Rajneesh Quotes

There is a difference. You watch television, you don't witness it. But, while watching television, if you start witnessing yourself watching television, then there are two processes going on: you are watching television, and something within you is witnessing the process of watching television. Witnessing is deeper, far deeper. It is not equivalent to watching. Watching is superficial. So remember that meditation is witnessing.

You don't need to condemn. Just observe, That is sin. That is insanity. That is unconsciousness. Above all, don't forget to observe your own mind. Seek out the root of the insanity there.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

Be the witness of your thoughts.

It is not a question of sitting silently, it is not a question of chanting a mantra. It is a question of understanding the subtle workings of the mind. As you understand those workings of the mind a great awareness arises in you, which is not of the mind. That awareness arises in your being, in your soul, in your consciousness.

Meditation is to be aware of what is going on in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.

Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.

We see and understand more about our behaviors. We come aware. And aware. And aware. . . Often, we feel uncertain about what to do with all this awareness.

Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.

One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.

Mind is elusive, you cannot hold it in your hand. You cannot force it into a test-tube. The only way to know it is to know it from within, from your witnessing self. The more you become aware, the more you can watch your mind - its subtle functioning. The functioning is tremendously complex and beautiful. Mind is the most complex phenomenon on the earth, the most subtle flowering of consciousness. If you want to really understand what the mind is, then you will have to detach yourself from your mind, and you will have to learn how to be just a witness. That's what meditation is all about.

It's just a constant thing when the mind starts to wake up to itself.

Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone

The news that reaches your consciousness is incomplete and often not to be relied on.... Turn your eyes inward, look into your own depths, learn first to know yourself!

Become conscious of being conscious.

Without the ability to think about yourself, to reflect on your life, there’s really no awareness, no consciousness. Consciousness doesn’t come automatically; it comes through being alive, awake, curious, and often furious.

One of the keys to harnessing this potentially unlimited power of the mind is to expand your level of self-awareness.

And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.

You cannot drop the ego. Once you start trying to drop the ego you will get in a very deep mess; you will become more and more worried and puzzled. And this is not the way to get rid of the ego. The only way to get rid of the ego is to look at it.

The test of having ceased to be an idolater is: "When you say 'I', does the body come into your thought or not? If it does, then you are still a worshipper of idols."

I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention.

I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it.

How do you know, right now, that you are aware of being aware, or conscious?

I'm an introspective dude.

Self-awareness is the ability to take an honest look at your life without any attachment to it being right or wrong, good or bad.