Rajneesh Quotes

To be awake is to be alive.

The secret is to be awake. To be awake is everything.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Wakefulness is the way to life. The fool sleeps As if he were already dead, But the master is awake And he lives forever.

The sin of inadvertence, not being alert, not quite awake, is the sin of missing the moment of life-live with unremitting alertness.

To be awake is everything.

I want people to be awake. I want them to be aware.

Keep your head on your shoulders.

Just be mindful of what you're doing.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake.

Whatever you do, do with deep alertness, then even small things become sacred.

No method nor discipline can supersede the necessity of being forever on the alert. What is a course of history, or philosophy, or poetry, or the most admirable routine of life, compared with the discipline of looking always at what is to be seen? Will you be a reader, a student merely, or a seer?

Awareness means that whatsoever is happening in the moment is happening with complete consciousness; you are present there. If you are present when anger is happening, anger cannot happen. It can happen only when you are fast asleep. When you are present, immediate, transformation starts in your being, because when you are present, aware, many things are simply not possible. All that is called sin is not possible if you are aware. So, in fact, there is only one sin and that is unawareness.

For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.

"Everyone is asleep. They've all been asleep for years. You seemed... awake." Alex is whispering now. He closes his eyes, opens them again. "I'm tired of sleeping."

To be awake is to be completely alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.

My soul is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. It neither sleeps nor dreams, but watches, its eyes wide open far-off things, and listens at the shores of the great silence.

Attention leads to immortality. Carelessness leads to death. Those who pay attention will not die, while the careless are as good as dead already.

We need to take down our "Do not disturb" signs... snap out of our stupor and come out of our coma and awake from our apathy.

Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.

I think it's always important to be vigilant of what you're doing and aware of your surroundings.

The one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

The people who work in intelligence work are more conscious, more apt to be attentive.

Do not sleep. Be awake on your throne.