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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To be choiceless is to be in meditation. To be choiceless is to enter the eternal. To be of choice is to enter the world: the dream world, the divided world, the false, the pseudo, the illusory world.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote suggests that being free of choices leads to a state of meditation and connection with the eternal, while making choices keeps us in a divided and illusory existence.
Rajneesh presents a thought-provoking idea about the nature of choice and its effects on human consciousness. He argues that when individuals are choiceless, they can experience a deep meditative state, allowing them to connect with a timeless and eternal reality. In contrast, constantly making choices traps us in a dream-like, fragmented world full of illusions and distractions, preventing us from experiencing true clarity and oneness. The essence of this quote urges a contemplation of the nature of existence and the freedom that comes from transcending the limitations of choice.
Themes
MeditationChoiceEternityIllusionConsciousness
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared during a mindfulness workshop to emphasize the importance of being present.
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