Rajneesh Quotes

The soul... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God.

The spirituality that I experience sometimes touches on religion, in that I resonate with the thread of continuity that permeates through all religions. But in terms of it being a concretized, organized part of my life, it's not.

Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

For many people religion can be so easy they stumble right over it.

I'm walking this walk, and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world. It's all God! How do I function within His plan?

I think that 'Little Angels' provides the gateway into that conversation about faith and about the Lord and about God's love for us. Remembering that the angels are just the messengers and the message is the message of love.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.

God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.

I believe in God and a higher power. I'm still not the religious type per se because religion tore my family apart. I'm still a little scared and skeptical being one with any faith.

Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.

We are all on a journey of faith, and we have to polish that faith.

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God.

Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

Faith is the ticket to the feast, not the feast.

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.

My prayer life and my connection with God are on the highest level.

A vague religion—all about feeling God in nature, and so on—is so attractive. It is all thrills and no work; like watching the waves from the beach. But you will not get to Newfoundland by studying the Atlantic, and you will not get eternal life by simply feeling the presence of God in Flowers or music.

I'm not a fan of religion. Religion ties people up and binds them and puts them back in chains but faith - true relationship - releases us to be all what God ever intended us to be. That's what I'm interested in.

It just took all of that to come to a screeching halt, to get to the point of having nothing, for me to finally realize, Hey, what are you fighting with this for? Until then, I hadn't claimed my faith as my own; I had just grown up with it.

I've received a lot of positive feedback from both the secular and Christian markets. People seem to be receiving it with open arms and hearts, and are interested in the stories I want to share about my relationship with God and my faith.

The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.