Life is a miracle. In fact there is no explanation for it, for why it should be. Neither the philosopher nor the theologian, nor even the scientist, has been able to explain why life should exist at all. And I don’t think it is ever going to be explained; the mystery will remain. The mystery […]
Each moment is so inestimably valuable, each moment is such a gift that one cannot be thankful enough for it. There is no way to show our gratitude to existence. Its gift is of such immense proportions that we don’t really deserve it. Existence has given out of its abundance. Knowing this accord, feeling this […]
Man has raw energies. They have to be refined, and then the same raw energies which ordinarily create misery, darkness, despair, start creating great bliss, great celebration. They are the same energies, they just have to pass through a subtle process of meditation, just a little refinement. For example, the sun has the same light […]
Green represents life, aliveness, freshness. It is the color of the trees. For thousands of years the so-called religions have destroyed all greenery in man’s being. They have left man almost like a dead tree: no foliage, no flowers, no juice flows anymore. Hence humanity seems to be so sad and bored. I want to […]
To be cheerful is to be religious, to be sad is to be irreligious. Hence in my evaluation, the so-called saints are not saints at all. They look so sad, so dull, so dead, how can they be experiencing God? If the experience of God brings such sadness, then it is not worth experiencing. If […]
man ordinarily lives a very partial life, very half – hearted. He lives in a lukewarm way, neither cold nor hot, neither this nor that. His life is without passion, without intensity. And that’s why it is dull, that’s why it is mediocre. Life takes on a totally new flavor when you live in totally, […]
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, but it is total. If a man can laugh totally, wholeheartedly, not holding anything back at all, in that very […]
Bliss is music, music that arises when all your parts – your body, your mind, your heart and your being – are functioning in deep harmony; then your life becomes an orchestra. Ordinarily there is only noise, no music. The body goes on shouting out its own desires; they ask for their fulfillment, not taking […]
Unless your heart sings and dances you are not really living, you are only dragging: fulfilling certain duties, going through certain rituals, somehow managing and maintaining a facade. But deep inside, there is emptiness and a great trembling because one knows in the deepest part of the heart that life is not yet fulfilled, that […]
To me, prayer has nothing to do with words. It is a silent gratefulness; it is utterly silent, but a deep gratefulness. It is possible only if you learn how to be blissful; otherwise there will be nothing to be grateful for. So I teach my sannyasins not prayer, but bliss. Dance, sing, be blissful, […]