if-you-go/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/rajneesh-54_church_if-you-are-really-spontaneous-people-wil_3187213.jpg) > [That's why we cannot love, because with the ego, love is impossible. That's why we go on talking so much about love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/that-s-why-we-cannot-love-because-with-the-ego-love-is-impossible/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/rajneesh-54_and-love_that-s-why-we-cannot-love-because-with-t_2389837.jpg) > [So your life becomes a vital celebration, your relationship becomes a festive thing. Whatsoever you do, every moment is a festival. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/so-your-life-becomes-a-vital-celebration-your-relationship-becomes-a/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/rajneesh-54_bathing_so-your-life-becomes-a-vital-celebration_28770.jpg) > [Out of hate, if you try to love that love will just be a hidden hate; it cannot be anything else-you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/out-of-hate-if-you-try-to-love-that-love-will-just-be-a-hidden-hate/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/rajneesh-54_hate_out-of-hate-if-you-try-to-love-that-love_285128.jpg) > [Marriage has become a battlefield where two persons are fighting for supremacy. Of course, the man has his own way: rough and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/marriage-has-become-a-battlefield-where-two-persons-are-fighting-for/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fde/rajneesh-54_battlefields_marriage-has-become-a-battlefield-where_3144313.jpg) > [People have become afraid of love because in love also, death penetrates. If two lovers are sitting side by side in deep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/people-have-become-afraid-of-love-because-in-love-also-death/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/rajneesh-54_afraid-of-love_people-have-become-afraid-of-love-becaus_449065.jpg) ## Other authors on Talking ## 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/talking/rajneesh/#itemlist", "name": "15 Talking Quotes By Rajneesh", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The meditation I am talking about is not a meditation on something. If you light a lamp and remove all the objects surrounding it, the lamp will still go on giving light. 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They were not created by pathological people, they were created by those who had attained.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/it-is-a-totally-different-creativity-i-am-talking-about-a-taj-mahal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/rajneesh-54_arise_it-is-a-totally-different-creativity-i-a_826635.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/rajneesh-54_arise_it-is-a-totally-different-creativity-i-a_826635.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/rajneesh-54_arise_it-is-a-totally-different-creativity-i-a_826635.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a totally different creativity I am talking about. 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You are talking to a stone in a temple and everybody thinks you are religious because this is the authorized form.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/if-you-are-really-spontaneous-people-will-think-you-are-mad-if-you-go/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/rajneesh-54_church_if-you-are-really-spontaneous-people-wil_3187213.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/rajneesh-54_church_if-you-are-really-spontaneous-people-wil_3187213.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/rajneesh-54_church_if-you-are-really-spontaneous-people-wil_3187213.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you are really spontaneous, people will think you are mad. 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