Rajneesh Quotes

How do I relax? Meditate, I guess. I quit golf. You twist your back and get all cranked up.

We all need to relax more, but I don't find it easy.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

It's hard to wind down, but then I beat myself up because I have a tense back.

True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.

I don't relax very well, and I find it hard to sit still.

Some people might say I need to learn how to relax.

I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.

People don't realise how much tension they hold in their forearms.

I'm trying to relax, but it's hard.

My girlfriend has to beat me up to get me to relax because I work all the time.

I find it really difficult to turn my head off. I find it difficult to zone out.

You ask me, "Will you say something more about relaxation? I am aware of a tension deep in the core of me and suspect that I have probably never been totally relaxed."

The playfulness that I talk about comes very slowly. You cannot just jump out of your seriousness which you have accumulated for lives. Now it has a force of its own. It is not a simple matter to relax; it is one of the most complex phenomena possible, because all that we are taught is tension, anxiety, anguish. Seriousness is the very core the society is built around. Playfulness is for small children, not for grown-up people. And I am teaching you to be children again, to be playful again. It is a quantum leap, a jump...but it takes time to understand.

Sri Krishnamacharya used to tell me: 'Do the Headstand when you are tired and in need of a tonic; when you are unable to fall asleep; when you are hungry, nervous and unhappy. Do it when in need of relaxation, when the brain is clouded, when you are in low spirits. Do it when your thoughts are distracted and you cannot concentrate properly or meditate.'

Meditation is a simple yet powerful tool that takes us to a state of profound relaxation that dissolves fatigue and the accumulated stress that accelerates the aging process.

If a person remains tense for a long time he might not notice it himself, but it’s like his nerves are a piece of rubber that has been stretched out. It’s hard to go back to the original shape.

The more nervous you get, the more worried you get about something... Maybe you just need to take a nap.

The most common response I hear when I tell people I teach meditation is, "I'm so stressed out. I could use some of that!" A response I also sometimes hear, which amuses me a lot is, "My partner should really meet you!"

Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.

Remember, don't start trying to relax; that is the most absurd thing in the world. And there are many stupid people writing books about relaxation. I have come across one book - the name of the book is YOU MUST RELAX! Now that very word 'must' is enough to keep you tense. Relaxation cannot be a "must," it cannot be an effort.

My nerves could use a drink.

Meditation is just being delighted in your own presence... where you are not doing anything. The moment doing enters, you become tense; anxiety enters immediately. How to do? What to do? How to succeed? How not to fail? You have already moved into the future.

He knows that it is impossible to live in a state of complete relaxation.