We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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If attachment is the conditioning factor, then non-attachment will become the unconditioning factor. If expectation leads you in misery, then non-expectation will lead you into non-misery. If anger creates a hell within you, then compassion will create a heaven. So whatsoever the process of misery, the reverse will be the process of happiness. Unconditioning means you have to understand the whole knotted phenomenon of human consciousness as it is.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of non-attachment, non-expectation, and compassion in countering the sources of human suffering.
Rajneesh presents a profound observation that human suffering often stems from attachment, expectation, and anger. By adopting non-attachment and compassion, one can transcend this suffering and attain happiness. The quote suggests a transformative process where understanding and letting go of these negative states of mind leads to a more peaceful and fulfilling existence.
Themes
AttachmentNon-AttachmentExpectationCompassionHappinessMisery
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can inspire a discussion at a mental health seminar about techniques to reduce stress and suffering.
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