Rajneesh Quotes

I don't believe there is any point in holding on to too many things in life.

I think you have to let go of this idea that you can be precious about everything, and let it be the abstract mess that it is.

There are still things I want to do but they're not necessary for me to do. I'm not clinging to anything that I can't open my hands and let go.

Our being is continually undergoing and entering upon changes. ... We must, strictly speaking, at every moment give each other up and let each other go and not hold each other back.

There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.

Dive headfirst into things without being too attached to the results

It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours, and then be willing to let it go.

If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end.

To remember non-attachment is to remember what freedom is all about. If we get attached, even to a beautiful state of being, we are caught, and ultimately we will suffer. We work to observe anything that comes our way, experience it while it is here, and be able to let go of it.

Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, you are free to die laughing.

So how can you lose what you've never owned?

There's a victory in letting go of your expectations.

As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there for a long time. I've been working on being able to let things go. I don't think I ever want to buy property again.

Whatever's in front of you, you do the best you can and let it land where it lands, and then you walk away.

Don't get attached to any one idea. Nothing is too precious.

My motto is never to hold on to anything. I accept and then let go: not just the negatives, but the praise, too. Or it'll get to my head.

Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it's the easiest thing. Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open.

One must be able to let things happen.

The secret of zen is just two words: not... always... so.

Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door.

If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have?

Surrender becomes so much easier when you realize the fleeting nature of all experiences and that the world cannot give you anything of lasting value. You then continue to meet people, to be involved in experience and activities, but without the wants and fears of the egoic self. That is to say, you no longer demand that a situation, person, place, or event should satisfy you or make you happy. It's passing and imperfect nature is allowed to be.

To renounce things is not to give them up. It is to acknowledge that all things go away.

Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit.