Rajneesh Quotes

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.

Give up all self, all egotisms get out of anger, lust, give all to God. "I am not, but Thou art; the old man is all gone, only Thou remainest." "I am Thou." Blame none; if evil comes, know the Lord is playing with you and be exceeding glad.

There is no moment that isn't equivalent in value to any other moment. You have to surrender the little mind to the big mind, and turn what you want over to God.

So the single most vital step on your journey towards enlightenment is this: learn to disidentify from your mind.

The Sage has no thinking mind and therefore there are no ‘others’ for him.

To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things of the universe. To be enlightened by all things of the universe is to cast off the body and mind of the self as well as those of others. Even the traces of enlightenment are wiped out, and life with traceless enlightenment goes on forever and ever

Spiritually, no action is more important than surrender. Surrender is the tenderest impulse of the heart, acting out of love to give whatever the beloved wants. Surrender is being alert to exactly what is happening now, not imposing expectations from the past. Surrender is faith that the power of love can accomplish anything, even when you cannot foresee the outcome of a situation.

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

When you meditate or pray... both are forms of meditation... you give up control and find the answer and you open yourself to receive God's gift, the universal force, or whatever that is.

To be awake is to be fully present, no noise, just you and God. Most of us only have seconds of full consciousness. To live in a state of Samadhi - that's what we're here for.

Rajneeshism is creating a Noah's Ark of consciousness, remaining centered exactly in the middle of the cyclone. You can only escape within, and that's what I teach. I do not teach worship of God or any other ritual but only a scientific way of coming to your innermost core.

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

Yoga means union. Union means the boundaries of the individual self-dissolve, and you experience existence as yourself.

In the way of God, thoughts count very little. Love does it all.

Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.

Devotion is a place where you do not exist; life just flows through you as a certain sweetness and beauty.

Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen.

Enlightenment is lightening up.

God happens only when you have moved out of the way and left yourself totally empty, spacious. It is a very strange phenomenon: The guest only comes inside the house when the host disappears.

It is godlike to unloose the spirit, and forget yourself in thought.

You can enter yoga, or the path of yoga, only when you are totally frustrated with your own mind as it is. If you are still hoping that you can gain something through your mind, yoga is not for you.

Concentration is not the approach towards God. Concentration is a mind approach. God is everywhere, so you have to relax, you have to be meditative.

All that God asks you most pressingly is to go out of yourself … and let God be God in you