Rajneesh Quotes

I've known for years that you're supposed to be present. I know that thinking about what's happened or thinking about what I want is not going to get me anywhere, but until I quit doing it I'm not present.

Our thinking minds deprive us of the happiness that comes when we are living fully in the moment.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what the morrow will bring with it.

If I am incapable of washing dishes joyfully, if I want to finish them quickly so I can go and have dessert, I will be equally incapable of enjoying my dessert. With the fork in my hand, I will be thinking about what to do next, and the texture and flavor of the dessert, together with the pleasure of eating it, will be lost. I will always be dragged into the future, never able to live in the present moment.

I'm trying to be present, not thinking and worrying about the past or the future. That's such a waste of time, you know?

Act in the moment, live in the present, slowly slowly don't allow the past to interfere And you will be surprised that life is such an eternal wonder, such a mysterious phenomenon and such a great gift that one simply feels constantly in gratitude. So this is my message for you: live in the moment, herenow. That's why I call it divine purity

I live in the present moment.

I try to live in the moment, every moment.

With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

I'm in the moment. I'm always in the moment of life.

I try to just stay in the present moment as much as possible.

I've found a way to live in the here and now.

Too often we spend our time in the past or the future. We need to learn to live now - mentally as well as physically and spiritually.

We can learn not to keep situations or events alive in our minds, but to return our attention continuously to the pristine, timeless present moment rather than be caught up in mental movie making.

Zen is really just a reminder to stay alive and to be awake. We tend to daydream all the time, speculating about the future and dwelling on the past. Zen practice is about appreciating your life in this moment. If you are truly aware of five minutes a day, then you are doing pretty well. We are beset by both the future and the past, and there is no reality apart from the here and now.

Now is all you ever have. There never is anything else. So, you might as well make the now your friend. Otherwise, you are out of alignment with life itself.

Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.

Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.

When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.

Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.

When you are in the present without thinking, you are for the first time spiritual.

I try to live in the moment and let that moment carry me to the next great place.

Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present. But that man who devotes every hour to his own needs, who plans every day as if it were his last, neither longs for nor fears tomorrow.

Just watching an animal closely can take you out of your mind and bring you into the present moment, which is where the animal lives all the time - surrendered to life.

Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.