Rajneesh Quotes

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Bliss cannot be found by remembering the past or anticipating the future.

Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.

I am only at home in the present.

People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

I don't think about the miles that are coming down the road, I don't think about the mile I'm on right now, I don't think about the miles I've already covered. I think about what I'm doing right now, just being lost in the moment.

With a practice, we can always remain alive in the present moment. With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

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

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

Living in the present is the instant perception of beauty and the great delight in it without seeking pleasure from it.

Don't hurry anything. Don't worry about the future. Don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is.

To be present is to be prayerful.

To meditate is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, our feelings our minds, and in the world. When we settle into the present moment, we can see the beauties and wonders before our eyes.

find your eternity in each moment

Today is plenty; right now is enough. Tomorrow will come in good time. Until it does, live the depth of now.

So for a period of time each day, try to sit, without moving, without expecting anything, as if you were in your last moment. Moment after moment you feel your last instant. In each inhalation and each exhalation there are countless instants of time. Your intention is to live in each instant.

The fact that I am standing there and washing bowls is a wondrous reality. I'm being completely myself, following my breath, conscious of my presence, and conscious of my thoughts and actions.

Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present.

A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now, within and without.

But I dare not think too far into the future on the risk that I'll miss the present.

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.

Our present moment is a mystery that we are part of. Here and now is where all the wonder of life lies hidden. And make no mistake about it, to strive to live completely in the present is to strive for what already is the case.

Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live.