God is not something quantitative, God is only a quality. God is not something material. It is only a presence. It is not like a flower, it is more like a fragrance. One can feel it, but one cannot catch hold of it. One can enjoy it, one can love it, one can dance with […]
Author Archives: Osho
The intelligent person is one who lives according to his own light. Whatsoever the risk, he is capable of taking it because he relies on his own intelligence. He knows that the greater the challenge, the greater will be his intelligence; hence he accepts challenges. He lives in danger because intelligence grows only in danger, […]
Laughter is one of the most divine experiences, but very few people really laugh. Their laughter is shallow. Either it is just intellectual, or just a facade, or just a formality, or just a mannerism. If a man can laugh totally, wholeheartedly, not holding anything back at all, in that very moment something tremendous can […]
People take life for granted, hence there is no gratitude in them. And without gratitude there is no growth, without gratitude there is no religion, without gratitude there is no prayer. Religion begins in gratitude and ends in gratitude. It is a journey from gratitude to gratitude. But the most fundamental fact is that life […]
Life is a journey, a pilgrimage. It is not static, it is dynamic. Every moment, life is a surprise, an unending surprise, an unending suspense, a mystery which knows no beginning and no end. It is always moving towards the unknown. But because of our fear, we cling to the known and do not allow […]
Gratitude is the essence of prayer! it is possible only when you see that everything is a gift, each breath is a gift.You can’t purchase life, you can’t purchase love, you can’t purchase aesthetic sensibility, you can’t purchase creativity, you can’t purchase intelligence – but they are all given within you, even before you ask […]
If you rejoice every moment a tremendous miracle happens: do not ever feel guilty about yourself, You are perfectly good as you are. This is the way existence has made you; Unless one drops all borrowed knowledge, one cannot be wise.The moment you understand this, the moment you accept yourself as you are: immediately you […]
Don’t keep yourself separate. Seeing a rose, become the rose. Seeing the sunset, be lost in it. Seeing the sky full of stars, be a small star and shine. Dissolve yourself in the whole. Don’t remain aloof. Don’t remain just a spectator, become a participant, Just as a river disappears into the ocean, you disappear […]
A contented person is nothing but love .He is not even loving , he is simply love . He loves for the sake of love because that is the way to show gratitude to existence . That’s his thankfulness , his prayer . So he goes on loving each and everybody . He does not […]
The moment you know your supreme self, you become an emperor. Before that, you remain a beggar. Self-knowledge makes you aware of your kingdom for the first time. The kingdom is not of the outside. All outside kingdoms are false, they are sandcastles, or houses made of playing cards: at any moment they can disappear. […]