Rajneesh Quotes

Surrendering only refers to this moment, whatever "is" at this moment - to accept unconditionally and fully whatever arises at this moment.

What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to something that already is?

Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.

Well I can tell you that for me generally speaking that I think things that I deal with are all to do with not accepting things, not excepting life on life's terms. My life becomes a lot easier when I'm willing to just accept. I don't have to like circumstances as they are, but I have to accept them and that's where I always seem to get thrown, when I try to will my way instead of accept things the way they are.

Accept everything just the way it is.

Let things be, let yourself be, let everything be and accept it as it is. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.

Joy is in learning to say yes to what is and to surrender into flow with what is, even when it's what you don't want.

To just let go, and not pick everything to death. To just let go and enjoy what you had. To just let go and not make everybody around you miserable with your own internal dialogue. To just let go and be happy. So simple. So difficult. So terrifying.

Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the job that we have, and the people who are in our lives. It's about seeing how we react to all these things. It's seeing our emotions and thoughts just as they are right now, in this very moment, in this very room, on this very seat. It's about not trying to make them go away, not trying to become better than we are, but just seeing clearly with precision and gentleness.

Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.

Yet never resist anything. If you think that by your resistance you will eliminate it, think again. You only plant it more firmly in place. Have I not told you all thought is creative?

Whatever you accept completely, you go beyond. If you fight it, you're stuck with it.

You break free when you feel neither beneath anyone nor superior to anyone, when you shed the need to control other people, when you create space for others to be who they are and for your real self to be what it is.

When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.

He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.

I release all control to the Universe. I am at peace with myself and with life.

I will practice acceptance. Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur. I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. I will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. My acceptance is total and complete. I accept things as they are this moment, not as I wish they were.

I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life.

The most powerful state for a human to be in is the state of embracing completely the reality of what is - Now. It is to say "Yes" to life, which is now and always now. There is a vast power in that "Yes," that state of inner non-resistance to what is.

When I've been open and accepting of where I am, things start opening up.

All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself.

I’m trying to accept where I’m at, not run from it.