Trust life. If you trust, only then can you drop your knowledge, only then can you put your mind aside.
Beware: don’t choose the convenient, the comfortable, the respectable, the socially acceptable. Choose something that rings a bell in your heart.
It is not that I love contradictions: life is contradictory. Existence itself is possible only through contradictions.
Moving from love, not fear – a beautiful idea, especially when applied literally to the body.
People can be happy in only one way, and that is if they are authentically themselves. Then the springs of happiness start flowing, they become more alive, they become a joy to see, a joy to be with; they are a song, they are a dance.
If you become a little alert you will find love, light, laughter, everywhere.
Remember, meditation cannot be result-oriented; you simply meditate, that’s all.
Watch, witness. Your body is not you; your mind is not you. You are just a pure witness.
Every action is self-perpetuating, every thought is self-perpetuating. Once you cooperate with it, you are giving energy to it. Sooner or later it will become habitual. You will do it and you will not be the doer; you will do it just because of the force of habit.
Let this truth go as deep in you as possible: that life is already here, arrived. You are standing on the goal. Don’t ask about the path.
No meditation, no life. Know meditation, know life.
Only people who carry the opinions of others need the support of others.
It does not matter whether you paint, sculpt, or make shoes, whether you are a gardener, a farmer, a fisherman, a carpenter-it does not matter. What matters is, are you putting your very soul into what you are creating? Then your creative products have something of the quality of divine.
Unless your life arises from your spontaneity, from your very empty heart, it is going to be just superficial. And with the superficial you cannot be blissful.
Because we cling to the past we become unavailable to the present.
If you can believe in God you can believe in a witch, it is the same package. If you can believe in one kind of nonsense, you can believe in all kinds of nonsense.
As you walk, you simply walk. Don’t go ahead, don’t jump here and there. Mind always go ahead or lag behind. Remain with the moment.
Never feel lonely. You are never lonely. At the deepest core of your being, God resides.
It is not that the intellect sometimes misunderstands. Rather, the intellect always misunderstands. It is not that the intellect sometimes errs, it is that the intellect is the error.
Freedom means the capability to say yes when yes is needed, to say no when no is needed, and sometimes to keep quiet when nothing is needed – to be silent, not to say anything. When all these dimensions are available, there is freedom.