Rajneesh Quotes

I meditate. I've been a meditator since, I think I was doing it unofficially before all my life and then began to formalize it somewhere around 14.

If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world.

I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them.

Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.

I love just being in the sphere of nothingness looking inwards.

Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.

Whenever you meditate, there are glimpses. Then the mind comes in and says, 'Be happy! Look, I have done it.' And immediately the contact is lost.

The goal of meditation is precisely to make your mind smooth and manageable so that it can be concentrated or relaxed at will; and especially to free it from the tyranny of mental afflictions and confusion

Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.

There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge, to a happy life here and now, and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening. And what is that one thing? It is mindfulness centred on the body

First, meditation should be of a negative nature. Think away everything. Analyse everything that comes in the mind by the sheer action of the will. Next, assert what we really are-existence, knowledge, and bliss-being, knowing, and loving.

What is important in meditation is the quality of the mind and the heart.It is not what you achieve, or what you say you attain, but rather the quality of a mind that is innocent and vulnerable.

The most effective way to live in the flow of the timeless is meditation.

Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.

There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he is indeed close to nirvana.

When we cultivate mystical awareness or transcendent identity - which is a natural outgrowth of meditation and other practices - what happens is that we begin to take a witness position on our own lives, and that includes our minds.

I am particularly drawn to the form of meditation called Japa. I know it works.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more disciplined into the process, you'll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.

That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within.

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

Yoga is a method for restraining the natural turbulence of thoughts, which otherwise impartially prevent all men, of all lands, from glimpsing their true nature of Spirit. Yoga cannot know a barrier of East and West any more than does the healing and equitable light of the sun.

I am a firm believer that one way to become enlightened is to be so relaxed, as relaxed as you possibly can be.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.