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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Feeling very happy - why? An explanation is needed. No, happiness needs no explanation, happiness is its own explanation. God is creating because that is the only way he can be happy, that is the only way he loves, that is the only way he sings, that's the only way he can be at all. Creation is his innermost nature, no why is needed.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Happiness is a state of being that requires no justification or reasoning.
In this quote, Rajneesh emphasizes that happiness is an intrinsic quality that does not require an external explanation or validation. He suggests that happiness is fundamental to existence and creation, reflecting the idea that engaging in creative acts leads to fulfillment and joy, which is central to the nature of being itself.
Themes
HappinessCreationJoyExistenceLove
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about the importance of pursuing creative passions.
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